ABOUT THE BRANDON CENTRE

CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES

The principal objective of the Brandon Centre is to maintain and develop an accessible and flexible professional service in response to the psychological, medical, sexual and social problems of young people aged 12 to 25 years.

The Centre aims to relieve distress, mobilise personal resources and facilitate growth in adolescents towards responsibility and self-fulfilment. The Centre particularly aims to prevent or alleviate suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy, mental ill health, psychological disturbance and maladaption in adult and future family relationships.

The Brandon Centre's service extends to a wide range of adolescent problems and is based on a psychoanalytic understanding of adolescent development. There is a particular medical provision for contraceptive, pregnancy and psychosexual difficulties.