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An Introduction to Open Dialogue
Event Details
Time: October 8, 2013 from 10am to 5pm
Location: The Old School Rooms, the Round Chapel
Street: Powerscroft Road
City/Town: London E5 0PU
Website or Map: http://opendialogueapproach.c…
Phone: 020 3290 6333.
Event Type: one, day, seminar
Organized By: Open Dialogue UK
Latest Activity: Sep 17, 2013
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Event Description
Mia Kurtti, a family therapist who has been working in the Open Dialogue team in Western Lapland in Finland for 10 years, and Nick Putman, a psychotherapist from the UK, who has been visiting Western Lapland to study the work of the Open Dialogue teams and the theory and research related to it, will introduce the Open Dialogue approach and the evidence base for it. The day will be a mixture of presentations and small and large group discussions.
What Is The Open Dialogue Approach?
The Open Dialogue approach is both a philosophical/theoretical approach to people experiencing a mental health crisis and their families/networks, and a system of care, developed in Western Lapland over the last 30 years. Psychiatric services using Open Dialogue have the best documented outcomes in the Western World. Around 75% of those experiencing psychosis have returned to work or study within 2 years and only around 20% are still taking antipsychotic medication at 2 year follow-up.
Open Dialogue teams work to help those involved in a crisis situation, as much as possible in their own homes, to be together and to start to dialogue with one another. It has been their experience that if the family/team can bear the high emotion in a crisis situation, and tolerate the uncertainty, in time shared meaning usually emerges and healing is possible. Open Dialogue has drawn on a number of theoretical models, including systemic family therapy, dialogical theory and social constructionism.
Pricing
There is a range of price points for this seminar in the hope that it will be accessible to all who wish to come - a standard rate of £60, a £30 rate for full-time students, and a £15 rate for those in receipt of benefits. A 15% Early Bird discount will be applied to these rates for all bookings received by Tuesday 24th September. There are also further discounts for group bookings.
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