Life within hidden worlds : psychotherapy in prisons / edited by Jessica Williams Saunders ; forward by David Ramsbotham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saunders, Jessica Williams.

Greenwood, Lynn.

Doctor, Ronald.

Franciosi, Paola.

Morris, Mark.

Series:

Forensic psychotherapy monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prison psychology.

Psychotherapy.

Prisoners--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Psychotherapy.

Prisoners--psychology.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 118 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac Books, [2001]

Summary:

Prisons are not ideal environments in which to practice psychotherapy, but they are places in which it is urgently needed. Unfortunately, too many people do not understand either the needor what therapy can offerand ignorance is a powerful enemy of practice. The Prison Service has the difficult task of attempting to ensure that all needs can be catered for. Its most intractable problem is with those at the extreme end of the difficult, dangerous and disruptive spectrum, whose treatment cannot solely be a matter of control. These are the prisoners whose treatment and needs are described in this book.Psychotherapy should not be seen as antithetical to the ethos of a prison it is important that prison staff understand therapists, and vice versa. The value of Life Within Hidden Worlds is that it helps to fill the gap by explaining, simply yet graphically, the challenges that face therapists.Sir David Ramsbotham, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, from his Foreword.

Contents:

An introduction to psychotherapy in prisons: issues, themes, and dynamics / Jessica Williams Saunders

Psychotherapy in prison: the ultimate container? / Lynn Greenwood

Psychotherapy and the prisoner - impasse or progress? / Ronald Doctor

The struggle to work with locked-up pain / Paola Franciosi

Gredon Underwood, a psychotherapeutic prison / Mark Morris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114) and index.

ISBN:

1855752190

OCLC:

48193090