recovery through discovery

developing partners

Our History

Research Governance Framework (2002)

DEVELOP - Service User and Carer Group

ARISE - Accessible Research Involvement for Service Evaluation

Our Philosophy

Paulo FreireBrazilian Educational PsychologistConceptual FrameworkKnowledge is not neutral – there are

hidden agendas contained within it.Oppressed peoples experience life as

objects – they are acted upon, as opposed to acting for themselves.

Lack of critical skills essential for influencing the institutions that have control over their lives

Conscientization

Changes in both the internal and external world of the person

Development of the link between knowledge and power through self directed action

Allows people to question the nature of their historical and social situation

Transforms the object experience of being acted upon into a subject experience of acting upon

Our Philosophy

Ignacio Martin-Baro Jesuit Priest and Liberation Psychologist “If our aim is to serve the liberation needs of

the people, we need to ally ourselves with poor and oppressed groups in their struggle for justice and dignity.”

“We need to develop a progressive psychology that helps people find the road to their personal and collective historical fulfilment. In our case more than anyone else’s, the principal holds…the concern of the social scientist should be not so much to explain the world, as to change it.”

recovery through discovery

DoH Funded Social Enterprise Company Ltd by Guarantee Workers Co-operative Employment for All The greatest barrier people face is not being

given the chance to prove their effectiveness”, (DoH, 2006)

Undertake research and evaluation and staff training relevant to our own lived experience

Most important aspect is enabling the voices of those least often heard to be listened to!

recovery through discovery

Can occur without professional interventionEssential to have people who believe in and

support you in the process of recovery Is not linked to the cause of the problemCan take place even if symptoms re-occurAlters the pattern and symptoms of the illnessDoes not happen in a straight lineConsequences of mental ill health more difficult to

recover from than the original episodeDoes not mean the illness never happened!

recovery through discovery

British Institute for Human Rights Legal Services Commission - Access Employment - Government North East Young People who self harm - HTA, DoH Mental Health First Aid - CSIP / NIMHE Access to Psychological Therapies - North Tees PCT /

NIMHE / CSIP Access to Primary Care Services for prisoners - PORSCH

Network, Public Health Observatory Service User and Survivor Trainers Network - SUSTN

National

dp Evaluation

Liberation and Community PsychologyParticipatory Action ResearchService User led outcome measuresConcrete measures - housing, care package,

education, time feeling wellBroad range of tools - diaries, narrative

accounts, focus groups, observationalProfessor Carolyn Kagan - Manchester MUProfessor Raquel Guzzo - Brazil