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Therapeutic Communities

The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities

ISSN: 0964-1866

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities (TC) is the international journal of The Consortium for Therapeutic Communities (TCTC), and is sponsored by The Institute of Mental Health and the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities.

More information about The Consortium for Therapeutic Communities can be found at: http://www.therapeuticcommunities.org/

Editorial objectives

Established in 1980, Therapeutic Communities is a peer reviewed journal that publishes findings related to Therapeutic Communities, therapeutic and enabling environments, and related fields. It provides a forum in which those engaged in developing, managing and sustaining therapeutic cultures can publish original research, communicate experiences, consider the effects of political and social policy on their own settings, disseminate ideas, developments and findings, and communicate good practice.

Editorial scope

The journal publishes papers that critically and creatively engage with ideas drawn from a range of discourses: the therapeutic community movement and related professional practice, psychoanalysis, art, literature, poetry, music, architecture, culture, education, philosophy, religion and environmental studies.

Therapeutic Communities publishes:

• Original research
• Reviews
• Commentaries
• Case studies
• Organisation studies
• Opinion and letters

Key Journal Audiences

• Those who work in health services, addictions services, prisons, social services, and in voluntary and charitable organisations
• All professionals involved with staff teams, service users and experts by experience in therapeutic communities, therapeutic environments and supportive organisations. 

Therapeutic Communities is indexed and abstracted in:

• Scopus
• ASSIA
• Vlaams Academisch Bibliografisch Bestand voor de Sociale en Humane Wetenschappen (VABB-SHW)

Therapeutic Communities is available as part of an online subscription to the Emerald Health & Social Care eJournals Collection. For more information, please email collections@emeraldinsight.com or visit the Emerald Health & Social Care eJournals Collection page.

This journal is a member of and subscribes to the
principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics.