about us

"We understand the therapeutic community tradition by drawing on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer and the psychoanalytic thought of Jacques Lacan. We have argued that although a Kleinian reading of the therapeutic community has been dominant, a hermeneutic approach can enrich our understanding through its emphasis on community, dwelling and speech."

"Since its foundation CHT has developed a particular therapeutic community style under the influence of postmodern psychoanalysis, particularly the Lacanian reworking of psychoanalytic theory and a review of the philosophical foundations of therapeutic community methodology through a consideration of the thought of Heidegger and Gadamer."