Estela V. Welldon

Dr Estela V. Welldon MD DSc (Hon) FRC PSYCH is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy at the Portman and Tavistock Clinic. She is the Founder and Honorary Elected Honorary President for Life of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. In 1997, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sciences by Oxford Brookes University. Estela works privately as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist and organizational consultant. She is a Member of the British Association for Psychotherapy, the Confederation of British Psychoanalytic Council, the Institute of Group Analysis, the American Group Psychotherapy Association and the International Association of Group Psychotherapy. She is the author of "Mother Madonna Whore, the Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood" (1988); "Sadomasochism" (2002) and main editor of "A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy" (1997).

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