Education
Born in Mendoza, Argentina, she studied Medicine at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
physician psychiatrist psychologist
Born in Mendoza, Argentina, she studied Medicine at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
She founded (and has been elected Honorary President for Life) of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy in 1991. She works privately as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist and organizational consultant. Welldon is the author of Mother Madonna Whore, the Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood (Free Association Books, 1988, X) and Sadomasochism (2002, ).
Welldon was the primary editor of A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy (1997, ).
She is a Member of the British Association for Psychotherapy, the British Psychoanalytic Council, the Institute of Group Analysis, the American Group Psychotherapy Association and the International Association of Group Psychotherapy.