Forensic Group Psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic Approach (The New International Library of Group Analysis)

Author: Andrew WilliamsPublisher: RoutledgePaperback:ISBN 10: 1780490496ISBN 13: 978-1780490496This book is about the practice and underlying theory of psychodynamic group therapy as undertaken in the Portman Clinic. It offers an overview of various matters requiring sophisticated thinking in the structuring of forensic group psychotherapy. Review "I was fortunate to meet both Estela Welldon and John Woods early in my forensic training and the Portman “principles” of group therapy I learnt from them proved to be invaluable to me as a group therapist working with offenders, both in terms of technical rigour and a compassionate framework to support meaningful change. Now those principles have been described and discussed in detail in this rich and thoughtful book. Chapters by different authors describe different types of group; what is especially strong is the clinical detail and description of real group processes