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Title New horizons in forensic psychotherapy : exploring the work of Estela V. Welldon / ediyed by Brett Kahr
Published London : Karnac Books, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (303 pages)
Series The forensic psychotherapy monograph series
Forensic psychotherapy monograph series.
Contents COVER -- CONTENTS -- SERIES EDITORâ#x80;#x99;S FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS -- Introduction Estela at La Scala -- PART I FORENSIC PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE PRE-WELLDONIAN ERA -- CHAPTER ONE â#x80;#x9C;No intolerable personsâ#x80;#x9D; or â#x80;#x9C;lewd pregnant womenâ#x80;#x9D;: towards a history of forensic psychoanalysis -- PART II FORENSIC PSYCHOTHERAPY IN ACTION -- Section one The theory and practice of forensic psychotherapy -- CHAPTER TWO True falsehoods: Estela Welldonâ#x80;#x99;s paradoxical insights in forensic psychotherapy
CHAPTER THREE Mothers-in-law: maternal function and child protectionSection two Forensic psychotherapy in hospitals -- CHAPTER FOUR Brain, womb, and will: a lethal cocktail or a grand affair? -- CHAPTER FIVE Just a normal day: from prodrome to index offence and beyond -- CHAPTER SIX The female body as torturer: malignant bonding and its manifestations in perverse partnerships -- Section three Forensic psychotherapy in prisons -- CHAPTER SEVEN Working with gangs and within gang culture: a pilot for changing the game -- Section four Forensic disability psychotherapy
CHAPTER EIGHT Extraordinary therapy: on splitting, kindness, and handicapping mothersCHAPTER NINE Responses to trauma, enactments of trauma: the psychodynamics of an intellectually disabled family -- Section five Forensic psychotherapy in the community -- CHAPTER TEN Committing crimes without breaking the law: unconscious sadismin the â#x80;#x9C;non-forensicâ#x80;#x9D; patient
Summary New Horizons in Forensic Psychotherapy: Exploring the Work of Estela V. Welldon, edited by the author, contains many rich contributions by some of Welldon's most distinguished former students and proteges. The book consists of important chapters on the creative ways in which colleagues have utilised and expanded upon Welldon's work in the field of forensic psychotherapy in a variety of settings, including in hospitals, prisons, community mental health clinics, and, also, in private practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Welldon, Estela V.
Forensic psychiatry.
Psychotherapy.
Forensic Psychiatry
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
Forensic psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Form Electronic book
Author Kahr, Brett, editor
ISBN 9781782416005
1782416005