It took me a while to get to this episode but so glad I did.
Dr Linacre touches on so many important issues with regard to the sharing of lived experience by mental health professionals.
This will be a long thread.
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Dr Linacre touches on so many important issues with regard to the sharing of lived experience by mental health professionals.
This will be a long thread.
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https://twitter.com/In2gr8mh/status/1315721058390073348
10:37 - 11:25
On recognising the double-edged nature of our personal qualities. How qualities that predispose us to mental health difficulties might also be strengths.
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On recognising the double-edged nature of our personal qualities. How qualities that predispose us to mental health difficulties might also be strengths.
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11:43 - 12:25
On how personal experiences of #stigma towards disability and #Ableism motivated him to work with people with learning disabilities.
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On how personal experiences of #stigma towards disability and #Ableism motivated him to work with people with learning disabilities.
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12:25 - 12:42
On starting off using his #livedexperience in work with charities and supporting #carers to understand the experiences of their loved ones and look after themselves.
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On starting off using his #livedexperience in work with charities and supporting #carers to understand the experiences of their loved ones and look after themselves.
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14:15 - 15:10
"Sometimes you have to be pushed"
On taking the plunge to work with people experiencing similar #mentalhealth challenges.
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"Sometimes you have to be pushed"
On taking the plunge to work with people experiencing similar #mentalhealth challenges.
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15:10 - 15:45
On fear of identifying as a #mentalhealth professional with #livedexperience when applying for jobs, and the importance of communicating value for lived experience by position descriptions including it as a desirable criteria.
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On fear of identifying as a #mentalhealth professional with #livedexperience when applying for jobs, and the importance of communicating value for lived experience by position descriptions including it as a desirable criteria.
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16:50 - 17:45
"We all suffer difficulties in our lives... no matter what it is... no matter who you are."
On the continuum of emotional distress and the value of experiences of hardship to mental health practice.
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"We all suffer difficulties in our lives... no matter what it is... no matter who you are."
On the continuum of emotional distress and the value of experiences of hardship to mental health practice.
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15:45 - 16:07
"The people I work with are very supportive and actually value that I've been a service user...
...and that perspective is important when you are providing and developing services."
On workplaces that see #livedexperience as an asset.
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"The people I work with are very supportive and actually value that I've been a service user...
...and that perspective is important when you are providing and developing services."
On workplaces that see #livedexperience as an asset.
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16:25 - 16:40
"We're the #mentalhealth expert...we know it all...we never have any problems... that's rubbish!"
On the myth of professional invulnerability.
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"We're the #mentalhealth expert...we know it all...we never have any problems... that's rubbish!"
On the myth of professional invulnerability.
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16:40 - 16:49
"Obviously there's places and times with how you do it but I think that human connection has to come across."
On the value of sharing #livedexperience with service users.
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"Obviously there's places and times with how you do it but I think that human connection has to come across."
On the value of sharing #livedexperience with service users.
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20:35 - 22:20
"It's been very helpful in the training I do...
...being able to offer snippets of my personal experience."
On the value of #livedexperience in providing real life examples of concepts being discussed.
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"It's been very helpful in the training I do...
...being able to offer snippets of my personal experience."
On the value of #livedexperience in providing real life examples of concepts being discussed.
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24:28 - 25:10
"It will continue to be an 'us and them' environment if you don't realise that everybody is in this... or potentially everybody can be in this...
...I think it's swept under the carpet in some environments and obviously that's not helpful to anybody."
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"It will continue to be an 'us and them' environment if you don't realise that everybody is in this... or potentially everybody can be in this...
...I think it's swept under the carpet in some environments and obviously that's not helpful to anybody."
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25:40 - 26:30
"Certainly I wouldn't say I wish I'd never had it...
...but I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't gone through all that."
On post-traumatic growth and the value of #livedexperience.
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"Certainly I wouldn't say I wish I'd never had it...
...but I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't gone through all that."
On post-traumatic growth and the value of #livedexperience.
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26:45 - 27:45
"If you're a professional working... and you've gone through something in your life... and it's helped you... then what is the problem with talking to colleagues about it?"
On contemplating the decision to share #livedexperience.
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"If you're a professional working... and you've gone through something in your life... and it's helped you... then what is the problem with talking to colleagues about it?"
On contemplating the decision to share #livedexperience.
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