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Open Dialogue – Nov 7, 2018

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The Open Dialogue Method: A More Effective Approach to Mental Health Crisis

Presented by Alita Markus

  • What is Open Dialogue?
  • How is it very different than standard practice in the US?
  • What is the research from N. Finland, the UK, Italy, Holland, and Belgium?
  • Why this former crisis worker loves Open Dialogue!

Open Dialogue Training Is Coming to the Pacific NW in 2019!

Alita Markus

Alita Markus

Alita Markus comes to speak to us from Tacoma WA, after finishing intensive teacher training in Finland.

Alita has fourteen years experience working in emergency psychiatry, and generally in mental health services since 1992. She currently practices psychotherapy in Washington. Her passion is working from a community-based, non-expert, need-adapted Open Dialogue perspective.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 7-9 PM
New Location!
Montavilla United Methodist Church
232 SE 80th Avenue, Portland, OR 97215
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FREE! (Donations Welcome $0 – $20 suggested)
For questions, contact RethinkingPsychiatry@gmail.com or message us on our Facebook Page.

Click here to download flyer.

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Our Wellness On the Line – Wed, Oct 3

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Peer Warmline to Crisis Hotline: What Can I Expect?

Presented by Sharon Kuehn & Rachel Levy

  • Warmline vs Hotline: Which should I use?
  • What are my rights when I call a crisis line?
  • How does peer support differ from crisis services?

Sharon Kuehn

Sharon Kuehn leads the David Romprey Oregon Warmline and the new Oregon Senior Peer Outreach Service for Community Counseling Solutions. Both programs are firmly rooted in the practice of Intentional Peer Support (IPS). Sharon facilitates IPS training and serves as an advocate for Peer Delivered Services on the Oregon Consumer Advisory Council (OCAC). Sharon is also passionate about the healing power of nature and working to create new structures for our human family to find balance with nature, which she explores at http://lifeforcelearning.net.

Rachel Levy

Rachel Levy is a social worker who works for a crisis line in Portland.   She has always been passionate about social justice issues, and she believes strongly in the need for more person-centered and holistic options for mental health care.  Rachel  has been a member of Rethinking Psychiatry for 8 years.  She has written several articles for Mad in America,  including this one: And They Said it Wouldn’t Last – Rethinking Psychiatry Celebrates its 7th Year

Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 7-9 PM
Unite Oregon
700 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR

Click here to download Information About Crisis Lines, from the October 3 presentation.

For questions, contact RethinkingPsychiatry@gmail.com or message us on our Facebook Page.

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Healing Voices – Jan 3, 2018

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Healing Voices

film followed by group discussion


Healing Voices (2016) is a feature-length documentary examining experiences commonly labeled as ‘psychosis’ or ‘mental illness’ in society, and a critical look at America’s broken mental health care system.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 7 – 9 PM
Unite Oregon
700 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR
(across from PCC Cascade Campus)
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FREE!  (Donations Welcome $0 – $20 suggested)
For questions, contact RethinkingPsychiatry@gmail.com

Click here to download flyer.

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Mysticism, Madness & Global Justice – Dec 16, 2015

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spiritual emergency Sometimes deep transformation can come as mental health crisis…

Join Rethinking Psychiatry for a presentation by Harriet Cooke, MD, MPH on spiritual awakening, spiritual emergency and directing our development for personal and global healing.

Harriet Cooke, MD, MPH

Harriet Cooke, MD, MPH

Drawing on research and personal experiences, Harriet will discuss crises that often precede spiritual awakening, as well as challenges caused by spiritual awakening, and how to support the process and each other.

Wednesday, Dec 16, 7 PM
The Center for Intercultural Organizing
700 N. Killingsworth St
Portland, OR

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Spiritual Crisis & Spiritual Transformation – Dec 17, 2014

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Exploring the Link Between Madness, Spiritual Awakening & Mental Health

spiritual emergencyPresented by Harriet Cooke, MD, MPH and Miranda Lovelong

Wednesday, December 17, 2014
First Congregational Church, Portland OR

For those who were unable to join us on December 17, the radioplay by Harriet Cooke & Miranda Lovelong and the presentation by Harriet Cooke can be downloaded below.

Spiritual development is a lifelong process and can be a great resource for health. And sometimes periods of significant transformation can be accompanied by a mental health crisis. Join Rethinking Psychiatry for a presentation and discussion on “Spiritual Emergency.”

Drawing on both research and deep personal experiences, Harriet and Miranda will walk us through discussion of: Crises that often precede spiritual awakening, Crises caused by spiritual awakening, Phases of the process of spiritual awakening, how to support the process and each other to move through these periods with the greatest grace and ease, and the place of spiritual emergence in personal and global health.

Spiritual Emergency – a Radio Play

Spiritual Crisis, Emergence, and Mental Health

 

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Ted Chabasinski – Aug 20, 2014

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Ted Chabasinski, JD

Ted Chabasinski, JD

Note New Location! First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave., Portland, OR (in the downtown park blocks)

Wednesday, August 20th at 7pm

Join us for a very special summer Rethinking Psychiatry meeting.  We are excited to have Ted Chabasinski as our guest speaker!

Ted Chabasinski has been active in the psychiatric survivors movement since 1971. He was lead organizer of the 1982 campaign that successfully persuaded Berkeley voters to ban shock treatment in the city. Ted is known as a visionary, and an articulate, tough, and often witty speaker.

Now a patients’ rights lawyer, Ted was taken from his parents when he was 6-years old, experimented on with a course of electric shock treatments, and then sent to a state hospital for the rest of his childhood.  He writes about the power of psychiatry and how it is abused, especially against children.

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Inpatient Hospitalization: A Crisis in Crisis Care -March 19, 2014

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Jonathan Keyes, LPC

Jonathan Keyes, LPC

Our guest speaker at Rethinking Psychiatry’s March 19th monthly meeting will be Jon Keyes.  Jon will talk about reforming our approach to helping people who are going through a mental health crisis.  He will critique our current process of inpatient hospitalization and discuss improving and creating positive holistic alternatives.

Jon is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and certified Health Coach.  He works as a holistic mental health therapist in his private practice, Hearthside Healing in Portland, OR. He also works as a therapist at Adventist Medical Center, dealing with individuals at their deepest levels of mental health crises.  Jon is a contributing writer for Mad in America, and is very articulate, informed and passionate about rethinking psychiatry.

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Beyond Soteria – Jan. 15, 2014

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Creating a Place for Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs & Restoring Wellness

Cindi Fisher, Founder of the M.O.M.S. Movement, and Grace Silvia, who worked at Soteria Alaska, will share their vision for a place for withdrawing from psychiatric drugs and restoring wellness.  They invite people who have come off meds, people who want to come off meds, family, friends and allies to share their experiences and build a common vision to take this dream into action!

Chitari

Dr. Satya Ambrose will introduce  her collaborative healing community, Chitari.  Chitari is a non-profit holistic healing center where the worlds of conventional and natural medicine meet to promote wellness of the body and spirit.

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The Healing Paradox in Mental Health Treatment – Nov. 20, 2014

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The Healing ParadoxJoin us at our November meeting for a presentation by psychiatrist and author, Dr. Steven Goldsmith.

“Treatment that fights disease as an adversary cannot cure mental illness.  Only treatment that accepts and allies with mental illness can help people cure themselves.” Steven Goldsmith, MD, author of The Healing Paradox: A Revolutionary Approach to Treating and Curing Physical and Mental Illness (North Atlantic Books, 2013) will discuss this central paradox as it pertains to mental health treatment, with descriptions of curative paradoxical treatments. Time permitting, he will read from a relevant portion of his book, with audience discussion and questions to follow.

Dr. Goldsmith received his M.D. from the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, is Board-certified in psychiatry, and has been affiliated with the Tufts University, Boston University, and New York University Schools of Medicine.  He maintains a practice In Portland emphasizing natural solutions for health problems.

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Portland Hearing Voices – Sept 18, 2013

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PortlandHearingVoicesRethinking Psychiatry is pleased to announce that our popular monthly meetings will resume on September 18th!  This meeting will feature guest speaker, Kate Hill, from Portland Hearing Voices.

Hearing Voices is a “voices and extreme states” support group.  Learn how Hearing Voices seeks to help people regain control of their lives and explore the meaning in madness.

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: First Unitarian Church,  1011 SW 12th Ave., Portland, OR

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