Estela Welldon.
Estela V. Welldon, MD DSc (Hon) F.R.C.Psych Hon. Memb. A.Psa.A. BPC, is an honorary consultant
psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
in
forensic psychotherapy at the
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust based in north London. The Trust specialises in talking therapies. The education and training department caters for 2,000 students a year from the United Kin ...
.
Biography
Born in
Mendoza, Argentina, she studied medicine at
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. She founded (and has been elected honorary president for life) of the
International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy in 1991.
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She works privately as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist and organizational consultant. She is a member of the British Association of Psychotherapists, the British Psychoanalytic Council, the Institute of Group Analysis, the American Group Psychotherapy Association and the International Association of Group Psychotherapy.
Welldon is the author of numerous articles and chapters as well as a number of books: ''Mother Madonna Whore, the Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood'' ( Free Association Books, 1988, ), ''Sadomasochism'' (2002, ) and Playing with Dynamite: A Personal Approach to the Psychoanalytic Understanding of Perversions, Violence, and Criminality (2011, (). Welldon was the primary editor of ''A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy'' (1997, ).
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Awards and honours
In 1997, Welldon was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sciences from Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...
in recognition of her work in developing and promoting forensic psychotherapy.[Dr Estela Welldon profile]
, Oxford Brookes University
In January 2013, Welldon received an honorary membership in the American Psychoanalytic Association.
References
External links
Official Website
*Welldon, E. V. (2009), ''Dancing with Death''. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 25: 149–182.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British psychiatrists
Argentine expatriates in the United Kingdom
People from Mendoza Province
British women medical doctors
Group psychotherapists
British women psychiatrists
