Courses… The ‘family tree’ of mental health exercise 11 Dec 201712 Apr 2018 This is a simple exercise intended to be completed either individually or preferably by a group (up to around 16 people) in discussion. The idea is to help care workers…
mental health… Self harm part 3: Life’s just one big sweetshop 19 Sep 20176 Nov 2017 In part 3 of the series we consider how best to work with people who harm themselves. We know it's not about us. We know it's a coping strategy that…
mental health… How can a dead Greek and a medieval monk help care workers? 5 May 2016 Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher. He used questions to help people reach new insights or knowledge. Each question moved them a little closer to solving their problems. The technique…
Courses… Mental health care needn’t be complicated 4 May 2016 I used to think that mental health care would be really complicated. So I looked for complicated theories to underpin everything I did. For many years I studied and tried…
challenging behaviour… Privileged glimpses 21: Consequences, learned behaviour and boundaries 28 Apr 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
challenging behaviour… Privileged glimpses 19: Behaviours that harm other people 21 Apr 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
challenging behaviour… Privileged glimpses 18: Behaviours that harm the individual 16 Apr 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
challenging behaviour… Privileged glimpses 17: Challenging behaviour means … 14 Apr 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
duty of care… Privileged glimpses 13: The saviour fantasy 31 Mar 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
duty of care… Privileged glimpses 12: Don’t flap 30 Mar 20152 May 2016 This series of blog posts first appeared a few years ago on a now defunct blog called ‘Care Training’. It was inspired by the training maxim of ‘making the unconscious…
