Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities: Volume 41 Issue 3/4

Social and programmatic interactions in a therapeutic community for women: an exponential random graph model analysis

Qiuchang Cao, Li Liao, Keith Leverett Warren

To analyze networks of social interactions between the residents of a therapeutic community (TC) for women and the way, in which such interactions predict the discussion of issues…

The real body of therapeutic communities in society of lockdown

Simone Bruschetta

It is argued that COVID-19 epidemic has critically affected, from many points of view, the hyper-modern economic system, dominant in the globalized capitalist societies. This…

Analysis of the duration of abstinence after treatment for alcohol dependence in a therapeutic community: differences between the sexes

Núria Riera-Oliver, Carmen Jiménez, Joan Rey, Ana Belén Calvo, Teresa Sanchez-Gutierrez

The use and abuse of alcohol is problematic for a person’s social and individual development. Maintenance of abstinence after detoxification programs is difficult for patients who…

Can analytical psychology be applied to the therapeutic community?

Andrew John Howe

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the theoretical potential of applying Jungian/analytical psychology concepts to a contemporary therapeutic community (TC) within the…

Social distancing in a social therapy environment

Geraldine Ann Akerman, Emily Jones, Harry Talbot, Gemma Grahame-Wright

This paper aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a prison-based therapeutic community (TC).

“Act-as-if you are infected and infectious”: what has the global therapeutic community movement learnt from COVID-19?

Helena Gosling, Rowdy Yates

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to reflect upon what the global therapeutic community (TC) movement has learnt from coronavirus and to consider how TCs will continue to…