What we do
The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare team within MASP work with people who have got into trouble with the law by contacting others when they did not wish this, perhaps leading to a charge or conviction for harassment or stalking. Often this brings with it difficulties with obsessive thoughts about others that are hard to stop or difficulties moving on from a relationship or dispute.
We offer a range of interventions to help you to find ways to cope and discover new ways to build a life that you value.
All our interventions are delivered by a Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare psychologist and available face to face or via videolink and you will be offered the intervention that best suits your needs. These include:
For people who find it difficult to move on from a relationship or a dispute, who voluntarily engage if the police drop charges and those subject to Probation.
8 sessions plus 1 follow up session, delivered weekly.
Based on Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT), PLSI FACT helps to identify changes you may want to make in your life and overcome any barriers to this. It also helps you cope with your emotions and recurrent thoughts, and provides education about stalking and the legal consequences. Together we will develop an understanding of the contact behaviours that led to police intervention and how to behave differently in the future. At the end of the intervention, you will be given a booklet summarising the intervention and additional resources and support services.
For people who have tried to start a relationship with someone who does not want a relationship which caused that person to feel upset and scared.
For people who voluntarily engage if the police drop charges and those subject to Probation.
8 sessions plus 1 follow up session, delivered weekly.
PLSI Skills Builder will be adapted to your needs and will help you to understand how your behaviour affects others, how to cope with your emotions and difficult thoughts and help you understand what stalking is and the legal consequences. Together we will develop an understanding of the contact behaviours that led to police intervention and how to behave differently in the future. At the end of the therapy, you will be given a booklet about the intervention and extra resources and support services.
For people who struggle with psychiatric or psychological issues and may have other life issues that are challenging, who have been given a Stalking Protection Order (SPO) or are on a Probation licence.
The number of sessions offered will depend on need.
The type of therapy delivered will depend on your needs but will include helping you with the issues that are causing the obsessive behaviour, and helping you understand what stalking is and the legal consequences. Together we will develop an understanding of the contact behaviours that led to police intervention and how to behave differently in the future. At the end of the intervention, you will be given a booklet summarising the intervention and additional resources and support services.
For people who may have a serious psychiatric disorder or a Stalking Protection Order (SPO) or Probation licence.
This will involve the Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist talking with your Police Offender Manager or Probation Practitioner and then if needed, meeting with you for an assessment. After which they may then need to talk with your mental health team if appropriate, and Police Offender Manager or Probation Practitioner.
Daily virtual mindfulness sessions to address thoughts that go round and round in your head are also available to everyone who is seeing a MASP Psychologist.
Information sharing
For people held by Probation or subject to a Stalking Protection Order, a discussion will be held with your Probation Practitioner or Police Offender Manager before the start of the intervention. During the intervention, your attendance and any issues regarding risk, will be communicated to your Probation Practitioner or Police Offender Manager and the Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Probation Service and Stop Domestic Abuse), in accordance with the Data Protection Act (2018). Other information that does not have any connection with risk will be treated confidentially according to NHS Trust policy.
How can I sign up to PLSI (Psychologist Led Stalking Intervention)?
To access support from the Multi-Agency Stalking Project, you need to be over 18 years old and living in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight and convicted of, or engaging in, stalking behaviour.
You may have been given a leaflet about PLSI by a Police Officer from Hampshire Constabulary and so can sign up yourself using the QR code or contacting us. Or you can be referred in through your Probation Offender Manager or Police Offender Manager.