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Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
University of Stirling
http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/showsection.php?id=4
http://www.drugslibrary.stir.ac.uk
On 26 Jan 2009, at 18:48, "Greet Van de Velde" <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
> Dear,
> Many thanks for your information and help !!
> I was surprised of all the emails I received.
> This will be of great help !
>
> Kind regards, greet
>
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> Van: Therapeutic Communities [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ]
> Namens Rowdy Yates
> Verzonden: maandag 26 januari 2009 12:46
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: FW: question about TC possiblilities for our 25 year
> old son.
>
> Dear Werner and Greet
>
> Welcome to the list. I see that Alphonse has already responded to
> your
> request and I note that you have sent me a similar request "off-
> list". You
> probably know that the expertise of the majority of people on this
> list is
> with drug-free therapeutic communities for people with addiction
> problems.
> There is in fact another list which you might find helpful which is
> mainly
> members interested in TCs for mental illness and personality
> disorder. That
> list is called Therapeutic Communities - Open Forum and I have
> included
> their URL at the foot of this message.
>
> There are a number of TCs which might cater for the type of problem
> which
> you describe in relation to your son.
>
> In Scotland there is a quiet and supportive TC for adolescents and
> young
> adults closely associated with the Samye Ling Buddist Centre:
>
> http://www.lothlorien.tc/
>
>
> A similar community in England (though with a Christian basis to their
> approach) is the Community of St. Antony & St. Elias:
>
> http://www.comae.org.uk/default.asp
>
>
> There is also a non-denominational TC called Elsenham in England;
> though I
> have no additional information about this TC other than that it
> accepts
> referrals from outside the National Health Serive and that it's area
> of
> expertise appears to cover the problems your son is experriencing:
>
> http://www.elsenhamhouse.co.uk/
>
>
> As I have said, my expertise - and that of most of the people on
> this list
> is in the area of drugs and addiction. You might well get a more
> detailed,
> more informed response from the TC-OF list:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TC-OF/
>
>
>
>
> Rowdy Yates
> Senior Research Fellow
> Scottish Addiction Studies
> Dept. of Applied Social Science
> University of Stirling
> Scotland
>
> T: +44 (0) 1786-467737
> F: +44 (0) 1786-466299
> W: http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/showsection.php?id=4 (home)
> W: http://www.drugslibrary.stir.ac.uk/ (online library)
> ________________________________________
> From: Therapeutic Communities [THERAPEUTIC-
> [log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Greet Van de Velde [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 25 January 2009 10:43
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [EFTC] FW: question about TC possiblilities for our 25 year
> old
> son.
>
> Dear,
>
> I am writing to you from Gent in Belgium and I have a question for
> you:
>
> We have a 25 year old son Peter who recently decided to give up his
> university-studies in applied economics while he was in his last year.
> He is currently consulting a psychologist, who has informed us that he
> believes that Peter has a dependence personality disorder (I hope
> that my
> translation makes any sense to you.). It is probably not easy to
> come to a
> sharp diagnosis, because Peter has , from his birth,
> a medical problem : hypopituitarism and consequently receives
> substitution
> treatment with glucocorticoids, genotonorm,sustanon,elthyrone.
> He is very much addicted to food, particulary sugar, chocolates. he
> is obese
> and his health is in danger.
> He has always been treated by an endocrinologist in a university
> hospital,
> Leuven, Groningen(NL) and Ghent.
> End of January, Peter has an appointment with a neuro-psychiatrist,
> Dr.E.Thiery.
>
> Peter does not manage to take any responsibility for his life and has
> according to his psychologist the maturity of a 10 year old. He relies
> entirely on us, his parents, but we have very limited success in
> guiding
> him.
> Although he has good contact-skills, he is socially not interested. He
> "fills" his life with computer games and other banalities.
> His psychologist (Marc Beernaert) believes that drastic change is
> needed in
> his life to prevent Peter from turning into a person which will be
> barely
> capable of working, while he becomes even more dependable on others
> to take
> care of him, living completely isolated, causing frustration and
> disappointment for himself and his surroundings.
> Mr. Marc Beernaert believes that it is necessary to separate Peter
> for a
> longer period from his parents in order to guide him towards more
> independence. He believes that it would be good for Peter to
> participate
> (abroad) in a therapeutic community for young adults(without drug or
> alcohol)problems with mild personality disorders, where he is helped
> in the
> development of his personality, with attention for organising his
> life and
> work.
>
> May we kindly ask you to give us some guidance in this world of
> therapeutic
> communities which is completely unknown to us, and to advise us if you
> believe that there could be a good solute for the above suggested
> approach
> somewhere in europe.(Peter speaks and understands English and
> French quite
> well , dutch is our mothertongue)
> We are quite willing to travel (also with Peter) to discuss things
> more
> deeply if you think there is a way forward within your sight of
> possibilities.
>
> We would be most obliged if you would be so kind as to giving us some
> advice, and we are keenly awaiting your response.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Werner and Greet Krott - Van de Velde
>
> Eenbeekstraat 5
> 9070Destelbergen
> Belgium
> Tel : +32 477 70 18 84
>
>
>
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