The Planned Environment Therapy Trust - An Introduction

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The Planned Environment Therapy Trust has at its heart the needs of people with disturbed and unhappy lives, among whom are some of the most vulnerable and problematic members of our society.

These include adults and young people with personality disorders or drug and alcohol addictions, as well a children showing signs of severe emotional disturbance. Such conditions are very often rooted in damaging childhood experiences of deprivation, neglect or abuse. They can also result from traumatic events or circumstances that disrupt and disturb whole families.

Self-harm, suicide and violent or disruptive behaviour are common symptoms. Many of these individuals will end up in prison, in psychiatric hospitals or in the confusion of unhappy relationships, often with consequent harm to the next generation.

What Can We Do?

It has long been known that there are very effective ways of helping people overcome early emotional damage and deprivation - but these approaches are not widely recognized or put into practice. The Trust was founded in 1966 to promote therapeutic environments for children, young people and adults showing signs of severe emotional and psychological disorder.

Working therapeutically with very disturbed individuals is difficult, exhausting and demanding work, requiring high levels of skill and psychological understanding. There is a huge need for support and training, research and education about effective therapeutic approaches. That, in a nutshell, is the reason for the Trust's existence.