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| July Screenings: Open Dialogue |
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Continued Education Credit (CEU) Info
To reach us with any questions about these screenings, please call (413) 539-5941 ext. 301. Registration not required. In the far north of Finland, a stone’s throw from the Arctic Circle, a group of innovative family therapists have converted the area’s traditional mental health system, which once boasted some of Europe’s poorest outcomes for schizophrenia diagnoses, into one that now gets the best statistical results in the world for first-break psychosis. They call their approach Open Dialogue. Their principles, though radical in some ways in this day and age, are surprisingly simple. They meet people in crisis immediately and often daily until the crises are resolved. They avoid hospitalization and its consequential stigma, preferring to meet in the homes of those seeking their services. And, perhaps most controversially, they avoid the use of anti-psychotic medication wherever possible. They also work in groups, because they view psychosis as a problem involving relationships. They include in the treatment process the families and social networks of those seeking their help, and their clinicians work in teams, not as isolated, sole practitioners. Additionally, their whole approach values the voice of everyone in the process, most especially the person directly in crisis. And finally, they provide their services, which operate within the context of Finnish socialized medicine, for free. Open Dialogue, a 74-minute documentary in English featuring Jaako Seikkula, Birgitta Alakare, Robert Whitaker, Mia Kurtti, Paivi Vahtola, and Timo Haaranaiemi, weaves together interviews with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and journalists to create both a powerful vision of medication-free recovery and a hard-hitting critique of traditional psychiatry.
The the trailer for Open Dialogue via Youtube here.
"My basic inspiration comes from looking within. My true self, like the true self within all of us, is a powerhouse of purity and energy. Self-reflection has been my life’s devotion for nearly 20 years, and experience has shown me that the answers are within each of us—if we can find them." - Daniel Mackler
For more about Daniel, his film, his music and his work, please visit his website.
Monday, July 11th, 10am to 12pm Berkshire Athenaeum Auditorium 1 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield Co Sponsored by The Brien Center and the Western Mass RLC
Monday, July 11th, 6pm to 8pm Smith College Seelye Room #106, Northampton Co-Sponsored by Windhorse Integrative Mental Health and the Western Mass RLC
Tuesday, July 12th, 4pm to 6pm Westfield Athenaeum Auditorium 6 Elm Street, Westfield Co-sponsored by The Carson Center and the Western Mass RLC
Wednesday, July 13th, 10am to 12pm Holyoke Community College Kittredge Center Room #303, Holyoke Co-sponsored by River Valley Counseling, the Holyoke Medical Center and the Western Mass RLC
Wednesday, July 13th, 2pm to 4pm Advocates, Inc. 1881 Worcester Rd, Framingham Co-sponsored by Advocates, Inc. and the Western Mass RLC
Thursday, July 14th, 12pm to 2pm Metro Suburban RLC's Quincy Center 460 Quincy Ave, Quincy Co-sponsored by the Metro Suburban RLC and the Western Mas RLC
Thursday, July 14th, 6pm to 8pm Center for Human Development 332 Birnie Ave, Springfield Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Development and the Western Mass RLC
Friday, July 15th, 12pm to 2pm Central Mass RLC's Worcester Center 91 Stafford Street, Worcester Co-sponsored by the Central Mass RLC and the Western Mass RLC
Friday, July 15th, 430pm to 630pm Recovery Hall (behind the RECOVER Project) One Osgood Street, Greenfield Co-sponsored by Clinical & Support Options and the Western Mass RLC
Continuing Education (CEU) Credit Information This program has been approved for 2 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D 50948. This program has also been approved for 2 Continuing Education Contact hours for Licensed Mental Health Counselors hours by the MMCEP authorization number 11-0339. We have also been approved for 2 Continuing Education Credits for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs) by the Massachusetts Association for Marriage & Family Therapy Therapy, Inc. Certification Number PC-09965.
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DANIEL MACKLER, is a former therapist (closing his private practice in March of 2010), musician, current filmmaker and world traveller who has dedicated much of his recent years to learning about and documenting alternative ways of approaching mental health and emotional well being. His debut film, 'Take These Broken Wings,' detailed the recovery stories of Joanne Greenberg (author, 'I Never Promised You a Rose Garden') and Catherine Penny (focus of the book, 'Dante's Cure') and has been viewed at conferences, screenings and in homes worldwide. Daniel's next project (currently in post-production) is a film detailing the work of the Finnish Open Dialogues program and will be the final film in this Spring's Alternative Perspectives Film Series.
