About the Practice
When a child’s distress has moved beyond what school and home can hold, parents need to know the local NHS route. Waltham Forest 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 routes, family work and specialist child mental health care

Anxiety, depression, trauma, school refusal, self-harm concerns, emotional regulation and complex mental health needs

Ask route about autism/ADHD, SEND-related mental health support and neurodevelopmental pathways

Why Work With Us?
Waltham Forest CAMHS Pathway: Parents can see the therapist role, membership route and safeguarding position before trusting someone with their child’s inner world.

Mental Health Assessment and Therapy: 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: CAMHS can help families access clinical care where complexity, risk or severity means a higher level of support is needed.