The origins of the therapeutic community in England are most often associated with the work of and W.R. Bion, Richman, Harold Bridger, S.J. Foulkes, Maxwell Jones and Tom Main. In Italy with Franco Bassaglia and Diego Napolitani. But while it is true that psychoanalytic thinking only ever takes place within a specific tradition of thinking, there is always scope for a cross over. This conference – the second in a series – aims precisely at a mutual sharing of ideas between clinicians and academics across divergent discourses, dialects and traditions. In the last two years over 1,500 professionals from 65 different countries have joined INDTC. Why is interest in therapeutic communities growing so fast? What is the experience of international cross cultural cooperation like? Is it relevant for you - should you be getting involved? This is a day for anyone wanting answers to these questions, and suitable for psychiatrists, psychologists, students and others in the field of mental health, for those who commission services, people with personal experience of mental ill health, family members, and anyone trying to support people experiencing mental ill health.

1. 9TH MAY 2015 10AM–3.30PM
ANNA FREUD CENTRE
12 MARESFIELD GARDENS,
LONDON NW3 5SU
£35 FOR INDTC MEMBERS,
£50 FOR NON INDTC MEMBERS
CONTACT: MAI TASSINARI mt@cht.org.uk
ADVANCES IN
THERAPEUTIC
COMMUNITIES
REFLECTIONS ON BRITISH AND
ITALIAN EXPERIENCES
International Network of
Democratic Therapeutic Communities

2. ADVANCES IN
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES
REFLECTIONS ON BRITISH AND ITALIAN EXPERIENCES
REVISED SCHEDULE
10AM Welcome: John Gale
10.10AM Introduction: Rex Haigh
MORNING SESSION: CHAIR MARINO DE CRESCENTE
10.30AM Christopher Scanlon: Shame, shamelessness, grief, grievance, refusal and
other forms of psychosocial disease in groups, teams and communities.
11.15AM Raffaele Barone and Simone Bruschetta: The therapeutic community in the
local community. The limits, resources of partnership and democracy.
12.00 NOON Discussion: Chris Nicholson
12.30PM LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION: CHAIR TBC
1.30PM Alistair Black: Psychoanalytic clinic for the psychoses - beyond psychiatry and
psychotechnics
2.15PM Luca Mingarelli: Taking care of the staff and the management of boundaries
and rules: what kind of leadership is there in Italian TCs?
3.00PM Discussion: Anne Worthington
3.30PM Concluding remarks: John Gale

3. ADVANCES IN
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES
REFLECTIONS ON BRITISH AND ITALIAN EXPERIENCES
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EVENT
The origins of the therapeutic community in England are most often associated with the work of and W.R.
Bion, Richman, Harold Bridger, S.J. Foulkes, Maxwell Jones and Tom Main. In Italy with Franco
Bassaglia and Diego Napolitani. But while it is true that psychoanalytic thinking only ever takes place
within a specific tradition of thinking, there is always scope for a cross over. This conference – the second
in a series – aims precisely at a mutual sharing of ideas between clinicians and academics across
divergent discourses, dialects and traditions.
In the last two years over 1,500 professionals from 65 different countries have joined INDTC. Why is
interest in therapeutic communities growing so fast? What is the experience of international cross cultural
cooperation like? Is it relevant for you - should you be getting involved? This is a day for anyone wanting
answers to these questions, and suitable for psychiatrists, psychologists, students and others in the field
of mental health, for those who commission services, people with personal experience of mental ill health,
family members, and anyone trying to support people experiencing mental ill health.
DR CHRIS SCANLON is Consultant Psychotherapist in General
Adult and Forensic Mental Health in the NHS and a Training
Group Analyst at Institute of Group Analysis (London). He is also
Visiting Professor and Principal Lecturer in Psychosocial Studies,
University of East London; Founder member of the Association
for Psychosocial Studies (APS); member of the International
Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations (ISPSO)
and associate member of Organisation for Promotion of the
Understanding of Society (OPUS). He is also a non-executive
Director for EMERGENCE - a National organisation that aims to
make a life changing difference for everyone affected
by ‘personality disorders’ and was Professional Adviser to
Department of Health’s Personality Disorder Expert Advisory
Group and ‘Social Inclusion Unit’ in the Department for
Communities and Local Government (CLG).
MARINO DE CRESCENTE is a member of the Italian association
of coach professionals (IACP), an organisational consultant and
therapeutic community supervisor. He is also a founding
member of Comunità Passaggi, a therapeutic community for
psychotic patients, of the Association Françoise Dolto in Rome
and the scientific secretary for central Italy of the Istituto di Studi
Avanzati in Psicoanalisi (ISAP) which is the Italian Section of the
Institut des Hautes Études en Psychanalyse. He is the lead for
visiting central Italy of the Association Mito e Realtà.
PROF RAFFAELE BARONE is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and
group analyst. He currently works as the National Secretary of
the Laboratorio Italiano di Gruppo Analisi. Raffaele is the Vice
President of COIRAG (the confederation of Italian organisations
for the analytic research of groups). He is the Honorary
President of AIRSAM (the Italian association for residences for
mental health), and Vice President INDTC and a member of its
international advisory panel.
DR SIMONE BRUSCHETTA is a clinical psychologist and group
analyst doing post-doctoral research at the University of Catania.
He is a therapeutic community specialist and Project Director
SPEAKERS’ AND SESSION CHAIRS’ BIOGRAPHIES
for Quality Accreditation for Sicilian therapeutic communities.
Simone is member of the international Advisory Panel of INDTC,
a board member of the Laboratorio Italiano di Gruppo Analisi
and the author of numerous books and scientific papers.
DR ALISTAIR BLACK is a psychoanalyst and CHT’s Training
Director. He has a background in continental philosophy.
Since gaining his PhD and finishing his thesis on Heidegger and
the human sciences, he has worked in the field of the psychoses
and completed a Lacanian psychoanalytic training. As well as
being CHT’s Training Manager, Alistair maintains a private
psychoanalytic practice. He has published papers on the
psychoses and their treatment.
LUCA MINGARELLI Is a social entrepreneur, psychotherapist and
organisational consultant. He is the President and owner of the
Rosa dei Veneto foundation, the director of a therapeutic
community for adolescents and Vice Chairman Il Nodo Group.
Luca is also a member of OPUS (an Organisation for Promoting
Understanding of Society), an international group relations staff
member and Director of Learning from Action conferences.
DR CHRIS NICHOLSON is a lecturer at The Centre for
Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex and the Course
Director for Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic
Organisations. Before joining the Centre, Chris worked in a range
of children’s services for over 10 years. His book, co-edited with
Professor Michael Irwin and Dr Kedar Nath Dwivedi entitled
Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic
Approaches was published in 2010. In his doctoral thesis he
examined the life and writings of Robert Graves in the light of his
traumatic war experiences.
DR ANNE WORTHINGTON is a psychoanalyst and a senior lecturer
at the Centre for Psychoanalysis, Middlesex University. She is
also the Chair of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research,
on the Board of Governors of the College of Psychoanalysts-UK,
and on the training committee of the Guild of Psychotherapists.