Age Range
Children and young people by pathway
Description
About the Practice
When a child in Hackney or the City is struggling across home and school, parents need a route that knows the local system. City and Hackney CAMHS supports East London families with play-based and counselling-style emotional wellbeing support for children who need more than another conversation at the kitchen table. The focus is safer expression, stronger connection and practical understanding for the adults around the child.
Clinical Expertise
CAMHS assessment, therapy, family work, group routes and specialist mental health support
Anxiety, low mood, trauma, school refusal, behaviour changes, risk concerns and family stress
Ask route about autism/ADHD, SEND adjustments and neurodevelopmental pathway fit
Why Work With Us?
City and Hackney CAMHS Route: Parents can see the therapist role, membership route and safeguarding position before trusting someone with their child’s inner world.
Assessment Therapy and Family Support: Play, creative work and counselling-style support help children communicate through action, story, art, movement and relationship when direct questions only make them close down.
Parent and School Connection: Support can connect mental health, family context and school pressure so the child is not treated as a problem in isolation.
Category
Location
Online / In-person
City and Hackney CAMHS routes
Typical Wait Time
Ask provider
Fees / Price Range
NHS referral route
Assessment Tools / Approach
CAMHS assessment, therapy, family work, group routes and specialist mental health support
Self-referral Accepted
Most private therapy routes accept parent enquiries; check consent, referral and safeguarding process for the child’s age
Written Report Included
Clinical letters and care planning by pathway
Post-diagnosis Support
Ask route about autism/ADHD, SEND adjustments and neurodevelopmental pathway fit
Daily Living Skills
Emotional expression, regulation, parent-child communication, confidence and school participation support by therapy scope
School Support
Professional liaison may be available through care planning
Home / School Visits
City and Hackney CAMHS routes