Exploring Identities of Psychiatric Survivor Therapists: Beyond Us and Them

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This book is about people that are uniquely situated between the realms of activism, within the Psychiatric Survivor Movement, and their careers as mental health professionals. It focuses on the co-authors’ navigation and juxtaposition of the roles of psychiatric survivor, mental health professional, and activist. Psychiatric Survivors is an international movement advocating for human rights in mental health systems and supporting humane and effective alternative options to mainstream practice for help-seeking. Drawing on past research as well as the co-authors’ own experiences, the volume explores identities of people who identify as both psychiatric survivors and mental health professionals, discussing the potential for further dialogue between psychiatric survivors and mental health professionals to create humane and person-centred communities of healing. This book is specifically targeted for practising psychotherapists and graduate students, to gain new insight into the Psychiatric Survivor Movement and to appreciate the value of lived experience and of psychiatric survivors’ efforts shaping the future of mental health care. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Introduction (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 1-31 A Brief History of the Psychiatric Survivor Movement (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 33-53 Researching the Survivor-Therapist Identity (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 55-76 Influences of the Survivor-Therapist Identity (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 77-111 Self-Disclosure (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 113-140 Healing and Self-Determination (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 141-171 Respect and Inclusion (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 173-197 From Difference to Dialogue (Alexandra L. Adame, Matthew Morsey, Ronald Bassman, Kristina Yates)....Pages 199-228 Back Matter ....Pages 229-235