Estela V. Welldon

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Estela Welldon.

Estela V. Welldon, MD DSc (Hon) F.R.C.Psych Hon. Memb. A.Psa.A. BPC, is an honorary consultant psychiatrist in forensic psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust.

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 in 1991.[1]

She works privately as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist and organizational consultant. She is a member of the , the British Psychoanalytic Council, the Institute of Group Analysis, the American Group Psychotherapy Association and the .[2]

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, ISBN 1-892746-62-X), Sadomasochism (2002, ISBN 1-84046-378-3) and Playing with Dynamite: A Personal Approach to the Psychoanalytic Understanding of Perversions, Violence, and Criminality (2011, (ISBN 1-85575-742-7). Welldon was the primary editor of A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy (1997, ISBN 1-85302-389-2).

Awards and honours[]

In 1997, Welldon was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sciences from Oxford Brookes University in recognition of her work in developing and promoting forensic psychotherapy.[1]

In January 2013, Welldon received an honorary membership in the American Psychoanalytic Association.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Dr Estela Welldon profile Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford Brookes University
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "About". Estela Welldon. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2018-04-09.

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