Clinical psychology for children and young people at the eye clinic

This leaflet is for children and families attending the ophthalmology department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. It aims to explain the role of the Clinical Psychology service and the ways to seek a referral to the clinical psychologist in the team.

Clinical Psychology provision within CUH Paediatric Ophthalmology Service is funded by Fight against Blindness. Click here for the fight against blindness website (opens in a new tab).

We have Clinical Psychologists working within the team and our role is to provide psychological support to children/young person with visual problems attending the paediatric ophthalmology eye clinic at CUH.

Young people have asked us for support for a range of concerns and worries and the picture below summarises some of the themes.

How to arrange a referral

We accept referrals for young people under the active care of a CUH – Addenbrookes Hospital Consultant.

To seek a referral, please discuss your concerns with your Paediatric Ophthalmology Team. They can refer to the Clinical Psychology Service.

What happens next?

We can call you to discuss your concerns and offer an initial triage call. This appointment will be an opportunity to get to know each other, gather information and decide if it would be helpful to have support from a psychologist at this stage.

We aim to keep what we talk about as private as possible, though there are times when we have to share information. We can talk through confidentiality when we begin our work together.

We can offer F2F appointments at Addenbrookes Hospital, virtual appointments, work collaboratively with families and liaise with schools as appropriate.

Contacts/ further information

If you would like find out more about the service, please phone 01223 216878.