Psycovery has grown throughout 2020 and I have many ideas for 2021. Open dialogue is important for clients and their families. However it is beginning to enter into mainstream psychiatry and staff find themselves inspired and that their work becomes far more meaningful. I have enjoyed teaching and inspiring professionals during 2020 and I am excited to be part of an ambitious plan to introduce Open Dialogue trainings in Spain in 2020/2021 COVID permitting.
I continue to work with WHO in particular Quality Rights and the United Nations on human rights in psychiatry and supporting the increasing interest they show in supporting Human Rights in psychiatry
Helping those who want to get off their psychiatric drugs is of huge interest and I work with many clients on this issue. I have taught and continue to offer training to colleagues, professionals and the general public on the topic of psychiatric drug withdrawal and medication even though this remains a contentious topic in mainstream psychiatry. I am also part of a group who offers public meetings on drug withdrawal in cafe's. Our International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal 2020 conference, like many others have had to cancel our planned conference in Island, we hope we can hold it in 2021.
I enjoy working as a mobile psychologist and find it to be enriching not just for the client and their family but for me too as the dynamic changes when I am a guest in people’s homes. Likewise Internet therapy is proving to be popular and I now have clients from all over the world.
Mad in America continues to expand and our online parent support group for parents who are skeptical of conventional drug-based treatments who wish to share experiences with other likeminded peopleis is thriving. See more here
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2019 was the year I traveled the world as a speaker. From Brazil to Korea, the Faeroe Islands to Spain and many countries in-between. In fact I found myself in a situation I never imagined I would be and that is not wanting to travel anymore, or at least for a while! This resulted in my decision to this year cut back on travels and instead concentrate on the local. However COVID arrived and changed the world not just stopping traveling for all but also sowing great tragedy. Only Greenland out of my planned 2020 trips came to fruition.
My focus this year has therefore been working with clients and their families as well as focusing on psychiatric drug withdrawal and open dialogue. My accredited webinar on on psychiatric drug withdrawal can be found on Mad in America here