Welcome to a space where inquiry, exploration, and discussion are encouraged and accepted from individuals from all walks of life. My intention with this site and future publications is to create an inclusive, compassionate community where all individuals from both sides of the mental health system are embraced as equals with inherent wisdom to teach and learn from […]Read Post ›
The Dark Side of the Shadow The inherent and overt manifestation of a spiritual emergency and psychotic break are almost synonymous with each other. Both need immediate treatment to keep themselves and others safe (Grof, et. al., 1989; Lucas, 2011; Perry, 1974). Yet, the choice of treatment provided is based on the perceiver’s […]Read Post ›
Historically, immorality and spiritual failings were banished from the righteous community members. Stigmatized nonconformists were exiled from the mainstream in an attempt to cure them from their transgressions: As the years progressed, the old stigmatizing mentality is torn down to bring in a new mentality: Mental Illness is the cause for the transgressions and lapse of reasoning: As the asylum […]Read Post ›
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. Ray Bradbury Since early communal living, humans have banished those who are either different or unproductive, due to an atypical physical, mental or emotional condition. Deemed different and some unproductive and/or non contributors to the tribe they […]Read Post ›
I told him to wait for me by the lobby. When I finally got the doctor on the phone, the doctor tells me to call PESP. I go find him and he is not in the lobby like I asked him to […]Read Post ›
The Art of Presence in Mental Health 