Health Professionals

Making a referral to Face IT@home

Using CAR’s tiered approach to psycho-social support provision, which recognises that interventions should be available at different levels of intensity to meet various levels of need (see Figure 1), we intend Face IT@home to be a Level 1-2 intervention.

It therefore does not require supervision. The Face IT online tool (www.faceitonline.org.uk) in a level 3 intervention and therefore requires supervision from a psychologist, counsellor or suitably trained health professional.

If you have a patient that you think might benefit from Face IT@home or FaceItonline, please contact us:

Tel: 01752 584844

Email: info@faceitonline.org.uk

Who can refer people to Face IT@home?

People can be referred to Face IT@home by Health Professionals (for example: psychologists, social workers, specialist nurses, hospital doctors and GP’s) and by charitable organisations who currently provide psychosocial advice and support for appearance-related conditions, for example Changing Faces. People can also self-refer.

Who can use Face IT@home?

The program has been designed for:

  • People aged 18+ years.
  • Those expressing appearance concerns or appearance-related anxiety.
  • Those with a condition known to alter appearance, for example:
  • Skin conditions: for example vitiligo, acne, ichthyosis eczema, or other conditions that affect the texture of the skin, such as neurofibromatosis and epidermolysis bullosa.
  • alopecia
  • Scarring: resulting from an accident, surgery or burn.
  • Medical treatments: for example hair loss, skin or weight changes as a result of chemotherapy, radiotherapy or steroid therapy.
  • A condition that has been present from birth, such as a cleft lip or other craniofacial conditions.
  • Those who are fluent in speaking English with normal or corrected to normal vision. However the program does have an audio option for those who struggle to read text.

The program is not suitable for those:

  • With a history of clinical depression or psychosis.
  • With an eating disorder.
  • With post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • With a learning disability severe enough to compromise informed consent.

For further information please contact Alyson Norman, Lead Researcher.
E-mail: alyson.norman@plymouth.ac.uk.
Tel: 01752 584844
E-mail: info@faceitonline.org.uk

Further Reading

For further reading about Face IT@home including details of the theoretical model it is based on please download the PDF below: