WMHTR
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The London Women’s MHTR Service provides short-term (10-12 sessions) court-ordered community-based psychological therapy for women who cross the community/custody threshold at sentencing. The service works with women who have mental health difficulties that were present at the time of offending. The aim of the service is to increase Wellbeing, reduce reoffending, and to provide alternatives to short custodial sentences. MHTRs can be combined with an Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) or Drug Rehabilitation requirement (DRR), and the service will work alongside the relevant ATR/DRR provider to ensure consistency.
What does our service do?
The service works with women, or those who identify as female, whose post-sentence home address is in any London borough and is eligible for a community sentence. The individual must also show a willingness to engage with the service, and provide informed consent at the time of referral and assessment.
Who is this service for?
The service works with women, or those who identify as female, whose post-sentence home address is in any London borough and is eligible for a community sentence. The individual must also show a willingness to engage with the service, and provide informed consent at the time of referral and assessment.
Referrals can be made by anyone but are typically made by probation practitioners based in the court. Typically, the service receives referrals prior to sentencing however the service can also receive referrals for women who are on a community/suspended sentence order and are being breached if it is felt that mental health treatment would be a useful addition to the current order. Referrals must be made prior to sentencing, or breach hearing. Please contact our central mailbox to obtain a referral form.
Our team
The team is made up of qualified psychologists and senior assistant psychologists.