The Philadelphia Association is a UK charity concerned with the understanding and relief of mental suffering. It was founded in 1965 by the radical psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
R. D. Laing along with fellow psychiatrists
David Cooper David Cooper may refer to:
Sports
* David Cooper (Indian cricketer) (born 1923)
* Dave Cooper (rugby league) (fl. 1960s–1970s), Australian rugby league player
* Davie Cooper (1956–1995), Scottish footballer
* David Cooper (equestrian) (born 197 ...
,
Joseph Berke,
Aaron Esterson, writer
Clancy Sigal
Clancy Sigal (September 6, 1926 – July 16, 2017) was an American writer, and the author of dozens of essays and seven books, the best-known of which is the autobiographical novel ''Going Away'' (1961).
Early life and education
Sigal was born ...
as well as John Heaton, Joan Cunnold and Sid Briskin.
Kingsley Hall
Kingsley Hall is a community centre, in Powis Road, Bromley-by-Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East End of London. It dates back to the work of Doris and Muriel Lester, who had a nursery school in nearby Bruce Road. Their brother, ...
, the first of a number of community houses, was founded in 1965 (a building dating from 1928).
The Philadelphia Association (PA) came into being to challenge and to widen the discourse around the teaching and practise of
psychotherapy and continues to offer a training, an affordable therapy service and two community houses for those seeking retreat.
References
External links
Philadelphia Association website
Anti-psychiatry
1965 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1965
Health charities in the United Kingdom
Mental health organisations in the United Kingdom
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