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This comprehensive introduction to the nature and work of therapeutic communities sets them within their historical and social context, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. The author examines communities specifically aimed at certain sectors of society, and describes the day-to-day running of a therapeutic community.
List of contents
PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES. 1. Different origins, common attributes. 2. The rise and fall of moral treatment. 3. Democracy, psychoanalysis and planned environment therapy. 4. Psychiatry meets the second world war: the hospital as a therapeutic community. 5. From innovation to application: therapeutic communities for people with severe personality disorders. 6. The therapeutic community approach in the care of the mentally ill. 7. Concept-based therapeutic communities for drug abusers. 8. Anti-psychiatry and alternative asylum. 9. The future of therapeutic communities. PART TWO: WORKING IN A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY. 10. The first day: an imaginary narrative. 11. Staff roles and some dos and don'ts for beginners. 12. Questions of training by Jeff Roberts, The Group Analytic Practice, London. PART THREE: FURTHER INFORMATION. Key professional organisations in the United Kingdom. Therapeutic communities in the United Kingdom. Rest-of-the-world contacts for further information. Recommended reading. References.
About the author
David Kennard is Head of Psychology and Psychotherapy at The Retreat, York, and Director of the Tuke Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling. He is also a group analyst, and has written extensively on group therapy and therapeutic communities. Previously, he was Regional Tutor in Clinical Psychology in Trent, Clinical Psychologist at Rampton Hospital and at Littlemore Hospital.
Summary
This comprehensive introduction to the nature and work of therapeutic communities sets them within their historical and social context, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. The author examines communities specifically aimed at certain sectors of society, and describes the day-to-day running of a therapeutic community.
