‘Open Dialogue in the NHS’ Seminars in March
Over the past three years there has been significant development of the Open Dialogue approach from Western Lapland in the NHS and in public mental health services internationally. Open Dialogue UK has been working for the past four years to further this development, and 10 NHS trusts are now represented on one of their two […]
Online training – new 8 week courses (October)
Whenever I advertise training courses, I often hear from people in other parts of the country / world expressing their frustration that this approach to hearing voices isn’t available in their local area. Online training has always struck me as a really neat solution to this issue … but until recently I’ve always been stumped […]
Informed Choice – January 2016 (Glasgow)
Moving Towards a Balanced Relationship with Psychiatric Medication Wednesday 13 January 2016, 10.00am – 4.30pm The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HZ Download: Informed Choice – Glasgow 2016 Flyer Dialogues around the use of medication within the mental health system can quickly become heated and polarised. Whilst this is understandable, it leaves little space […]
Training in Brighton – Young People & Voices
I’m really happy to be heading down to Brighton on 12th August to run a new workshop – ‘Working Creatively with Young People who Hear Voices’. This is a workshop that I’ve been planning for a year or so now, bringing together some of the practice tips I’ve learnt through working with young people at the […]
Greetings from Belgrade & Sarajevo
There’s no two ways about it – I love my life (and my work). Last week, accompanied by two colleagues – Dirk Corstens (Intervoice Chair and dutch psychiatrist) and Slobodanka Popovic (a systemic therapist working in the NHS) – I had the privilege to visit Belgrade and Sarajevo to stimulate the development a Hearing Voices Network […]
July – August – New courses in Kent & Leicester
I’m excited to be offering 3 courses in Canterbury (Kent) and Leicester over the next few months. The workshops are open to people with lived experience, family/friends, mental health workers and anyone interested in the topic area. If you know someone who might like to attend, please share this information with them. All courses are […]
Dissociation & Psychosis in Young People
Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to Perth and Bunbury by Richmond Fellowship Western Australia. As well as working with the team over there to help support their bid to develop Hearing Voices Groups within Western Australian prisons, I was also happy to provide three workshops on subjects close to my heart. […]
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