Therapeutic Milieu Under Fire (eBook)

Foreword by Kingsley Norton, Consultant Psychotherapist, WLMHT, UK. Editorial Commentary. Part I: The Interpersonal Minefield: The Psycho-Social Dynamics of Engagement. 1. Nursing at the Scene of the Crime. Rebecca Neeld, Group Psychotherapist, Cassel Hospital, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, UK and Tom Clarke, Associate Director of Nursing, South London and St George's Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Lecturer, Kingston University, UK. 2. The Dynamics of Difference. Anne Aiyegbusi, Deputy Director of Nursing, Specialist and Forensic Services, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, UK. 3. Life on the Borders of Thought. Alan Corbett, Clinical Director of Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (ICAP), UK. 4. Complaints as a Tool for Bullying. Celia Taylor, Vice-President, International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. 5. Your Friends and Neighbours: Professional Boundary Violations – A Review of Perpetrator Typologies and Impact on Clients. Jonathan Coe, Managing Director, Clinic for Boundary Studies, UK. Part II: 'Shot By Both Sides': The Therapeutic Milieu Under Attack. 6. 'Mirror Mirror': Parallel Processes in Forensic Institutions. Gwen Adshead, Consultant Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital, UK. 7. Single-Sex Units as a Defence Against Anxiety? Anna Motz, Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Thames Valley Forensic Mental Health Services, UK. 8. Annihilating the Other: Forensic Aspects of Organisational Change. Martin Wrench, Associate Director of Social Work, Specialist Services Directorate, South West London and St George's NHS Mental Health Trust, UK. 9. How to (Almost) Murder a Profession: The Unsolved Mystery of British Social Work. Andrew Cooper, Professor of Social Work, Tavistock Clinic and University of East London, UK. 10. Couples Who Kill: The Malignant Bonding. Estela Welldon, Founder and Honorary Elected President for Life, International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. Part III: Courage Under Fire: Resilience, Reflection and Reparation. 11. Infanticide and Paedophilia as a Defence Against Incest: Work with a Man with a Severe Intellectual Disability. Valerie Sinason, President, Institute for Psychotherapy and Disability and Director, Clinic for Dissociative Studies, UK. 12. The Bereaved Families Forum: Finding the Other Within. Pam Kleinot, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Group Analyst, City and Hackney Psychotherapy Department, UK. 13. What Makes a Secure Setting Secure? Stanley Ruszczynski, Consultant Adult Psychotherapist and Clinical Director, Portman Clinic, UK. 14. The Traumatised Organisation-in-the-Mind: Opening Up Space for Difficult Conversations in Difficult Places. Christopher Scanlon, Consultant Psychotherapist, SLAM, UK and John Adlam, Adult Psychotherapist, SWL&SG, UK. 15. Challenges to the Capacity to Think, Link and Hope. Earl Hopper, Psychoanalyst, Group Analyst and Organisational Consultant in private practice, London, UK. List of Contributors. References. Index.