When Help is Not Helpful
Sometimes help is not helpful.
Early in my recovery, after a brief interview with a psychiatrist,...
Relationships Can Heal
I have had the privilege of interviewing many people about their journey of recovery. One of the...
Mentalism, Micro-Aggression and the Peer Practitioner
I was visiting with a group of peer practitioners who were working as advocates and mentors with...
The Importance of Personal Medicine
We are hearing a lot about recovery these days and many mental health systems are seeking to...
Spiritual Lessons in Recovery
Distress, even the distress associated with psychosis, can be hallowed ground upon which one can...
History and Self-Directed Recovery
Today we talk about recovery as if it is a new idea. However, the idea that people recover is not...
Author
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.
