Speakers
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Daniel Fisher
Psychiatrist and Co-founder of the National Empowerment Center. Passionate about promoting alternatives to the medical model of distress more…
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Beatrice Birch
Founder of Inner Fire, a year long residential programme for people experiencing mental distress and addictions to recover without meds more…
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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…
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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…
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Malcolm Stern
Group psychotherapist and co-founder of Alternatives - a world renowned platform for leading spiritual teachers and alternative thinking more…
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Benna Waites
Joint Head of Psychology, Counselling & Arts Therapies, for Aneurin Bevan Health Board, passionate about facilitating compassionate care in the NHS more…
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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…
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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…
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Claude Acker
Qi Gong and mindfulness teacher, passionate about spreading mindfulness for all more…
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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 |