‘ReAwaken not Reform’ is building on the huge success of ReAwaken
Australia 2019. We are proudly partnering with Inside Out and
Associates to bring you this exciting event. The addition of Lucy
Johnstone introducing the Power Threat Meaning Framework via video
link places ReAwaken at the forefront of positive change in mental
health, addiction and trauma. We are offering single day ReAwaken
events around Australia, focused on themes of Compassion, Connection
and Meaningful Action. To this end our goal for the day is focused on
how we come together in community to support each other in the
mutuality of growth and social action towards tangible change.
ReAwaken 2020 will feature local, national and international speakers
along with spaces to contribute to the ReAwaken Art project the
"Meaning Manual" and the book "Turning Point". We will also be
offering a space for small groups to join together on a collective
journey throughout the day - these "Home Groups" offer an important
space for connection, mutual support and plans for the future. What
attendees can expect : Key note presentations: Matt Ball -
'Dissociachotic' Seeing the non-psychosis that we share. Stephanie
Mitchell - 'Compassion for Borderline' - All parts of a person are
welcome - Internal Family Systems Therapy in recovery Guest Speakers
Kath Thorburn and Sandy Watson - 'Narratives, Language and Power'
exploring the 'many' paradoxes in MH Matt Ball & Stephanie Mitchell -
'Do it Anyway' Introduction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework
including Q&A with Lucy Johnstone. Community Art Project : Re-writing
the DSM Experiential Home Groups focused on community and mutual
support Lived Experience speakers ReAwaken Manifesto presentation
Evening Film screening of 'Healing Voices'. Date: 5th June 2020 Venue:
Harold Park Community Hall - 1 Dalgal Way, Forest Lodge, NSW Time:
9:30-4:30pm and 6pm film screening Costs: $150 Waged $75 Unwaged/low
income (limited spaces available on application) (To enquire about low
cost tickets please email Rachel for details) Tickets include morning
and afternoon tea - lunch and dinner can be purchased from nearby food
vendors For enquiries please email Rachel at: [email protected] KEY
NOTE SPEAKERS : Matt Ball - Dissociachotic: Seeing the non-psychosis
that we share Understanding the dissociative nature of what is usually
called psychosis and seeing how psychosis evaporates within the
context of safe relational spaces. Stephanie Mitchell - Compassion for
“Borderline" Coming from a place of compassion when working with
people often labelled with “Borderline Personality Disorder”
should be the basis of all clinical and non-clinical practice.
Unfortunately individuals with diagnosis’s of BPD are often some of
the most maligned in our health services. In this workshop we consider
the attachment needs and legitimately adaptive behaviour of
individuals who have often experienced complex trauma and significant
attachment disruption in early life. Participate in conversations
around responsive and compassionate approaches to understanding and
being alongside individuals experiencing deep distress. Kath Thorburn
and Sandy Watson - Narratives, Language and Power – Exploring one of
the (many) paradoxes of mental ‘health’ care People’s unique
subjective processes of meaning-making are usually one of the first
casualties of mental ‘health’ treatment and contact with related
systems. Paradoxically, people’s own ways of understanding what has
happened are instrumental in helping to process, define, explore and
activate pathways to wellbeing: to meaningful connections and
responses, to resources and communities of choice. Ignoring and
denying a person’s unique, alternative explanations for their
experiences equates to silencing, perpetuating the very problems
psychiatric services and systems claim to resolve, denying
opportunities for better understandings of, and responses to, the
distinct, creative and unexpected ways that people both navigate
through, and emerge from their complex experiences. This presentation
will explore the concept of explanatory frameworks as a way to better
understand and respond to people’s meaning making around their
experiences of distress and what this might mean for allies, services
and communities. Matt Ball and Stephanie Mitchell - Do It Anyway The
discussion since the beginning of the consumer movement has been about
how we shift systems and institutions towards personal recovery, but
has the time come to ask – should we still invite the institution of
psychiatry and politics to be part of the conversation of human
distress, mental health, trauma and addiction? Taking action is the
process by which we can feel and experience the spirit of Cesar Chevez
when he stated: “Once Social Change begins it cannot be reversed,
you cannot uneducated the person who has learned to read. You cannot
humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people
who are not afraid any more. We have seen the future and the future is
ours”. Do It Anyway will explore having an idea and enacting it
towards social change. From Healing Voices to Re-Awaken Australia –
making change happen is a priority. Cost $150
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