I now know why my colleague mentioned @Rufusmay to me.
I love the way he proposes telling stories, and being creative, playful and vulnerable as a way of bringing our whole selves to our work.
Highlights below...
1/20
I love the way he proposes telling stories, and being creative, playful and vulnerable as a way of bringing our whole selves to our work.
Highlights below...
1/20
https://twitter.com/In2gr8mh/status/1320815146516779009
2:00 2:35
"Until you or a relative experience it, it's another world [...] If you're sectioned you lose your rights, and things get done to you...
...I think it really changed my life."
On the influence of experiencing involuntary treatment on his career.
2/20
"Until you or a relative experience it, it's another world [...] If you're sectioned you lose your rights, and things get done to you...
...I think it really changed my life."
On the influence of experiencing involuntary treatment on his career.
2/20
2:35 - 3:05
"When I managed to return to education I thought, "I want to make a difference" and go back into the #mentalhealth system and promote a more listening approach...
...I didn't feel I'd been listened to."
3/20
"When I managed to return to education I thought, "I want to make a difference" and go back into the #mentalhealth system and promote a more listening approach...
...I didn't feel I'd been listened to."
3/20
4:10 - 4:50
"It's like I found my voice through it in some ways."
On the transformative power of experiencing a #mentalhealth crisis.
4/20
"It's like I found my voice through it in some ways."
On the transformative power of experiencing a #mentalhealth crisis.
4/20
5:18 - 6:20
"I always felt like this experience [...] would be really helpful [...] but when I got in the degree no one talked about it."
On the culture of silence about #livedexperience in mental health training programs.
5/20
"I always felt like this experience [...] would be really helpful [...] but when I got in the degree no one talked about it."
On the culture of silence about #livedexperience in mental health training programs.
5/20
6:51 - 7:35
"I didn't want to risk being excluded or treated differently."
On choosing not to share #livedexperience on entry to clinical psychology training due to fear of #stigma.
6/20
"I didn't want to risk being excluded or treated differently."
On choosing not to share #livedexperience on entry to clinical psychology training due to fear of #stigma.
6/20
9:00 - 9:30
"In places like that, I felt more comfortable to reflect on my experiences and that was really exciting."
On being able to reflect with peers in #livedexperience spaces.
7/20
"In places like that, I felt more comfortable to reflect on my experiences and that was really exciting."
On being able to reflect with peers in #livedexperience spaces.
7/20
9:30 - 9:45
"When I qualified, then I opened up to the course and they said that they would back me, and they talked to occupational health and that was great."
On the importance of having support from his training program on starting work.
8/20
"When I qualified, then I opened up to the course and they said that they would back me, and they talked to occupational health and that was great."
On the importance of having support from his training program on starting work.
8/20
9:45 - 10:30
"I wanted to use my story to sort of challenge the diagnosis of #Schizophrenia [...] and the way we approach psychosis...
...to promote a more #hopeful and #optimistic approach.
On the decision to share #livedexperience publicly.
9/20
"I wanted to use my story to sort of challenge the diagnosis of #Schizophrenia [...] and the way we approach psychosis...
...to promote a more #hopeful and #optimistic approach.
On the decision to share #livedexperience publicly.
9/20
10:30 - 12:20
"Part of me was really terrified that people would reject me, so it was a powerful ritual because people did embrace me...
...it was a #magical moment."
On publicly sharing his #livedexperience at a Hearing Voices conference.
10/20
"Part of me was really terrified that people would reject me, so it was a powerful ritual because people did embrace me...
...it was a #magical moment."
On publicly sharing his #livedexperience at a Hearing Voices conference.
10/20
18:32 - 19:30
"What I try to do in #mentalhealth [...] amongst staff is try to model contained #vulnerability...
...and people find things out about colleagues they didn't know... and it's lovely."
On sharing as a means of creating connections in teams.
11/12
"What I try to do in #mentalhealth [...] amongst staff is try to model contained #vulnerability...
...and people find things out about colleagues they didn't know... and it's lovely."
On sharing as a means of creating connections in teams.
11/12
19:52 - 20:44
"We're taught in degrees to write in the third person, to detach yourself and talk as a robot [...] What does it do to us in terms of valuing our own #livedexperience?
...the self gets a bit lost"
On the privileging of expert over experiential knowledge.
12/20
"We're taught in degrees to write in the third person, to detach yourself and talk as a robot [...] What does it do to us in terms of valuing our own #livedexperience?
...the self gets a bit lost"
On the privileging of expert over experiential knowledge.
12/20
24:00 - 25:20
"...saying everybody here has expertise [...] that is a bit challenging [...] but I think it is ultimately liberating because I meet [professionals] & they can be really anxious [...] to be the person who has to fix people."
On valuing #livedexperience.
13/20
"...saying everybody here has expertise [...] that is a bit challenging [...] but I think it is ultimately liberating because I meet [professionals] & they can be really anxious [...] to be the person who has to fix people."
On valuing #livedexperience.
13/20
25:50 - 26:55
"There's a lot of gentle ways to do it...
...but that hasn't been there very much in a lot of training,"
On the need to train #mentalhealth professionals in talking about one's own experiences in their work with service users.
14/20
"There's a lot of gentle ways to do it...
...but that hasn't been there very much in a lot of training,"
On the need to train #mentalhealth professionals in talking about one's own experiences in their work with service users.
14/20
26:55 - 27:55
"'These things are best left on the therapist's couch'"
"A lot of colleagues felt I was letting the team down...
...but I have had lots of psychologists be warm and accepting of it, too."
On responses from colleagues to sharing #livedexperience.
15/20
"'These things are best left on the therapist's couch'"
"A lot of colleagues felt I was letting the team down...
...but I have had lots of psychologists be warm and accepting of it, too."
On responses from colleagues to sharing #livedexperience.
15/20
30:00 - 31:10
"As a supervisor for trainees I always try to create space for them to talk about their #vulnerability and they haven't always had that message [...] it's healthy to cry in supervision...I welcome that."
On sharing in supervisory relationships.
16/20
"As a supervisor for trainees I always try to create space for them to talk about their #vulnerability and they haven't always had that message [...] it's healthy to cry in supervision...I welcome that."
On sharing in supervisory relationships.
16/20
32:50 - 33:45
"And the denial we end up doing [...] that is not health for us...
...if we can't be honest in our work how can we work well with each other"
On the burden of secrecy and it's effects on team performance.
17/20
"And the denial we end up doing [...] that is not health for us...
...if we can't be honest in our work how can we work well with each other"
On the burden of secrecy and it's effects on team performance.
17/20
34:00 - 34:20
"I think you can #balance the two, being boundaried but being open."
On the importance of finding a balance in sharing.
18/20
"I think you can #balance the two, being boundaried but being open."
On the importance of finding a balance in sharing.
18/20
35:50 - 38:05
"Sharing stories is a natural way to help each other...
...if you share your #story it can help someone else build their story."
19/20
"Sharing stories is a natural way to help each other...
...if you share your #story it can help someone else build their story."
19/20
40:00 - 42:40
"A model that helps me is the idea that we all have [...] different parts [...] and their all important...
...and so much as possible trying to #createspace for those in everyday life."
20/20
"A model that helps me is the idea that we all have [...] different parts [...] and their all important...
...and so much as possible trying to #createspace for those in everyday life."
20/20
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