For several years now INDTC has included people from around the world working in a range of community based democratic services built around different models of relational practice including therapeutic communities, community therapy, and open dialogue. We are not just an organisation of therapeutic communities, but an international network of people and organisations practising in a range of democratic, community-based, relational ways.

The International Committee for INDTC therefore decided that we should change our name and relaunch INDTC as what we have really become: an inclusive network for individuals and organisations around the world working to develop or sustain democratic relational approaches to enabling people experiencing mental distress.

The International Committee hopes the new organisation will act as a sounding board for the many voices around the world that contribute to the democratic relational revolution in mental healthcare.

We are therefore proposing to set up a new international charity, and rename INDTC, as Polyfonia: The International Network of Democratic and Community-based Relational Practice