Speakers
Beatrice Birch
Founder of Inner Fire, a year long residential programme for people experiencing mental distress and addictions to recover without meds more…
Daniel Fisher
Psychiatrist and Co-founder of the National Empowerment Center. Passionate about promoting alternatives to the medical model of distress more…
Elisabeth Svanholmer
Danish Hearing Voices Network trainer and facilitator who uses her own experiences of living with voices and other unusual experiences to help others more…
Dr Sue Ruben
Consultant psychiatrist who has worked in both General Adult Psychiatry and Addictions in North Wales and Liverpool. Sue is known for her humour and inclusive, open-hearted approach more…
Malcolm Stern
Group psychotherapist and co-founder of Alternatives - a world renowned platform for leading spiritual teachers and alternative thinking more…
Benna Waites
Joint Head of Psychology, Counselling & Arts Therapies, for Aneurin Bevan Health Board, passionate about facilitating compassionate care in the NHS more…
Sarah Stone
Executive Director for Samaritans in Wales and former Deputy Commissioner for Older People in Wales, championing the rights of vulnerable people and groups more…
Elinor Kapp
Storyteller, and NHS psychiatrist and psychotherapist for over 50 years, Elinor uses stories as an agent of healing mental and physical health more…
Claude Acker
Qi Gong and mindfulness teacher, passionate about spreading mindfulness for all more…
Brigid Bowen
Founder and curator of Compassionate Mental Health. Brigid is a freelance journalist, writer and editor with a special interest in health and wellbeing more…
Programme
Pre-Conference Training | Monday 2 and Tues 3 October |
Introductory workshop in Emotional CPR with Daniel Fisher, Psychiatrist and Co-founder of the National Empowerment Center
Space on the training is limited to 20 participants. | A two day certified training in Emotional CPR (eCPR). eCPR is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps:
C = Connecting |
Wednesday 4th October | ||
7.20 – 8.00 | Optional Qi Gong | Claude Acker |
8.00 – 9.00 | Breakfast in the barn | for people staying at fforest |
9.00 – 9.30 | Register / Meet & Greet | |
9.30 – 9.40 | Welcome and Setting the Scene | Benna Waites and Malcolm Stern |
9.40- 10.10 | Compassion Pods & Deep Listening | Andy Bradley and Malcolm Stern |
10.10 – 10.40 | Heartbeats of Hope: The Empowerment Way to recover your life | Daniel Fisher |
10.40 – 11.10 | Pause & Refresh | |
11.10 – 1.10 | Choice of Experiential Workshops | |
A | Telling our Stories | Malcolm Stern |
B | Introduction to Emotional CPR | Daniel Fisher |
C | Clay & Conversation about Inner Fire | Beatrice Birch |
1.10 – 2.20 | Eat and Enjoy | |
2.20 – 2.45 | Group Gatherings | Hosted Conversations facilitated by Malcolm Stern |
2.45 – 4.45 | Choice of Experiential Workshops | |
D | Compassion Circles – with examples of implementation in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board | Andy Bradley and Benna Waites |
E | Introduction to Emotional CPR | Daniel Fisher |
F | Clay & Conversation about Inner Fire | Beatrice Birch |
4.45 – 5.15 | Pause & Refresh | |
5.15 – 5.45 | Group gatherings | Hosted Conversations facilitated by Malcolm Stern and Andy Bradley |
5.45 – 6.00 | Close of Day Programme and summing up | Malcolm Stern and Benna Waites |
6.00 – 7.30 | Free Time | |
7.30 – 10.30 | Evening Feast followed by Stories and Music | Storytelling after supper with Elinor Kapp |
Thursday 5th October | ||
7.20 – 8.00 | Optional Qi Gong | Claude Acker |
8.00 – 9.00 | Breakfast in the Barn | for people staying at fforest |
9.00 – 9.10 | Welcome and Introductions | Sarah Stone and Malcolm Stern |
9.10 – 9.50 | Towards a Wholesome Psychiatry – Exploring the New Story | Daniel Fisher |
9.50 – 10.10 | Warm Up, Wake Up | Claude Acker |
10.10 – 10.50 | Finding Meaning in Madness | Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer |
10.50 – 11.20 | Pause & Refresh | |
11.20 – 1.20 | Choice of Experiential Workshops | |
A | Compassionate and Non-violent Communication | Rufus May and Elisabeth Svanholmer |
B | Telling our Stories | Malcolm Stern |
C | Compassion Circles | Andy Bradley |
1.20 – 2.30 | Eat & Enjoy | |
2.30- 3.15 | Inner Fire: Recovering the Self through Community | Beatrice Birch in conversation |
3.15 – 4.15 | Compassion Collective: gathering insights from the two days | Malcolm Stern |
4.15 – 4.30 | Close of the day & summing up | Sarah Stone and Malcolm Stern |
4.30 – 5.00 | Refreshments for the Road |