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Specialist Psychological Therapies and Treatment Service

The service offers a range of individual and group interventions including:

Thinking Minds
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for patients with psychotic symptoms
Approaches to Recovery from Psychosis
Schema Therapy
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Sex Offender Intervention Programmes
Life Minus Violence
Substance Free Future
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Facilties and Research

Therapies are provided in the state of the Ant McParlin therapy suite, which showcases our commitment to providing high quality psychological therapy.

The service has close academic and research links with UK and international universities and staff are involved in teaching and research or hold joint posts with universities. Such links help to further knowledge in the forensic field and inform the development and application of cutting edge interventions within the forensic context. The service hosts doctoral level trainees in clinical psychology and provides an excellent training opportunity for clinical psychologists of the future.

Please note that many of our services are changing during the current pandemic.

Before you set out to visit Mersey Care services, please phone ahead to check the latest. Please bear with us if things are different from our usual ways of working. All visitors and out patients attending NHS sites are required to wear a mask.

Exclusions The circumstances in which a person has a reasonable excuse include those where they cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering or because of any physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability (within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010(7)), or without severe distress.

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We’ve had to suspend visiting arrangements and have alternative online methods where practical. Our first duty is to keep all our patients safe and well cared for.

The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of any of the following:

a new continuous cough
a high temperature
a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness. However, if you have any of the symptoms above you should self-isolate at home. Please remember to follow the official guidance:

Keep 2 metres apart
Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds with soap and water
Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands
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