...Sixtus Dane Asuncion Ramos; Allan B. I. Bernardo Purpose The therapeutic community (TC) is a widely used treatment approach for substance use disorders. Several psychological theories have been used to explain its processes but have put less emphasis on the specific contributions of the person’s...

... of the essence of a therapeutic environment. This raises concepts and issues of relevance to current theory and practice in therapeutic environments. Design/methodology/approach – The authors contextualise the 1977 letter from David Wills before presenting it verbatim, with clarifying annotations relating...