Lived Experience… The Right to Fail 13 Mar 2019 The right to fail. To live our lives as people that are flawed, diagnosed, mentally ill the the way we see fit to do so. In New York State, and…
Clinical… Use of metaphors in the therapy office 🕵️♂️ 10 Mar 2019 If you are a patient, or psychotherapist, the odds are you have been encouraged to use metaphors in the therapy room. I teach family therapy at the university level, and…
Clinical… Pedagogy and Practice for Social Workers🎓 10 Mar 2019 I am a very, very passionate learner. I believe in education, and anyone who reads my writing understands my love of learning. Partially due to a trauma suffered in my…
Education… I am J. Peters and this is my story: University on Watch👁 8 Mar 201915 Apr 2019 I am a rhetoric scholar and a person with lived experience with schizophrenia. I am also a prosumer. My identity aside, the status of Disability studies and narratives, memoirs, and…
Self Help The Mobility of Recovery 2 Feb 2019 There is an undeniable mobility to recovery. Moving forward in your path to health and healing requires an inertia. From rate of recovery, the very speed and velocity required to…
Cover Stories… The Fear of Relapsing when you have a Mental Health disorder😱 30 Jan 2019 When you carry a mental health diagnosis, you are in almost constant fear of relapsing. Whether you have a chronic long standing condition, or are suffering from a new diagnosis,…
Addressing Symptoms… Learned Helplessness Must be Stopped🔴 30 Jan 2019 One of my biggest struggles as a social worker in the human services is challenging learned helplessness. Learned helplessness is a phenomena in which clients, patients, or any person connected…
Education… MHBC 2018 🎩 5 Nov 2018 There is no question that family participation in a person’s mental health treatment is beneficial and critical to manage the long-standing problems that surface during a person’s recovery from a…
Addressing Symptoms… Attention Seeking Behavior(s)🤳🏽 29 Oct 2018 I have a profound fascination with attention seeking behavior(s). I am also profoundly clever at capturing the attention of my peers, family, and friends. Let's be completely honest, some of…
Clinical… Kendra Died for US💝 17 Oct 2018 I've said it before and I will say it again. I am an overweight Jewish man from New York State with an active schizophrenia diagnosis. I have been committed to…
