January 21, 2016
Families are often very important for people encountering severe mental and emotional difficulties. but how can family members really know what is helpful, and what is […]
November 3, 2015
Many people are now familiar with the BPS report, Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia, and they have appreciated how it integrates both science and a humanistic understanding […]
September 2, 2015
“How can “psychotic” experiences that are both terrifying and debilitating be seen as at all spiritual? Isn’t it true that looking for spirituality within psychosis is […]
August 5, 2015
What really happens within hearing voices groups? How are they different than what happens in most mental health group treatment? What is the Hearing Voices Network […]
July 19, 2015
It’s now widely known that a good relationship between helper and person to be helped is one of the very most important factors determining the outcome […]
June 24, 2015
Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT has been pretty heavily criticized by a number of Mad in America (MIA) bloggers and commenters in the past few years. […]
June 6, 2015
If you are a mental health worker and if your experience is similar to that of many, you may have noticed most or all of the […]
May 18, 2015
Last Saturday, I gave a keynote presentation for a conference dedicated to “shattering stigma” in Portland Oregon. The conference was put together by an interfaith group, […]
May 13, 2015
There are many pathways to recovery, but one thing people have often been told does not work for “psychosis” and “schizophrenia” is intensive psychotherapy. But many […]