Gwen Adshead and Broadmoor Hospital. The movement from psychiatrist to psychotherapist.

Gwen is bringing out a new book at the beginning of June, The Devil you know; Stories of human cruelty and compassion. Order here  https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-devil-you-know/gwen-adshead/eileen-horne/9780571357604 Dr Gwen Adshead describes her long relationship with Broadmoor Hospital. This notorious institution was built in the 19th century as Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum and accommodated many of the most disturbed pationts in the land. Gwen talks about her own development from being a psychiatrist to a psychotherapist and how her engagement with object relations and Mentalization Based Treatment helped her to deepen her understanding of deeply disturbed patients.