Helen Hamer, Patte Randal,
Colin Ross,Jim Geekie,
John Read
and Dale Rook
ISPS - New Zealand
Upcoming Conference:
7th Making Sense of Psychosis Conference
April 19 (training workshops), 20 & 21, (seminars) 2010
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Keynote Speakers:
Jacqui Dillon Chairperson, UK Hearing Voices Network
Arana Pearson Co-Chairperson, NZ Hearing Voices Network
For more information: ispsnz@gmail.com
[Programme - added 23 Mar 2010]
[Flyer & Registration Form - updated 23 Mar 2010]
Older News
Report from 2009 MSOP Conference
ISPS-NZ, 6th MAKING SENSE OF PSYCHOSIS Conference - ‘The Power of Relationships’
The 6th Making Sense of Psychosis Conference was held at St John’s Centre in Wellington this year (Feb 23rd-25th, 2009) and attracted a number of people keen to hear not only form our distinguished overseas guest Richard Bentall but also eager to see what is happening at a national level. The theme of the conference was the power of relationships and participants were exposed to a diverse range of presentations including using yoga practice with people experiencing psychosis to working collaboratively to make a crisis into an opportunity to build resilience.
Richard Bentall opened the conference with ‘The evolution of psychological Therapies for Psychosis: the power of relationships’ which set the flavour for the day and participants enjoyed a collection of thought provoking and inspiring presentation. Half of the presentations were from service users which gave a different perspective on clinical approaches and provided the necessary balance to ensure that service delivery is working to best able to meet the needs of clients. The adolescent and youth services were represented by the team from Auckland who presented on their work with voice hearing experiences with hospitalised young people. It was also pleasing to see two psychiatrists presenting their way of developing skills with their clinical team to enhance practice when working with young people who are acutely psychotic. Participants were inspired and deeply moved by the presentation from the CCDHB’s Maori Services and the exploring of a cultural explanation for peoples distress. The feedback from those attending was overwhelmingly positive and many left invigorated and more determined to continue to embrace the psychological approach in their work. The committee would like to thank all those who contributed to make this a successful conference and special thanks to all those people behind the scenes.
Power Point Presentations
Reflective practice for psychiatrists working with people with acute psychosis
Hearing Voices Group for Hospitalized Young People
Report from the 4th Annual Making Sense of Psychosis - "Sharing what works" (November 2006) by Mike Ang.
Report from the 3rd Annual 'Making Sense of Psychosis' conference. The conference took place at Auckland University Conference Centre, New Zealand on October 18th and 19th 2005.
Report from 2nd Annual 'Making Sense of Psychosis' conference in 2004.
Report from the first ISPS conference that took place in New Zealand that followed after the ISPS international congress in Melbourne September 2003