Core Partnership is where the bulk of intervention work occurs and can be done by most clinicians who have extended clinical skills. Assessment and reformulation continues throughout contact with the family, in the normal way.

Some families will need additional Specialist Partnership work, alongside the Core. An example could be individual psychodynamic psychotherapy in conjunction with Core family work, or additional specialist assessment e.g. psychometry or ASD assessment.

Core Partnership depends on clinicians having extended clinical skills at basic level alongside their specialist ones- see the section on skills and competencies.

Partnership work can be as many or as few sessions as are needed, as long as this regularly reviewed against clear goals.