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Therafields

Therafields

The Rise and Fall of Lea Hindley-Smith�s Psychoanalytic Commune

ISBN-13: 9781554906932

Author(s): Grant Goodbrand

Subjects: Biography - Memoirs, CT, DNC

Publisher: Ecw Press

Publisher Imprint: Ecw Press Digital

Publication Date: 01-10-2010

Format: Ebook

Availability: In stock

£14.99

About the book

?At one point in the 1970s, 900 people were engaged with a therapeutic community in Toronto. Living together, and sharing emotional problems, the participants helped to create an institution owning houses, farms, and buildings. Therafields, the largest urban commune in Canada, was created by Lea Hindley-Smith, a woman from England with no formal training in therapy. But she exuded an astounding charisma, and developed ardent followers. Initially, students and faculty from St. Michael s College, University of Toronto, were drawn to her, and gradually the word spread that