Charter News

Charter is pleased to announce further expansion into three quiet, private and stylish rooms on the top floor at 15 Harley Street. This is to meet the growing demand for 1:1, couples and family counselling, mediation and psychotherapy.

Although not all those in treatment for addiction require individual counselling as part of their care plan, frequently the family does, whether their loved one is at Charter, in treatment elsewhere, or still using. Honouring a systemic approach, at Charter we aim to support all those affected by an individual's addiction to let go of resentment and to develop healthy coping mechanisms and ways to communicate.

There is also a growing demand for counselling for issues that are not always related to addiction. The skills, experience and training of the Charter team extend beyond addiction into mediation, divorce, grief, loss, depression, anxiety, stress, anger, trauma and child and adolescent psychotherapy.

Therefore as a different entity Charter has set up Charter Counselling in rooms that are separate to the treatment facility (www.chartercounselling.com) to provide a dedicated counselling and psychotherapy service, for clients prior or post treatment for addiction as well as to support people suffering from problems unrelated to addiction.

Mandy Saligari recently attended a three day course on Relapse Prevention with Terence Gorski who is world renowned for his pioneering relapse model, and wealth of experience in the field of addiction over the last 40 years.

After 3 years working alongside Mandy Saligari at Charter Day Care, Anthony has decided to step back from the front line. He will continue to invest his considerable experience into consulting for Charter and providing assessments, but will hand over the day to day management to Mandy. "It has been a joy and thrilling to work alongside Mandy and to set up Charter". I am very proud of what we have achieved and have every confidence that Charter will continue to go from strength to strength' says Anthony. Mandy, who has known Anthony for over 20 years comments that she will miss him, but that she knows she can always call on him for his experience and support.

The report says £730m is spent each year on the heroin substitute methadone

The number of alcohol-related hospital admissions in England has topped one million for the first time, according to official statistics.

Allowing adolescents to drink alcohol under adult supervision does not appear to teach responsible drinking as teens get older. In fact, such a "harm-minimization" approach may actually lead to more drinking and alcohol-related consequences, according to a new study in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Research released by the BMA today adds to the evidence base showing the links between cancer and alcohol consumption.

Charter's popular family support groups, currently held on the first Tuesday of every month, are to increase in frequency.  

Karen has many years of experience working in the healthcare sector, both within the NHS and for the Priory Group and leading psychiatrist Dr. Mike McPhillips amongst others.

Madeleine Muir has joined Charter as a key member of the therapeutic team. Madeleine has worked in the addiction recovery field for over eight years, in public health and private settings.  

Emma Leech, who works with Charter clients using innovative dance and movement therapies, appears in the Evening Standard to discuss her work both inside and outside the addiction recovery community. 

Charter Day Care's supported accommodation house in Primrose Hill celebrated its first year under Charter management on 2nd April 2011.