I find it fascinating that this thesis, like many writings
on therapeutic communities, does not even mention its failure to examine
women (other than the nurses), or their place (or lack thereof) in the
therapeutic process. Offering the argument that for the most part the
communities Jones developed drew their clientele from the military
doesn't get it. TCs evolved since then, and women in the
"co-ed" community have always been, in my experience, secondary
to the men, and often viewed as foils for the men's social
growth.
I have been looking around for literature that deals with the social
interactions between men and women within therapeutic living
environments, especially in 12-Step and TC oriented programs. If anyone
has any references, I would love to get them. I haqve been asked to
provide guidance to a program here in Costa Rica, and I had to come face
to face with my own failure to address the topic well, and the discovery
that there is a woeful lack of writings on it.
John F. French, MA
NJ Dept of Health, Retired
San Pablo, Heredia, Costa Rica
At 08:39 AM 6/6/2008, you wrote:
Stijn Vandevelde's generosity
has made it possible to upload his 1999 thesis on Maxwell Jones to the
Archive and Study Centre web-site:
http://www.pettarchiv.org.uk/pubs-vandevelde1999.pdf
*MAXWELL JONES AND HIS WORK IN THE THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY*
*(ORIGINAL TITLE IN DUTCH: DE STUDIE VAN MAXWELL JONES EN */*ZIJN WERK IN
DE THERAPEUTISCHE GEMEENSCHAP)*/
*Stijn **Vandevelde
*
*Supervisor: Prof. Dr. E. Broekaert*
*Ghent University, Belgium*
*Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences*
*Academic year 1998-1999*
*Thesis submitted to obtain the degree of Master in Educational
Sciences(Orthopedagogics)*
*Translation by Dieuwke Twinberrow*
http://www.pettarchiv.org.uk/pubs-vandevelde1999.pdf
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