The 45^th Annual International TCTC Conference

Containing Organisations in Complex Times

 3rd – 6th November 2024

High Leigh Conference Centre, Lord St, Hoddesdon En11 8Sg

“Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other”

 Mother Theresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta

This Year’s Theme

A sense of belonging is at the heart of human nature and the therapeutic endeavour, whether the secure base for an infant in their earliest years, a client engaging in one to one therapy, or one’s sense of connection to a group or community. Belonging can be to a home, a family, a place, an idea and a culture. What are the conditions needed to enhance belonging, and what are the factors that disrupt or prevent it? We are living in an ever more divisive society, where under the pressure of political, social and organisational fragmentation, it becomes more difficult to invest in one another and our joint enterprises. Finding and retaining staff who can build containing organisations seems to take longer. Blame, scapegoating and projection can seem to be easier than holding a ‘culture of enquiry’ and thoughtfulness, where understanding and opportunities for reparation and rebuilding can exist. How can we adapt, managing necessary organisational change and development while holding on to value-based and principled methods, theories and practices in our work? What new practices, concepts and ideas are emerging in TCs and other settings that can assist us in creating more containing organisations?

Whether you are in a therapeutic community, an enabling environment, a therapeutic childcare setting or aspiring to work in a less medicalised and more relational and value-based way, come and find your place.

This event is designed for those who work with Children and Young People, in Adult Mental Health settings, or the Criminal Justice and Addictions settings, and for anyone who has lived experience of such settings. We hope to see more people of colour, and those identifying as LGBTQ+ or non-binary, who may not have attended our events before. All are welcome. We believe everyone can bring something of value and find value in community.

Draft Programme

TCTC Draft Programme 2024 >

Whether you are in a therapeutic community, an enabling environment, a therapeutic childcare settings or aspiring to work in a less medicalised and more relational, psychodynamic and value-based way, come and find your place.  

This event is designed for those who work with Children and Young People, in Adult Mental Health settings, in the Voluntary Sector, in Criminal Justice and Addictions settings, and for those who have lived experience of all such settings.

All are welcome.

 We believe everyone can bring something of value and find value in community.

Getting there

Car:

There is amble parking at High Leigh, including electric car charging points 

Rail:

The nearest station is Rye House on the Greateranglia line, which can be caught from Liverpool Street, London.

Bus:

The buses 341, 641, 410 and C392 come into Lord Street, which is a 6 minute (0.3 mile) walk from the venue. 

Air:

The nearest airports are Stanstead, Heathrow, London City and Gatwick.

Tickets and Pricing 

TCTC is a charity and would like to offer as many places as possible, which is only achievable through subsidies. We will shortly be opening our subsidy fund to help those who are facing hardship to attend the conference. 

3 day tickets including accommodation and meals.

Please note the application for the subsidy fund is open: Application for Subsidy Fund for Annual Conference 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)

The subsidy fund will close on Wednesday 31st July. The conference committee will then be in touch with all those that have applied for the fund.

This fund is open to all. The fund will be split equitably to all applicants, regardless of the ticket they seek to buy. As this fund is open to donations currently, the fund can not currently be specified. The ticket will need to be processed manually through admin@therapeuticcommunities.org so the appropriate discount can be made.