Oscillations and Sociotherapy

Rapoport, Robert N.

doi:10.1177/001872675600900306

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“…Whilst it is true that Villa Voortman is a very permissive environment, in which responsibility is maximally given to the visitors, it is important that staff members do take over, as the group or the individual is not able to cope with problems or difficulties. Rapoport (1956Rapoport ( , 1960 describes this as oscillations in the therapeutic community, that should be taken into account. At times when "constructive" and "long-term" visitors are replaced by "new" visitors, the tension can reach a peak which demands for a reorganization of the community (Rapoport, 1956;Vandevelde & Broekaert, 2004).…”

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“…Rapoport (1956Rapoport ( , 1960 describes this as oscillations in the therapeutic community, that should be taken into account. At times when "constructive" and "long-term" visitors are replaced by "new" visitors, the tension can reach a peak which demands for a reorganization of the community (Rapoport, 1956;Vandevelde & Broekaert, 2004). In this case, treatment staff have the responsibility to intervene and restore the peace and safety.…”

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“…People are confronted with the image as perceived by their peers and other 7 persons in Villa Voortman. The centre forms a micro-society in which all interactions of the outside world are present (Rapoport, 1956). Villa Voortman aims at finding the 'minimal structure' that is supportive enough to enable change in a spontaneous way.…”

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Villa Voortman: carte blanche or not?

Vandevelde

Maeyer

Ruysscher

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities

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Purpose – Influenced by evolutions in mental health, a meeting house, “Villa Voortman”, was recently developed. It is based on an integration of therapeutic community (TC) and psychoanalytical Lacanian thinking. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the position of Villa Voortman in the treatment continuum for dually diagnosed clients. Two research questions are addressed: how does Villa Voortman operate ? and how do clients perceive the Villa? Design/methodology/approach – The first question was tackled by a personal account of the founders of Villa Voortman. The second question was addressed by a qualitative study using video-material of 19 visitors’ personal accounts. Findings – The visitors mentioned three themes: social inclusion, personal development and equality. These aspects are further refined into sub-themes including the provision of “asylum”; the instalment of a warm and welcoming atmosphere; the focus on real human encounter; a permissive, supportive and “waiting” environment; a minimal but “good enough” structure; the necessity of a place where persons can develop themselves; the striving for social inclusion and future perspectives; and the support in becoming inclusive citizens again. Originality/value – The value of the paper lies in disclosing the visitors’ lived experience. This is an essential part of shedding light on the “active ingredients” of support, In reference to the title, visitors nor treatment staff have “carte blanche” with regard to how support develops, as this is driven by the dialectal course of everything that occurs during the support process.

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Vandevelde

Maeyer

Ruysscher

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities

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“…These tension states need not be seen as destructive and therefore categorically to be avoided. On the contrary, they may have constructive and even therapeutic value (Rapoport, 1956). …”

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Why Is That We Know We Have to—Or Want to—Change, but Find Ourselves Moving Around in Circles?

Nistelrooij¹,

Caluwé

2015

Journal of Management Inquiry

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In this essay, we will explore a question which is widely recognized in the world of practitioners of change and which seems a problematic issue in any change process, but is badly understood in theory: "What is happening when there is a lot of enthusiasm about a change initiative and a lot of knowledge about the change, but nothing happens?" Why is coming into action so difficult in any change process? We ourselves, being scholars as well as practitioners, are in the middle of trying to understand the answers to these questions. In this essay, we will explore the literature to shed light on this. We discuss that (a) "people consistently act inconsistently," (b) resistance is a multi-layered and multi-meaning concept that needs reconceptualization, and (c) perception of the change recipient plays a pivotal role in every change process.

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“…This point has been ably elaborated by Sabshin et al (16). ) Although there is widespread recognition of the importance of change per se as a strategic consideration in treating the mentally ill, only a few meager beginnings have been made in plotting the characteristics and consequences of changes. Various aspects of this problem have been tackled by Harvey and Monk (17), Hinkle and Wolff (18), Rapoport (19), and Hawkins (20), among others.…”

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A Research Program for a State Mental Hospital (Hollidaysburg) in Pennsylvania: Critical Review of the Pertinent Literature

Hawkins

1961

J American Geriatrics Society

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Oscillations and Sociotherapy

Cited by 21 publications

References 4 publications

Villa Voortman: carte blanche or not?

Villa Voortman: carte blanche or not?

Why Is That We Know We Have to—Or Want to—Change, but Find Ourselves Moving Around in Circles?

A Research Program for a State Mental Hospital (Hollidaysburg) in Pennsylvania: Critical Review of the Pertinent Literature

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