Therapy Department

The Therapy Service at Cygnet Hospital Beckton comprises of a Head of Psychology, Head of Occupational Therapy, HPC qualified Clinical Psychologists and an Assistant Psychologist, Occupational Therapists, Activities Coordinators, in addition to Psychology and Occupational Therapist students. Art and Drama Therapy are also provided on a sessional basis.

All members of the Therapies Department are encouraged to take an active part in research projects and audits. They are able to carry out a range of outcome measures enabling close and accurate monitoring of service users' progress which is fed back to the home team on a regular basis.


The Therapies Department at Cygnet Beckton uses a recovery approach. We take a 'whole person' approach, which means that we try to promote well-being in many different aspects of service users' lives. We aim to include service users across many levels of their care and provide support via key service user led forums (e.g. service user council forum). We also provide support to enable service users to take a more active role along their recovery journeys (e.g. invite service users to attend clinical governance meetings).

All therapeutic interventions are carefully selected, graded and adapted to meet the needs of our service users. At the point of admission, an initial interview assessment is conducted with each service user to evaluate initial needs and identify suitable sessions for meeting these needs. Sessions may take place on or off the Ward, in one-to-one or group environments.

Our Therapies Programme therefore offers a wide range of interventions in the following broad areas:

  • Managing mental health
  • Self-care
  • Living Skills
  • Social Networks
  • Work
  • Relationships
  • Addictive Behaviour
  • Responsibilities
  • Identity and self-esteem
  • Trust and hope

For more information on our Therapies Department please see the following pages:

Cygnet Hospital Beckton

Contact the hospital

Cygnet Hospital Beckton 23 Tunnan Leys Beckton London E6 6ZB Tel: 020 7511 2299
Fax: 020 7511 3399