Working with Self-Harm: A Relational Approach
This online workshop runs over 2 x 0.5 days, from 1pm – 5pm on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 September 2021. Whilst there is a growing awareness of the prevalence of self-harm, it remains a challenging area for many who are trying to support those who use it as a survival strategy and/or means of […]
Open Dialogue Training – Leicester 2019
Having trained as an Open Dialogue Practitioner with Open Dialogue UK in London, and working as a practitioner for a year with the first Open Dialogue team in the UK that combined crisis and community care, I’m keen to encourage Open Dialogue initiatives in Leicestershire – now I’m a local. To support this, I’m offering a one […]
Hearing Voices: A Relational Approach
Whilst it’s being increasingly recognised that hearing voices is a relatively common human experience that is not necessarily linked to distress or illness, this fact may be little comfort to those who are struggling with distressing and overwhelming voices. Based on the non-pathologising approach of the Hearing Voices Movement, this workshop explores ways in which […]
Open Dialogue Workshop – Leicester July 2018
Having trained as an Open Dialogue Practitioner with Open Dialogue UK in London, and working as a practitioner for a year with the first Open Dialogue team in the UK that combined crisis and community care, I’m keen to encourage Open Dialogue initiatives in Leicestershire – now I’m a local. To support this, I’m offering […]
Self Harm Workshop – Cork (June 2018)
About the workshop Monday 25 June 2018, 9.45am – 4.30pm @ Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland. Whilst there is a growing awareness of the prevalence of self-harm, it remains a challenging area for many who are trying to support those who use it as a survival strategy and/or means of expressing difficult feelings. This workshop […]
Self Harm Workshops – Leicester 12 Feb 2018
About the workshop Monday 12 February 2018, 10.00am – 4.30pm @ Courtyard Room, LCB Depot*, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE
Developing Support for Young People who Hear Voices in the North East
Whilst hearing voices is a relatively common experience in childhood adolescence, affecting around 1 in 5 11-13 year olds, 8% of older teens and 23% of CAMHS clients aged 12-16, it remains an experience that can be difficult to speak about. For many this experience is either transient or doesn’t cause a problem. It may […]
Working with Self Harm: A Fresh Approach (December – Kent)
About the workshop Thursday 21 December, 9.30 – 4.30pm @ Augustine House, CCCU Library, Rhodaus Town, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2YA. Whilst there is a growing awareness of the prevalence of self-harm, it remains a challenging area for many who are trying to support those who use it as a survival strategy and/or means of expressing […]
Making Sense of Madness: An emancipatory approach
7 July 2017, 10 am – 4.30pm, registration from 9.30am Hackney House, 25-27 Curtain Road, Hackney, London, EC2A 3LT https://madness-london.eventbrite.co.uk This unique, one day event, featuring Jacqui Dillon and Rai Waddingham (recently featured on BBC Horizon: Why Did I Go Mad?), explores experiences often dismissed as symptoms of serious mental illness: voices, visions, paranoia, unusual beliefs and altered states, and […]
They Heard Voices: Screening and discussion
An independent documentary by Jonathan Balazs looking at the Hearing Voices movement & the schizophrenia label On Thursday 27th April from 6.30pm at Kennedy Lecture Theatre (UCL Institute of Child Health), I’ll be joining a panel to discuss a screening of ‘They Heard Voices’ … a documentary I contributed to. This screening is hosted by Mind in Camden, […]
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