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The History and
Development of the
European Therapeutic
Communities
Eric Broekaert
University Växjö, Sweden, November 2009
 Broekaert, E., Vanderplasschen, W., Temmerman, I., Ottenberg, D.,
& Kaplan, C. (2000). Retrospective study of similarities and relations
between the American drug-free and the European therapeutic
communities for children and adults. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs,
32(4), 407-417.
 Eric Broekaert, Kathy Colpaert, Veerle Soyez, Wouter
Vanderplasschen, Stijn Vandevelde. Transatlantic Dialectics: A study
on similarities and dissimilarities in approaches to substance abuse
problems in the United States and Europe. Submitted to:
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal for Therapeutic
and Supportive Organizations.
Early TC’s In Europe
 World War II: Innovation of psychiatry
 ‘Northfield experiments’
 Treatment of psychiatric casualties of war
 Dealing with psychiatric problems in social settings
Harold Bridger
“A transitional
space of
experience”
Maxwell Jones
“ Social learning is
complicated and
painfull ”
The drug-free TC
 The Oxford- groups, Moral
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Rearmement, AA-movement
Synanon
American Behavioristic Communities
Integrated European Communities:
behaviorists, psychopedagogues,
humanist Christians
French Communities
The Oxford-groups,
Moral Rearmement, AAmovement
Dr. Frank N.D. Buchman
“ A search for
spiritual authority ”
Synanon
Charles Dederich
“Today is the first day
of the rest of your life”
Synanon
The cradle of the drug-free TC
American Behavioristic Communities
Msgr William O’Brien
“You can not do it
alone”
Charles J. Devlin
Integrated European Communities:
Behaviorists
 The Netherlands
Martien Kooyman
Emiliehoeve
“My house,
is a very very
nice house!”
Integrated European Communities:
psychopedagogues
 Belgium
Georges van der Straten
Trempoline
“European companionship
in education, the formation
trough the journey”
Integrated European Communities:
humanist Christians
Don Mario Picchi
Yuan Parés y Plans
“Progetto per l’
Uomo”
“ I am like a sail, I
catch the wind ”
Dr. Donald Ottenberg
“Taking decisions in a
life that is valued ”
French Communities
 France
Lucien Engelmajer
La Boère
‘Le Patriarche’
“ A life without
drugs ”
Chronology of American
predecessors and European TC’s
Year
Name
Founders
1958
Synanon, USA
Chuck Dederich
1964
Daytop Village NY, USA
William O’Brien
Charles Devlin
David Deitch
1967
Phoenix House NY, USA
Mitchell Rosenthal
George De Leon
1968
Pink Villa Huts (Saint-James
Hospital), which was later called
Phoenix House, Alpha Unit and
ultimately was re-launched as
Alpha House, UK
Ian Christie
David Warren-Holland
Jane Green
Robert Storey
Year ‘69 – ‘71
Year
Name
Founders
1969
Featherstone Lodge Project
(FLP), which later became
Phoenix House, UK
Griffith Edwards
Denny Yuson
Madeleine Maldo
David Warren-Holland
David Tomlinson
1969
L’Incontro, Italy
Don Piero Gelmini
Beginning of
Klinik Bad Herrenalb, Germany
1970s
1971
Le centre du Levant,
Switzerland
Walter Lechler
Pierre Rey
Year ‘71 – ‘72
Year
Name
Founders
1971
Ley Community (Littlemore
Hospitall), UK
Bertram Mandelbrote
John McCabe
1971
Synanon, Germany
Collective
Emiliehoeve, The Netherlands
Martien Kooyman
Denny Yuson
Brian Dempsey
Daytop, Germany
Ullrich Osterhues
Martin Lutterjohann
1972
1972
Year ‘73 – ‘74
Year
Name
Founders
1973
Vallmotorp, later Daytop,
Sweden
Lars Bremberg
Paul d’Andrea
1973
Aebi Hus, Switzerland
Karl Deissler
1973
Coolmine Lodge, Ireland
Lord Rossmore
James Comberton
1974
De Sleutel, Belgium
Johan Maertens
Jos Lievens
1974
La Boère, France
Lucien Engelmajer
(Le Patriarche)
Year ‘76 - ‘79
Year
Name
Founders
1976
De Kiem, Belgium
Eric Broekaert
Rudy Bracke
1978
San Patrignano, Italy
Vincenzo Muccioli
1978
Choisis! and later Trampoline,
Belgium
George Van der Straten
Ruud Bruggeman
1979
De Spiegel, Belgium
Paul van Deun
Johan Martens
1979
Tannenhof, Germany
Horst Brömer
Year ‘79 – ‘82
Year
Name
Founders
1979
San Carlo (CeIS), Progetto
per l’uomo, Italy
Don Mario Picchi
Juan Corelli
1979
Pellas community, later Kisko
community, Finland
Kalliolan Kannatusyhdistys
Katriina Pajupuro
End 1970’s
– beginning
1980’s
Programmas Libres de
Drogas, Spain
Juan Francisco Orsi
Aitor Aresti
Veksthuset, later Phoenix
House Haga, Norway
Rafael Aseplund
Dag Furuholmen
Stuart Rose
Inger Vennerod
Anthony Slater
1982
Year ‘83 – ‘90
Year
1983
In the years
1990
Name
Founders
Ithaka/ Kethea, Greece
Phoebus Zafiridis
Babis Poulopoulos
Dianova, Belgium and other
countries
Lucien Engelmajer
(Le Patriarche)
Swedish Friends
Jan Henning "Moltas" Erikson, född 29 november 1932, död 1 juni 1988, var en svensk underhållare
samt psykiater vid Ulleråkers sjukhus i Uppsala
Swedish Friends
Lars Bremberg was an important person within the TC movement. He arranged the first
Eupropean TC meeting in Sweden 1976. He started Vallmotorp 1973 and Daytop
Sweden some years later.
European Identity
 American Behaviourist tradition
 Psycho-analytical-based milieutherapy
 1970’s-ideologies, marxism and critical theory
 Integration of democratic and hierarchical TC
approaches.
 Social learning
Adaptation of American models
into own culture:
 Evolution towards more empathic behaviour
modification and dialogue.
 Traditional European educational theories, new
school movement and reform pedagogy.
 Integration of humanistic therapy into TC
methodology.
 Introduction of existentialist family therapy
 More professionalism
 Health care professionals and priests
 Researchers
 Less important role of ex-addicts
 Scientific Research
 Counterweight against spiritual and selfconfirming tendencies
 Transition towards integrative recovery and
integrated treatment systems
 EFCT
 collaboration and information exchange
 Links with EWODOR, European universities
What can we expect from the
future ?
Post Modern Times
Michel Foucault
“ To change something
in the minds
of people ”