Explorations in Forensic Psychotherapy: The Work of the Portman Clinic from 1933 to the Present

Explorations in Forensic Psychotherapy: The Work of the Portman Clinic from 1933 to the Present examines the work and the culture of the Portman Clinic in London and its pioneering contribution, over more than ninety years, to the understanding and treatment of criminal and deviant behaviour.

In each chapter, past and present clinicians at the Clinic describe their thinking and clinical work in relation to specific patterns of behaviour and the contexts in which they can be understood. Addre...