Adolescent & Young Adult Service

CamdenBarnetHaringeyIslington
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One of very few NHS clinics that specialises in helping young people between the ages of 14-25. The Adolescent and Young Adult Service (AYAS) is designed to understand what adolescents or young adults are going through. 

AYAS also aims to help them come to understand this better for themselves and if parents are struggling as well, the service can meet with them separately.

The service can offer:

  • psychoanalytic psychotherapy 
  • short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (STPP)
  • dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy (DIT)
  • group therapy
  • work with parents

Young People's Consultation Service (YPCS)

The YPCS offers four free and confidential consultations to anyone aged between 16-30 who has personal or emotional difficulties or dilemmas that they would like to talk to somebody about. These could be difficulties in relationships with family, friends or partners, or with school, college or work.

YPCS is available to different age groups depending on where you live:

  • Barnet: young people up to 25 years old
  • Camden: young people aged 16-30 

AYAS accepts referrals from professionals who work with young people in Camden, Barnet, Haringey and Islington. Please phone or email the below for more information. 

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

The service will see people who are having problems with, but not limited to: 

  • stress and anxiety
  • phobias, including social phobia 
  • obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) 
  • eating problems 
  • problems relating to particular life events, such as parental separation or bereavement
  • anger and aggression 
  • depression and self-harm 
  • dislike of appearance 
  • problems with friends, family and other relationships
  • drug and alcohol issues
  • traumatic events
  • difficulties leaving home
  • difficulties coping with school, work, college or university problems, or unemployment
  • problems following difficult early life experiences, including abuse, neglect or trauma

How to Refer

Refer by phone

020 8938 2269

Refer by email

tpn-tr.CYAF-Intake@nhs.net

EMIS form

Referral methods: e-Referrals

Please be aware that GPs who can refer directly to Tavistock & Portman services are now able to refer to a Referral Assessment Service (RAS) via the Electronic Referral Service.

To locate the service on eRS, enter the following in the search fields:

Service name: Children, Young Adults and Family - Tavistock & Portman NHSFT
Priority: Routine
Speciality: Mental Health - Child and Adolescent
Clinic Type: Not Otherwise Specified
Organisation of Site Name field: Tavistock and Portman

Letter

Referral methods: Email

Please send referral letter by email or contact referral coordinators by telephone:
e: tpn-tr.CYAF-Intake@nhs.net
t: 020 8938 2269

Self-referral

020 8938 2269
atyps@tavi-port.nhs.uk

Self-referrals are accepted from young people living in Camden and Barnet who are 18 or older. People under the age of 18 must be referred through the child and family department. 

If a person feels unsure about whether they are able to access AYAS or would generally like more information, they should contact the team who are happy to help and can talk through the options.
t: 020 8938 2337
e: ypcs@tavi-port.nhs.uk

For those not registered with a Camden or Barnet GP, the local borough might need to agree for them to be seen. You can contact AYAS directly before referral.

Service Feedback

atyps@tavi-port.nhs.uk 020 8938 2326

Review date: Friday, 10 March 2023