Archive for General News
The Cassel Centenary quilt is now complete, thanks to the help of an enthusiastic group of nimble stitchers. Members of the Mend, Make and Craft sewing group, who meet weekly at Ham Library, sewed on 120 buttons to frame the patchwork diamonds and add the finishing touches to this unique piece of textile art. The quilt is a key feature of The […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: Care & Treatment, General News
The Cassel June 2026 Summer Conference explored the concept of transition. Donald Winnicott introduced the concept of transitional space as an intermediate area between inner psychic reality, largely based on phantasy, and an ‘objective’ appreciation of the real, external world. Winnicott’s emphasis was on early development and the way in which this space, when it emerges […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News
Cambridge psychiatrists attended a screening of The Cassel Centenary film at Emmanuel College Cambridge, hosted by the Cambridge Mental Health Film Club. The event was facilitated by Dr Felix Clay and a panel including Sarah Rae, who has lived experience of the Cassel, and Dr Jorge Zimbron, Consultant Psychiatrist at the Cambridge Springbank Ward. Cassel Hospital […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News
The Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust is delighted to be the recipient of a generous grant from the local housing provider RHP’s Social Value Fund. This grant is linked to the regeneration of the Ham Close estate, and has been provided by RHP’s construction partner The Hill Group.The fund supports projects and organisations that help improve the […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News
This film is based on a paper presented by former Cassel patients at the BIGSPD conference in June 2023, and subsequently published in the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities. Using a diary format, it chronicles their experience during a typical week in the life of an Outreach patient at The Cassel, where a strong culture of peer […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: Events, General News, Research & Innovation
CHCT Board Associate Hannah Cadogan has been appointed Royal College of Nursing Lead Nurse-Lived Experience. Hannah, an ex-patient of the Cassel Hospital, is both a hospice nurse and has lived experience of serious mental illness. The role will enable Hannah to be at the forefront of integrating lived experiences into nursing, gaining invaluable insights and […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News
Congratulations to Marilyn Ruttley on winning the 2025 Elly Jansen Award. Marilyn’s paper, “I had skills to offer; I wasn’t just a patient,” examines the educational activities and aspirations of former patients at a therapeutic community in England. Through personal experiences, interviews, and a focus group with four former patients, Marilyn suggests that involving people with […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News
The three conference papers from the Cassel Hospital Summer Conference 2024 have now been published in the British Journal of Psychotherapy (Volume 41:3 August 2025). Adult Psychotherapist Sally Arthur comments: “The BJP journal is well respected in the field of psychoanalytic psychotherapy journals, so it is wonderful that we have been able to publicise the […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: Care & Treatment, General News
“ An excellent presentation, very thought-provoking. “Insightful and powerful. “This was so powerful and moving.” This is how delegates attending the Cassel Hospital workshop at the prestigious BIGSPD conference in Liverpool in June described their experience. The session was led by two Cassel nurses, Paul Stokes and Emma Davson, and two former patients, Hannah and Sean […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News
The Cassel Hospital is a highly specialist, centrally funded NHS service for patients experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems, often with a background of complex trauma. Patients work in a psychoanalytically informed therapeutic community on the difficulties that have marred their lives. Psychosocial nurses, a social worker, group and individual psychotherapists, psychiatrists, a community doctor, […]
Continue Reading →Posted in: General News