Peer Specialists Are Not Clinicians
Peer Specialists are an emerging workforce in behavioral health. Many Peer Specialists work...
Finding Holiday Peace Through Forgiveness
Old hurts can surface during the holiday season. I offer this video reflection as a gift to...
What berry picking can teach us about running an abundant business
I have been meaning to write this post for at least 4 years. It's easy to get too busy and to...
Celebrating the Life of Eddie Taylor
We just received the sad news that Eddie Taylor, a peer specialist in Kansas City, KS, has...
Telepsychiatry and CommonGround
Recently we had the opportunity to meet with peer staff, clinicians and administrators of...
Are You Low Functioning?
The phrase low functioning is pejorative, despite the fact that it is widely used in...
CommonGround and IDD
Some thought people with intellectual development disorders and co-occurring mental health...
Trauma and the Journey Home to Our Bodies
Those of us who survived child abuse learned to fear and "leave" our bodies. Adopting new health...
Reflection on the 25th Anniversary of the ADA
On July 26th, 1990 President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities...
Chat with Oliver Platt
This week I had an opportunity to advise Oliver Platt on his role in a new television spinoff...
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Pat Deegan
My partner and I founded a company run by and for people in recovery. The mission: To safeguard human dignity by bringing individual voice and choice to the center of the clinical care team. Toward this end I developed the CommonGround Program including Software and the Distressing Voices Simulation.
