“For decades, the Tavistock’s work has helped shape how we see ourselves, as persons and as a society. Much thinking that has entered the mainstream emerged from its challenging, interdisciplinary research and practice”
Hilary Mantel
History of the Tavistock and Portman
Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships renamed itself as Tavistock Relationships
In 2016 the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships renamed itself Tavistock Relationships.
Kids on the Edge
In November 2016 Channel 4 ran a three-part series Kids on the Edge, produced by Century Films. Each of the films concentrated on a different area of the Tavistock and Portman’s work with Young people: gender, Gloucester House, self-harm. The Gender Clinic: This episode follows two families who attend the..Read More
Providing support after Grenfell
On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington. it caused 72 deaths, more than 70 were injured and 223 people escaped. It was the worst UK residential fire since the Second World War. The Tavistock and Portman’s Trauma Unit..Read More
Forensic CAMHS (The Port) is opened
The Forensic Child and Adolescent Child Mental Health Service (The Port) was opened in 2018. This Port is a NHS service run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust that helps young people who are displaying behaviour that could put others at risk. It offers advice, consultation and specialist..Read More