ABSTRACT

What follows is a series of selected readings in the area of residential treatment organized under the several headings: What is Milieu Therapy? Individual Treatment in a Therapeutic Milieu, Group Treatment in a Therapeutic Milieu, The Nature of Cottage Life and Strategies for Therapeutic Interventions, Staffing and Personnel in a Therapeutic Milieu, The Place of Activities in a Therapeutic Milieu, and Working with Families. These areas are of key importance to the field of residential treatment but are clearly not exhaustive.