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- The authors have direct experience of working in a wide range of
statutory and non-statutory mental health, social care, housing and
criminal justice agencies. - Will appeal to a broad range of
scholars across the behavioural and social sciences. - Critically
examines the concept of trauma, very much a hot topic, from a
broad, societal standpoint.
- The authors have direct experience of working in a wide range of
statutory and non-statutory mental health, social care, housing and
criminal justice agencies. - Will appeal to a broad range of
scholars across the behavioural and social sciences. - Critically
examines the concept of trauma, very much a hot topic, from a
broad, societal standpoint.
This groundbreaking book explores the psychodynamics and
socio-politics of the forensic therapeutic milieu, addressing some
of the most difficult and complex issues facing practitioners. It
sets out a psycho-social framework for understanding the
predicament and the needs of those who live in and those who work
in forensic mental health settings. It brings to life the thinking
of those working on the frontline in an increasingly difficult and
hostile environment, and draws together fresh and stimulating
approaches to engagement with highly complex individuals who
present challenges to traditional models of psychiatric assessment
and treatment. Contributors with considerable clinical experience
and expertise from a range of disciplines consider the ethical,
emotional and intellectual challenges of their work, and describe
ways in which genuine containment and change can be achieved
despite numerous perceived assaults on therapeutic relationships,
and on the therapeutic milieu itself. Combining clinical case
studies with organisational perspectives and clear descriptions of
theoretical processes, they explore key issues including the
challenges of maintaining role-appropriate, 'boundaried'
relationships; the tensions between public protection and
individual confidentiality; questions of risk and responsibility;
duty of care and respect for individual liberty; the challenges
posed by inter-professional tensions and rivalries; as well as
specific clinical dilemmas. The difficulties they experience in
fulfilling specific therapeutic roles in the face of uncertainties
about the funding and commissioning of their services are
addressed, and the final part of the book outlines some of the ways
in which individuals, particular services and whole organisations
may protect themselves when under attack. This unique and highly
original book is essential reading for all those working, or
training to work, in both forensic and non-forensic inpatient
therapeutic milieux and for academics and lay readers interested in
the societal dynamics of inclusion and exclusion that are
replicated and magnified in these settings.
This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of
violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the
integration of several disciplines, including forensic
psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and
political science. By examining the 'violent states' of mind behind
specific forms of violence and the social and societal contexts in
which an individual act of human violence takes place, the
contributors reveal the dynamic forces and reasoning behind
specific forms of violence including structural violence, and
conceptualise the societal structures themselves as 'violent
states'. Other research often stops short at examining the causes
and risk factors for violence, without considering the opposite
states that may not only mitigate, but allow for a different
unfolding of individual and societal evolution. As a potential
antidote to violence, the authors prescribe an understanding of
these 'creative states' with their psychological origins, and their
importance in human behaviour and meaning-seeking. Making a call to
move beyond merely mitigating violence to the opposite direction of
fostering creative potential, this book is foundational in its
capacity to cultivate social consciousness and effect positive
change in areas of governance, policy-making, and collective
responsibility. Volume 2: Human Violence and Creative Humanity
explores violent states of mind, behavioural or subjective,
interpersonal violence (including self-injury) and the fine
distinctions between violent and creative states of mind.
This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of
violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the
integration of several disciplines, including forensic
psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and
political science. By examining the 'violent states' of mind behind
specific forms of violence and the social and societal contexts in
which an individual act of human violence takes place, the
contributors reveal the dynamic forces and reasoning behind
specific forms of violence including structural violence, and
conceptualise the societal structures themselves as 'violent
states'. Other research often stops short at examining the causes
and risk factors for violence, without considering the opposite
states that may not only mitigate, but allow for a different
unfolding of individual and societal evolution. As a potential
antidote to violence, the authors prescribe an understanding of
these 'creative states' with their psychological origins, and their
importance in human behaviour and meaning-seeking. Making a call to
move beyond merely mitigating violence to the opposite direction of
fostering creative potential, this book is foundational in its
capacity to cultivate social consciousness and effect positive
change in areas of governance, policy-making, and collective
responsibility. Volume 1: Structural Violence and Creative
Structures covers structural and symbolic violence, with violent
states and State violence, and with creative responses and creative
states at the local and global levels.
Forensic Music Therapy demonstrates diverse and innovative
approaches, which include live, improvised and pre-composed music,
from music therapy teams working in secure treatment settings. The
book covers clinical development, research, supervision and
discussion of institutional and multi-disciplinary team dynamics.
It will inform professionals about different ways to manage
challenging situations in order to deliver music therapy with
adults and adolescents who have committed offences, men and women
with personality disorders and mental health problems, as well as
men who have killed. The book also describes the development of
Cognitive Analytic Music Therapy: the first manualised form of
music therapy to be used in the rehabilitation of offenders.
Chapters include case studies and service developments informed by
theories from an established range of psychological therapies
including psychoanalysis, cognitive analytic therapy, musicology
and forensic psychotherapy. The significant variations and
considerations when working in low, medium and high secure
treatment settings are also clarified. This book will give music
therapists, forensic and clinical psychotherapists and
psychologists, cognitive analytic therapists, psychiatrists, and
others working in the field a wider understanding of choices, as
well as demonstrating the effectiveness of tailored music therapy
programmes for this complex client group.
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