The Atrium
Atrium was established in 1999 by its existing directors who are General Practitioners and a Counsultant Psychiatrist. Due to increasing demand, we now have in excess of twelve counsellors, supported by an administration team who will be able to answer any general enquiries you may have. Additionally, Atrium holds the Investor In People (IiP) quality standard, emphasising the company's commitment to the investment of its staff for future success and growth.
Our Philosophy
Atrium is a medically managed organisation, aiming to provide the highest quality counselling services. In addition the company follows the principles of quality record keeping and clinical governance that all stakeholders expect to find in a professionally managed primary care health provider.
Confidentiality and data protection
All Atrium counsellors abide by The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Code of Practice and Ethics, which ensures the confidentiality of counselling sessions. Other members of staff may need to access client files for administration purposes. All our staff are bound the company's own confidentiality agreement and the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Under normal circumstances no details that would identify a client or the issues discussed will be revealed, however, an Atrium counsellor will need to disclose personal information where there is a threat to human life or physical safety. In these circumstances, the client would normally be made aware of our obligations to break confidentiality.
Qualifications
The counselling team comprise of a wide range of qualified counsellors who hold enhanced CRB (criminal records bureau) checks and additionally hold a wide range of specialisms including:
- nursing, within the community and within accident and emergency at hospital
- teaching
- domestic abuse
- psychosexual issues
- bereavement and loss
- childhood abuse
- self harm and eating disorders
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Sourangshu ACHARYYA MBBS, MPhil (psychiatry), MRCPsych
Dr Acharyya is a founding Director of Atrium. He has been a Consultant Psychiatrist since 1988 and has been the Medical Director of Southend Community Care Services NHS Trust as well as a visiting Consultant Psychiatrist to the Priory Group of Hospitals and Charter Hospitals. In addition to training psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and general practitioners he has written extensively on psychiatry/mental health matters. Amongst his area of main clinical interest is the study of stress-related psychological disorders and their treatment.Caroline ELIAS MSc Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Elias joined the company in 2002 as Atrium's Business Development Manager and is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of Atrium. She is a fully qualified and chartered Marketeer with 15 years of business-to-business marketing within the training industry background.Dr. Brian HOUSTON MBChB MRCGP DRCOG
Dr. Houston is also a founding Director of Atrium. He trained at Dundee Medical School, and has been a principal in General Practice since 1982. He is a member of the Professional Executive Committee of South East Essex Primary Care Trust.Dr. Paul HUSSELBEE MBBS MRCGP DRCOG CHAIRMAN
Dr. Husselbee is a founding member of Atrium and took over the role of Chairman in 2000. He was trained at the Westminster Medical School, London, and has been a principal in General Practice since 1990.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Legal Information
1. Introduction
The website is co-ordinated by The Atrium.
This website is undergoing continuous improvement and expansion and it may on occasions not function as you may expect, or contain the information you require. If you have any enquiries, please contact us.
2. Terms and conditions
Use of and access to this website is subject to the following terms and conditions listed below. By entering the website, you agree to these terms and conditions:
- The Atrium Clinic and Therapy Centre (Atrium) makes every effort to ensure that the information published on this website is given in accordance to the laws of England and Wales accurate and is for general information purposes only.
- Except as required by law, Atrium shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from reliance of information contained in this website or other website which may be linked from time to time, or from any interruption or delay in access to the website for whatever reason.
- Atrium takes great care to ensure that the website materials and any associated services are as robust and virus-free as possible. Please therefore ensure that you take your own precautions for the detection and eradication of viruses.
- Atrium reserves the right to make amendments to these terms and conditions without notice. Continued use of Atrium's website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.
3. Intellectual property rights
This website and the copyright materials on this website are owned by Atrium and all images, names and logos are the property of Atrium. You may print or otherwise temporarily store extracts from this website provided that no alteration to any of the content is made and that use is for your own personal reference only. The reproduction, permanent storage or retransmission of the materials on this site is prohibited without the written consent of Atrium. The content in whole or in part may not be distributed or copies for any commercial purposes.
4. Portal access
Atrium reserves the right to restrict access to part of the website.
For portal use of the website, we will enable you to access restricted areas of our website or other content or services upon account activation. You must ensure that your username and password is kept confidential. You accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account for this website.
We may disable your account without notice should you breach any of the policies or terms and conditions governing your use of our website or any other contractual obligation you owe to us.
5. Third Party Websites
Links to this website are prohibited without the prior written consent of Atrium.
6. Atrium logo
Atrium has a definitive logo and it should not be used in any commercial advertising / publication, without Atrium's express permission.
7. Disclaimer
Where Atrium provides details of other individuals/organisations on this website, the description of the goods or services they provide is based upon information supplied by them.
Atrium cannot confirm they they are legally entitled or professionally qualified to carry out their business and bear no liability for merely supplying their details.
You should check any information obtained from this website before you act upon it. Atrium expressly disclaims all liability for any damage or loss resulting from your use of, or reliance on, the information and material published on this website.
8. Privacy Policy
You can access our website without disclosing your personal data. There may be pages on the website that invite visitors to send information via forms or email to enable you to ask for publications or information and advice, or to tell us what you think about particular issues. Atrium takes great care of any personal information you give us in this way. If you choose to give us information about yourself you will be consenting to the collection, processing and storage of information you provide.
Atrium ensures that only its staff with a legitimate reason can look at your information or data. Atrium will never sell personal information or data or share personal inforamtion or data with third parties unrelated to the services that we provide, unless we are required to do so by law or unless you have told us you consent to our doing this.
9. Data Protection
Atrium processes personal data and has notified the Information Commissioner of the purposes behind such processing in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
10. Website usage information
Log files allow us to record visitors' use of the website. We put together log file information from all our visitors, which we use to makes changes to the layout of the website and to the information in it, based on the way that visitors move around it. Log files do not contain any personal inforamtion or information about which other sites you have visited.
For further information please contact the Atrium.