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Hakeem, Az (2009) 'Forensic group psychotherapy': Estela Welldon's contribution to working with groups at the Portman Clinic. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 25 (2). pp. 230-238. ISSN Print ISSN: 0265-9883 Online ISSN: 1752-0118

Minne, Carine (2009) Infanticide, matricide or suicide. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 25 (2). pp. 194-202. ISSN 02659883

Minne, Carine (2011) The secluded minds of violent patients. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 25 (1). pp. 38-51. ISSN 0266-8734

Minne, Carine (2016) A child’s loss becomes a young man’s violence. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 30 (2). pp. 164-177. ISSN 0266-8734 (Print); 1474-9734 (Electronic)

Motz, Anna (2009) Thinking the unthinkable: Facing maternal abuse. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 25 (2). pp. 203-213. ISSN Print ISSN: 0265-9883 Online ISSN: 1752-0118

Routledge, Gemma (2024) A virtual frame – how does forensic psychotherapy work remotely? Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 38 (1). pp. 38-61. ISSN 0266-8734 (Print); 1474-9734 (Electronic)

Ruszczynski, Stanley (2010) Integrating the ivory tower and the treatment institution. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 24 (3). pp. 224-230. ISSN 0266-8734

Theodorou, Alexis and Ali, Saima (2021) Venus: victim or violator? The International Journal of Forensic Psychotherapy, 3 (1). pp. 54-65. ISSN 2632-0118 (Print); 2632-0126 (Online)

Welldon, Estela (2014) The true nature of perversions. Australasian Journal of Psychotherapy, 32 (1). pp. 8-39. ISSN 1446-1625 (Print)

Wood, Heather (2013) Internet pornography and paedophilia. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 27 (4). ISSN 0266-8734

Wood, Heather (2011) The internet and its role in the escalation of sexually compulsive behaviour. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 25 (2). pp. 127-142. ISSN 0266-8734

Wood, Heather, McPherson, Susan, Clayton, Sarah, Hiskey, Syd and Andrews, Leanne (2013) The role of childhood experiences in the development of sexual compulsivity. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, 20 (4). pp. 259-278. ISSN 1072-0162

Woods, John (2013) Group analytic therapy for compulsive users of internet pornography. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 27 (4). pp. 306-318. ISSN 0266-8734

Yakeley, Jessica and Wood, Heather (2011) Patients' experiences of forensic psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 25 (1). pp. 105-114. ISSN 0266-8734

Yakeley, Jessica (2021) Forensic psychotherapy and tele-psychiatry. International Journal of Social Psychiatry . ISSN 1741-2854

Yakeley, Jessica (2018) Psychoanalytic perspectives on paraphilias and perversions. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 20 (2). pp. 164-183. ISSN 1364-2537

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Adlam, John and Scanlon, Christopher (2018) Insult and injury: Reciprocal violence and reflexive violence. In: Violent States and Creative States: From the Global to the Individual. Volume1. Structural Violence and Creative Structures. Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 45-59. ISBN 978-1785925641

Akerman, Geraldine and Minne, Carine (2022) Changing the game: An intervention addressing the impact of former gang members on the therapeutic process. In: Global Perspectives on Interventions in Forensic Therapeutic Communities: A Practioner's Guide. Issues in Forensic Psychology Series . Routedge, Abingdon, pp. 3-18. ISBN 9780367322397

Allan, Patricia (2021) "Securing the disaster zone. Assessing the damage. Sifting through the rubble": The early stages of psychotherapy with a traumatised boy. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 123-137.

Alvarez, Anne (2021) Motiveless malignity: Problems in the psychotherapy of patients with psychopathic features. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 9-21. ISBN 978-0367415570

Baker, Tim (2021) Self-harm and the harm of others in adolescents. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 108-122.

Bell, David and Kleeberg, Birgit (2013) Special domains: Very troubled patients. In: Consultations in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The Tavistock Clinic Series . Karnac, London, pp. 164-179. ISBN 9781855757905 Full text available

Berkowitz, Ruth (2011) Work discussion group for trainees working in forensic settings. In: Containment in the community: Supportive frameworks for thinking about antisocial behaviour and mental health. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 203-216. ISBN 9781855758483

Blumenthal, Stephen (2010) A psychodynamic approach to working with offenders. An alternative to moral orthopaedics. In: Forensic mental health. Concepts, systems and practice. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 151-162. ISBN 9780198566854

Campbell, Donald (2021) Considering perversion from a Portman Clinic perspective. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 22-35. ISBN 978-0367415570

Cooper, Andrew (2012) Complexity, identity, failure: Contemporary challenges to working together. In: The Transformation of children’s services: Examining and debating the complexities of inter-professional working. Routledge, London, pp. 15-23. ISBN 9780415618496

Fishman, Carlos and Ruszczynski, Stanley (2007) The Portman Clinic. An historical sketch. In: Lectures on violence, perversion and delinquency. The Portman Papers Series . Karnac, London, pp. 15-21. ISBN 9781855754959

Foster, Angela (2019) Caring for the mother as well as her children. In: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 16-26. ISBN 9781315105550

Foster, Angela (2019) Introduction. In: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 1-7. ISBN 9781315105550

Foster, Angela (2019) Staff accused and abused. Managing anxiety, pain and distress in systems of care. In: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 61-73. ISBN 9781315105550

Foster, Angela, Schumacher, Beate and Jhummun, Davina (2019) Ways forward. In: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 155-166. ISBN 9781315105550

Horne, Ann (2021) Oedipal aspirations and phallic fears: On fetishistic presentation in childhood and young adulthood. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 94-107. ISBN 9780367415570

Mackie, Stephen (2012) Neither here nor there, not one thing or another: The use of a reflective practice group to understand the distortion of a boundary. In: Professional and therapeutic boundaries in forensic mental health practice. Forensic Focus . Jessica Kingsely, London, pp. 252-261. ISBN 9781849051392

Mackie, Stephen (2008) Reflecting on murderousness: Reflective practice in secure forensic settings. In: Therapeutic relationships with offenders: An introduction to the psychodynamics of forensic mental health nursing. Forensic Focus . Jessica Kingsely, London, pp. 93-104. ISBN 9781843109495

Meloy, J Reid and Yakeley, Jessica (2020) A psychoanalytic view of the psychopath. In: The Wiley International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 449-463. ISBN 9781119159285

Mercer, Michael (2008) Bearable or unbearable? Unconscious communication in management. In: Psychic assaults and frightened clinicians. Countertransference in forensic settings. Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series . Karnac, London, pp. 63-83. ISBN 9781855755628

Minne, Carine (2007) Psychoanalytical aspects to the risk containment of dangerous patients treated in a high security hospital. In: Lectures on violence, perversion and delinquency. The Portman Papers Series . Karnac, London, pp. 83-99. ISBN 9781855754959

Minne, Carine (2012) Treatment continuity in discontinuous worlds. In: Contemporary developments in adult and young adult therapy: The work of the Tavistock and Portman Clinics, Volume 1. Tavistock Clinic Series . Karnac, London, pp. 134-152. ISBN 9781780490069

Minne, Carine (2008) The dreaded and dreading patient and therapist. In: Psychic assaults and frightened clinicians. Countertransference in forensic settings. Forensic Psychotherapy Monographs Series . Karnac , London, pp. 27-40. ISBN 9781855755628

Minne, Carine (2019) Infanticide, matricide or suicide. In: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 33-41. ISBN 9781315105550

Minne, Carine (2022) Under fire in the consulting room. In: Celebrating 100 years of the Tavistock and Portman. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 144-153. ISBN 9781032351452

Morgan, David (2011) Bearing and not bearing unbearable realities: The limits of understanding. In: Containment in the community: Supportive frameworks for thinking about antisocial behaviour and mental health. Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 69-86. ISBN 9781855758483 Full text available

Morgan, David and Ruszczynski, Stanley (2007) Introduction. In: Lectures on violence, perversion and delinquency. The Portman Papers Series . Karnac, London, pp. 1-11. ISBN 9781855754959

Music, Graham (2018) Angels and devils: Sadism and violence in children. In: Sadism: Psychoanalytic developmental perspectives. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 1-23. ISBN 9781782206378

Music, Graham (2021) Angels and devils: Sadism and violence in children. In: From Trauma to Harming Others. Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 79-93. ISBN 9780367815219

Music, Graham and Wood, Heather (2021) Young people in difficulty with Internet sex and pornography. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 36-51. ISBN 978-0367415570

Nathanson, Ariel (2021) Embracing darkness: Clinical work with adolescents and young adults addicted to sexual enactments. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 138-153. ISBN 978-0367415570

Nathanson, Ariel (2022) Relational trauma and oppression: Clinical work with young men groomed and sexually abused as children. In: Complex Trauma: The Tavistock Model. Tavistock Clinic Series . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 130-142. ISBN 9781003227182

Nathanson, Ariel (2021) Working with mental hackers and backroom thinkers. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 64-78. ISBN 978-0367415570

Nathanson, Ariel, Music, Graham and Sternberg, Janine (2021) Introduction. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, x-xxiii. ISBN 978-0367415570

Papaspirou, Aikaterini (2014) My first year as a forensic group therapist. In: Forensic group psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic approach. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 69-78. ISBN 9781780490496

Parsons, Marianne (2009) The roots of violence. In: The handbook of child and adolescent psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic approaches. Routledge, London, pp. 361-380. ISBN 9780415463690

Parsons, Marianne (2021) Key concepts developed at the Portman Clinic. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-0367415570

Parsons, Marianne (2021) The history of the Portman Clinic. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 154-168. ISBN 978-0367415570

Rubitel, Alla (2014) The abused, the abuser, and the confusion of tongues. In: Forensic group psychotherapy. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 129-149. ISBN 9781780490496

Rubitel, Alla (2011) The lived experience of rehabilitation work with forensic patients in the community. A work discussion group with staff at a forensic hostel for residents with mental illness. In: Containment in the community: Supportive frameworks for thinking about antisocial behaviour and mental health. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 23-44. ISBN 9781855758483

Ruszczynski, Stanley (2012) Foreword. In: The internal world of the juvenile sex offender: Through a glass darkly then face to face. Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series . Karnac, London, xv-xviii. ISBN 9781855758629

Ruszczynski, Stanley (2011) Foreword. In: A guide to assessment for psychoanalytic psychotherapists. Karnac, London. ISBN 978-1855755529

Ruszczynski, Stanley (2008) Thoughts from consulting in secure settings. Do forensic institutions need psychotherapy? In: Psychic assaults and frightened clinicians. Countertransference in forensic settings. The Forensic Psychotherapy Monographs Series . Karnac, London, pp. 85-95. ISBN 9781855755628 Full text available

Ruszczynski, Stanley (2007) The problem of certain psychic realities. Aggression and violence as perverse solutions. In: Lectures on violence, perversion and delinquency. The Portman Papers Series . Karnac, London, pp. 23-42. ISBN 9781855754959

Theodorou, Alexis, Ali, Saima and Khwaja, Masum (2023) Victims of violence. In: The Prevention and Management of Violence: Guidance for Mental Healthcare Professionals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 300-316. ISBN 9781911623274

Welldon, Estela (2011) Is Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy another case of female perversion? In: Playing with dynamite: A personal approach to the psychoanalytic understanding of perversions, violence and criminality. The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series . Karnac, London, pp. 67-70. ISBN 9781855757424 Full text available

Welldon, Estela (2016) Let the treatment fit the crime: Forensic group psychotherapy. In: Applications of group analysis for the twenty-first century. The New International Library of Group Analysis . Karnac, London, pp. 3-24. ISBN 9781782201137

Welldon, Estela (2019) Mother, Madonna, whore: Understanding perverse mothering: Reflections on a ground-breaking book. In: Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 11-15. ISBN 9781315105550

Welldon, Estela (2011) Perverse transference and the malignant bonding. In: Playing with dynamite: A personal approach to the psychoanalytic understanding of perversions, violence and criminality. The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series . Karnac, London, pp. 50-59. ISBN 9781855757424 Full text available

Welldon, Estela (2018) Prologue. In: Violent States and Creative States: From the Global to the Individual. Volume1. Structural Violence and Creative Structures. Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 13-17. ISBN 978-1785925641

Welldon, Estela and Doctor, Ronald (2019) Fear of death or of murder? Challenges confronted in the modified psychoanalytic setting established by forensic psychotherapy. In: Psychoanalysis, Law, and Society. Relational Perspectives Book Series . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 253-267. ISBN 978-0367194505

Williams, Andrew (2014) Acting out, the repetition compulsion, and forensic group therapy. In: Forensic group psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic approach. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 53-66. ISBN 9781780490496

Williams, Andrew and Zachary, Anne (2014) On the containing structures required by forensic group psychotherapy. In: Forensic group psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic approach. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 33-51. ISBN 9781780490496

Wood, Heather (2010) Applied analytic work in forensic settings: The understanding and treatment of paedophilia. In: Off the couch: Contemporary psychoanalytic applications. Taylor & Francis , London, pp. 143-159. ISBN 0415476151, 9780415476157 Full text available

Wood, Heather (2014) Internet offenders from a sense of guilt. In: Psychoanalysis in the technoculture era. Beyond the Couch . Routledge, Hove, pp. 114-128. ISBN 9780415656726

Wood, Heather (2013) The nature of addiction in 'sex education' and paraphilias. In: Addictive states of mind. The Tavistock Clinic Series . Karnac, London, pp. 151-174. ISBN 9781780490052

Woods, John (2014) Paedophilia, child abuse and group analysis. In: Forensic group psychotherapy. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 107-127. ISBN 9781780490496

Woods, John (2014) Principles of forensic group therapy. In: Forensic group psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic approach. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 3-31. ISBN 9781780490496 Full text available

Woods, John (2021) Seeing and being seen: The psychodynamics of pornography through the lens of Winnicott's thought. In: From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 52-63. ISBN 978-0367415570

Yakeley, Jessica (2014) Mentalization-based group treatment for antisocial personality disorder. In: Forensic group psychotherapy. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 151-182. ISBN 9781780490496

Yakeley, Jessica (2014) Therapist as "perverse female": The implications of therapist gender for working with perverse and violent patients. In: Forensic group psychotherapy. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 79-106. ISBN 9781780490496

Yakeley, Jessica (2012) Treating the untreatable: The evolution of a psychoanalytically informed service for antisocial personality disorder. In: Contemporary developments in adult and young adult therapy: The work of the Tavistock and Portman Clinics, Volume 1. Tavistock Clinic Series . Karnac, London, pp. 179-204. ISBN 9781780490069

Yakeley, Jessica and Taylor, Richard (2011) Multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA): Can we work with them? In: Containment in the community: Supportive frameworks for thinking about antisocial behaviour and mental health. The Portman Papers . Karnac, London, pp. 161-186. ISBN 9781855758483

Yakeley, Jessica (2021) Forensic psychotherapy. In: Seminars in the Psychotherapies. RCPSYCH College Seminars Series . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 259-272. ISBN 978-1108711838

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Book

Blumenthal, Stephen, Wood, Heather and Williams, Andrew (2018) Assessing risk: A relational approach. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780415787734

Brown, Gabrielle (2019) Psychoanalytic thinking on the unhoused mind. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780367148478

Foster, Angela (2019) Mothers accused and abused: Addressing complex psychological needs. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781315105550

Kahr, Brett (2017) New horizons in forensic psychotherapy: Exploring the work of Estela V. Welldon. The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series . Karnac Books, London. ISBN 9781782205050

Morgan, David and Ruszczynski, Stanley (2007) Lectures on violence, perversion and delinquency. The Portman Papers Series . Karnac, London. ISBN 9781855754959

Rubitel, Alla and Reiss, David (2011) Containment in the community: Supportive frameworks for thinking about antisocial behaviour and mental health. The Portman Papers Series . Karnac, London. ISBN 9781855758483

Welldon, Estela (2011) Playing with dynamite: A personal approach to the psychoanalytic understanding of perversions, violence, and criminality. The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series . Karnac, London. ISBN 978-1855757424

Woods, John and Williams, Andrew (2014) Forensic group psychotherapy: The Portman Clinic approach. Portman Papers . Karnac, London. ISBN 9781780490496

Yakeley, Jessica (2009) Working with violence: A contemporary psychoanalytic approach. Basic Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy . Palgrave MacMillan, New York. ISBN 9780230203631 Full text available

Yakeley, Jessica, Johnston, James, Adshead, Gwen and Allison, Laura (2016) Medical psychotherapy. Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Psychiatry . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199608386

Thesis

D'Alancon, Cecilia (2022) How child psychotherapy is used to help young people with perversions at the Portman Clinic: An explorative study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Deacon, Jude (2010) From perversion to policy: Knowing and not-knowing in the emergence and management of critical incidents. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Dimitrova, Silviya (2023) A qualitative exploration of psychoanalytic psychotherapists' experiences working with young people who have perverse sexual fantasies and/or engage in harmful sexual behaviour. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Flynn, Alison (2017) Experiences of shame, social rank and violence amongst male offenders. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of East London. Full text available

Film/Video

Wood, Heather (2017) Heather Wood on Newsnight. Are there low risk paedophiles? 28 February 2017, BBC News 24 [Starts at 32:03]. [Film/Video]