The Philadelphia Association


The Philadelphia Association (PA)
Organization details
TypeCharity / Therapeutic Community / Training
Founded1965
Founder(s)R.D. Laing, David Cooper, Aaron Esterson
Key figuresR.D. Laing
OrientationPhenomenology / Existential / Lacanian / Anti-Psychiatry
Institutional context
AffiliationIndependent
Relation to IPANone (Anti-psychiatry roots)
Operations
HeadquartersLondon (Hampstead), UK
Geographic scopeUnited Kingdom
Training functionTherapeutic households, Seminars
Websitephiladelphia-association.org.uk