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‘The Reading model’: an integrated psychotherapy service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jane Knowles
Jane Knowles*
Affiliation:
West Berkshire Psychotherapy Service, Winterbourne House, 53–55 Argyle Road, Reading, Berks RG1 7YL
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Abstract

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This article describes the principles and structure, staffing and training of an integrated psychotherapy service for the people of West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire (Reading, Henley, Wokingham, Newbury and Didcot) a population of 530 000.

The service is integrated internally as a joint outpatient and therapeutic community service that can provide psychodynamic psychotherapy across a wide range of length, intensity and styles. Externally it is integrated with the general adult psychiatry service, referrers, social services and community mental health teams.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , February 1997 , pp. 84 - 87
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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