The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Name :

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Address  :

Tavistock Centre
120 Belsize Lane
Hampstead

Town  :

London

State  :

Greater London

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

NW3 5BA

Phone  :

44 0 20 7435 7111

Web URL  :



History

We have an extensive and colourful history dating right back to the first World War

We were originally two clinics the Tavistock Clinic and the Portman Clinic joining forces in 1994 to become the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and becoming a foundation trust in 2006

Tavistock Clinic
Influenced by the new psychology coming from Vienna amp Zurich Dr Hugh CrichtonMiller a neurologist developed pioneering psychotherapeutic ways of treating shellshocked and neurotic soldiers He became convinced of the need to establish a clinic providing similar services to civilians of limited means and the Tavistock Clinic was born in 1920

The Clinic quickly became internationally recognised as a leader in pioneering mental health theories and treatments for example in organisational dynamics and family therapy

Portman Clinic
In 1931 the Portman Clinic originally called the Psychopathic Clinic was founded Established as the clinical arm of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency its aims were assessment diagnosis and research in this area
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