1. Developments in Day Democratic Therapeutic Community Services A network of services in Yorkshire, the North West and North Wales

2. Presenters on behalf of DDTCN Dave Atkinson, Psychotherapist, Trafford Extended Service, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Alan Horne, Consultant Adult Psychotherapist, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Jean Robinson, Service User Consultant, Fifteen, Manchester and Taste, Tameside

3. Overview The symposium will describe the adaptation of therapeutic community approaches for personality disorder to a one day a week model within a network of services in northern England and north Wales

4. Presentations The development of the Day Democratic Therapeutic Community Network (DDTCN) as a support, container and resource for the services The basic one-day model The involvement of service user consultants - former users of personality disorder services – in maintaining the communities The SHaRDS model of therapeutic community work on one half day per week

5. Themes A model of group work of moderate intensity Links to other services through secondment, joint working, split posts Not an expert-focused model No requirement for upfront training Easier for staff to move through the comunity The network as a source of resilience