The East Kent Therapeutic Community at Ash Eton is a group-based psychotherapy programme for up to 24 members, operated by Kent and Medway NHS Trust. One-year programme specifically designed for borderline personality disorder. Operates within the democratic therapeutic community tradition with community meetings and shared decision-making.
Best for
NHS patients with personality disorders seeking the UK's distinctive democratic therapeutic community model — a year-long group-based programme rooted in the Henderson Hospital tradition.
Modalities
Depth elements
Operates within the NHS democratic therapeutic community tradition descended from Henderson Hospital. Uses the group and community as primary therapeutic instruments. Draws on psychodynamic, group analytic, and attachment theory to create a 'culture of enquiry' where all behaviors and relational patterns can be examined. Members take responsibility for themselves and each other.