Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities: Volume 35 Issue 2

Thinking or acting: physical aggression in a therapeutic community: how best to manage it?

Marjan Ghazirad, Christopher Newrith

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of a rare phenomenon of physical aggression in a Therapeutic Community (TC) and the clinical results of its management.

Vocational training and employment attainment among substance abuse recovering individuals within a communal living environment

Daisy Gomez, Leonard A. Jason, Richard Contreras, Julia DiGangi, Joseph R. Ferrari

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of length of stay in an Oxford House (a sober living environment) with the number of days attended school/vocational…

Camping: a tool for relationship maintenance?

Rosie Morrow, Alison Rodriguez, Nigel King

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate individuals’ lived experience of camping, and to explore the effects of camping on relationships.

Anxiety in youth in Flemish care: a multi-informant study

Bram Soenen, Franky D’Oosterlinck, Eric Broekaert

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in youngsters with emotional and behavioral disorders, and its relation to other problems, using…

Forensic Music Therapy: A Treatment for Men and Women in Secure Hospital Settings

Kate Cropper

Learning from experience in therapeutic community living

David Kennard

LFE and LLE workshops: explaining the history

Rex Haigh and Jan Lees