In Residence

I have written before in this journal about the connections between Bowlby’s theories on attachment and loss, on the one hand, and the concept of “nestness”, on the other. Put simply, it is possible to limit thinking about attachment largely or solely to the relationship between a child and a significant other, whereas  the idea … Read more

Sean Williams is Headteacher at the Forge Pupil Referral Unit in Redditch. The following is a talk given at the AGM of the St Paul’s homeless charity in Worcester. www. stpaulshostel.co.uk Thank you Claire for the introduction.  Yes I used to be a PE teacher in Worcestershire and before that I worked as a teacher … Read more

Welcome to our October edition of the IC newsletter. The International Centre is a free alliance of like-minded organisations and individuals who either practice or wish to learn about the role of therapeutic care – especially residential, foster care and adoption – for children, young people, their families and communities. We communicate with our member networks … Read more

The article comes from the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Vol 10, no. 2 (1989) It is from a Dutch perspective and looks at curative factors within Therapeutic Communities.

It’s been another of those weekends at Mill Grove, and I need to find ways of understanding not only how to describe and frame two extraordinary encounters that took place, but also how to identify and stay in touch with the personal feelings they have provoked in me.  Each of the people in question had … Read more

There are fashions in academic and professional disciplines, just as there are in clothing, music and holiday destinations, and there comes a time in life when you find them coming round again: endorsed and advocated enthusiastically by those who are encountering them for the first time.  So I well remember when I first heard the … Read more

Migrant families with No Recourse to Public Funds’ (NRPF) are at the mercy of underfunded public services, leaving children trying to cope in the worst of situations. What are the challenges faced and what changes can be made in order to prevent children experiencing destitution? The children of migrants in the UK are finding themselves … Read more

This is an assignment written by Rita Baptista a Therapeutic Care Practitioner for the Mulberry Bush/UWE Foundation Degree in ‘therapeutic work with children and young people’. All names have been anonymised.    This essay proposes to critically analyze my experience using the seminar technique, where I would discuss an area of my work relating to … Read more

A warm welcome to our new members: Mark Dyson, Val Jefferies, Karen Butcher, Shirley Pang, Marie Russell, Colette Cummings. Welcome to our August IC and TCJ newsletter. The International Centre is a free alliance of like-minded organisations and individuals who either practice or wish to learn about the role of therapeutic care – especially residential, … Read more

Part 3 of an adapted M.A. dissertation by Angus Burnett. It is about leadership, task and organisation in a therapeutic community for children. The M.A. in Therapeutic Child Care at The University of Reading was run by Adrian Ward, Dr. Linnet Mc Mahon, Paul Cain, Deborah Best and Theresa Howard at the Dept. of Community … Read more

These words form the title of a remarkable book[1] by Miroslav Volf, a Croat whose family and people were among the victims of the Serbian atrocities in Srebrenica, and written when the traumas were still raw.  After a lecture that he gave, he was asked whether, as a follower of Jesus, he could embrace one … Read more

Most of the subject matter for the columns I have written in the TCJ is fresh, in the sense that it relates to what has been going on in the days or weeks immediately prior to writing it, but the content of this piece is so fresh that it is raw.  In fact I am using … Read more