Today I was in Halifax in beautiful W. Yorkshire. It was great.

I arrived last night and met up with a former colleague for a catch up over a curry (& beer of course).

Then today was spent with around 20 of Calderdale’s finest mental health & social care workers talking about psychosis and interventions for people who hear voices. It’s amazing what a really enthusiastic group can get through in a single day. We covered basic principles of psychosis, a little philosophy of mental health care, models of understanding and normalisation in the morning. This afternoon was devoted to meaningful activity and validation, socratic dialogue, delusions and perceptions and principles of risk. These people really got their money’s worth today!

The group was great fun to work with and they really seemed to enjoy the day. Hopefully they’ve got some useful new skills to take away too.

All in all it’s been a really successful day. And now it really must be ‘beer O’Clock’!

What a cracking day!