A "Gift Box" to help establish and enhance wellbeing
Patte Randal
Retired from Auckland District Health Board/Self-employed
Dr Patte Randal LRCP MRCS D Phil has personal experience of recovery from psychosis, is trained in Psychiatry, and worked as Medical Officer in Rehabilitation Psychiatry at Buchanan Rehabilitation Centre ADHB, Auckland for 18 years. She developed and co-facilitated Understanding Ourselves Groups as well as a focused collaborative intervention to support people in their journey of self-discovery. She continues to work collaboratively with individuals and their families in the community, who experience the enduring consequences of trauma such as work-place bullying, and other extreme states such as psychosis, to facilitate self-understanding and to assist in developing a life worth living. She has taught the “Re-covery Model” to clinicians of all disciplines, the people they serve and their families. She has published research on recovery-focussed multimodal therapy for people with psychosis, is first author of the “Re-covery Model” (Randal et al 2009), and is co-editor and co-author of an ISPS book
Abstract
Aim To present a "Gift Box" of resources, a practical toolkit developed to enhance victorious cycles rather than repeating vicious cycles as so often happens in current mental health services Method ... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Patte Randal (Retired from Auckland District Health Board/Self-employed)
Topic Areas
Behavioural and cognitive behavioural family interventions , Individual cognitive behavioural therapies and related approaches , Experts by experience
Session
THPM1 WOT » Workshop: Other Therapeutic Approaches (14:00 - Thursday, 31st August, CT Hub, G-Flex Room)