PHeW Event - Resistance & change in mental health care: from the individual to institutional

Event Title: Resistance and change in mental health care: from the individual to institutional.

Speakers

Synergies are Good: Principles of Collaboration at the Psychological, Interpersonal, and Social Level

Speaker: Prof Mick Cooper (Professor of Counselling Psychology, Roehampton University, London)

Synergetic, ‘win-win’ solutions are a means of creating ‘more’ with the same set of resources. This presentation argues that the development of synergies is a core principle of positive change, whether at the psychological level, the interpersonal level, or the inter-national level. The presentation sets out common principles of positive change across these different levels of organization, with a view to developing common frameworks for understanding positive change. These principles include the development of trust, prizing difference and diversity, and being assertive.

The Mind of the Offender in the Body of the Institution

Speaker: Dr Anne Aiyegbusi (Oxfordshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Psychological Approaches CIC)

When people are detained in secure conditions, phenomena associated with their offending may continue to manifest. There are many ways in which this may happen. This session will explore some of these ways, examining the conscious and unconscious processes at play, which may or may not be recognised or appreciated. I will use a paradigm which integrates forensic psychotherapy and group analysis and consider how professionals can be helpfully supported to negotiate such complex settings.

Acknowledgments:

This event is hosted by the Open Psychology Research Centre, within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, and delivered through its strand of research PHEW.