THE ORIGINS OF THE IAFP
The International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy was formed in June 1991 in Leuven, Belgium at a meeting held during the 17th International Congress on Law and Mental Health.
The formation of the IAFP was the culmination of the true roots of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that started from the Portman Clinic, in London with its foundation over 70 years ago.
The first President of the IAFP, Estela Welldon, and colleagues were a small group of European psychiatrists trained in analytic psychotherapy and working within forensic settings. They decided to meet regularly to discuss the difficulties encountered daily in their work, in terms of treatment of patients, policy making and working with colleagues from other disciplines. The organisation grew from this small body into an international society with members from all disciplines.
The IAFP
has held 20 international conferences to date.
You can download our Constitution (last amended in April, 2008) below. (Right click on the Microsoft Word icon, and then save the document to your computer. In Internet Explorer, select 'Save target as.' If you are asked for login details press the 'escape key twice.')
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