Healing Through Working

Healing Through Working: A Study of Therapeutic Communities for Persons with Psychiatric Problems

“It appears that many clients first need to become physically stronger and healthier before being able to handle the psychological processes of change. One important aspect in the vision of the treatment is the accent that is placed on ‘doing.’ Living and working together in a community where more emphasis is placed on the healthy, rather than the ill aspect of the human being is central to the therapy as conceived by these therapeutic communities for persons with psychiatric problems.” -From the Foreword

About the Author

Dorea Ketelaars is a social scientist and works as a scientific investigator in the reintegration program of the Trimbos Institute. Her fields of interest are labor rehabilitation and occupational therapy in the mental healthcare and developmentally disabled sectors.

Erik Baars is a physician and investigator and head of the department of Healthcare and Nutrition at the Louis Bolk Institute. He is involved in various studies on self-regulation and health and in the development of causal outcome research.

Hans Kroon is a psychologist and head of the program Reintegration in the Healthcare department at the Trimbos Institute. He manages studies on rehabilitation and home healthcare in the mental healthcare sector.