... majority of Cassel-trained psychosocial nurses have historically moved on from working at the Cassel to take up new therapeutic challenges in a variety of other settings. How has psychosocial nursing practiced at the Cassel prepared them for therapeutic working in these other settings? What ways of working...

...Steve Pearce; Oliver Dale Purpose Training in therapeutic community and related approaches has not been widely available, and there is debate about the form this should take. This has had a negative impact on the field. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach...

... different ways of looking at knowledge – as a product or as a process – and from there, the implications regarding the therapeutic encounter, staff training, and evaluation are examined. Findings The reasoning reveals the importance of process thinking when it comes to developing the work field...

...Barbara Rawlings Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare and evaluate three experiential training workshops, each set up as three-day transient therapeutic communities, and established to train therapeutic community staff. Design/methodology/approach The author carried out participant...

... by stakeholders. Following the scoping exercise a demand analysis found that there was a need for a TC training programme to be delivered in the Aotearoa New Zealand context. Outcome: a culturally appropriate TC training programme was developed in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. The training...

... Psychiatric patients Psychosis Training Dialogical approach Peer workers Trial For the word (and, consequently, for a human being) there is nothing more terrible than a lack of response (Bakhtin, 1975). Open dialogue (OD) is an innovative approach to mental health crises based on close...

... possible by the privileged position of the author's participation in both, within a fortnight of each other. Originality/value – The two workshops could be considered a valuable complementary training tool. Dr Aldo Lombardo can be contacted at: Aldolombardo1@gmail.com LfA has a sandwich...