Comments on: Why Mapping Out a Person’s Voices Is Not Always Enough! https://timdreby.com/why-mapping-out-a-persons-voices-is-not-always-enough/ TIM DREBY, MFT Sun, 08 Mar 2020 02:49:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 By: admin https://timdreby.com/why-mapping-out-a-persons-voices-is-not-always-enough/#comment-13133 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 03:49:30 +0000 https://timdreby.com/?p=7438#comment-13133 In reply to Sarah Smith.

Thank you for your comment! I was well and nearly got in trouble in my HVN training for challenging the model too much. It is sometimes hit or miss if you get along with someone. I wish you guys well in working through the power imbalances. I was in a state hospital as well. I couldn’t stand it and it terrorized me. However, I only experienced three months of institutionalization. I think you are wise to consider the impact. we are not all starting from the same place and there is always hope and opportunity to improve things.

]]> By: Sarah Smith https://timdreby.com/why-mapping-out-a-persons-voices-is-not-always-enough/#comment-13132 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:12:52 +0000 https://timdreby.com/?p=7438#comment-13132 My daughter hears voices and has attended voices ‘sculpting’ trainings by Ron Coleman and Karen Taylor and HV support groups and until she got ‘kicked out’ she recently attended a HV support group on and off for several years. What you wrote here is very relevant to her experience as she disclosed them to me. I think living in a reflective supportive community willing to explore power imbalance issues can be very helpful for the discernment process you are describing. Unfortunately, my daughter was institutionalized in state mental hospitals for many years so her discernment process was severely impaired/aborted/delayed through medicalization/pathologization. She is now living at home where household harmony is elusive due to her challenging the power imbalances of our family. If we family members can all engage with her compassionately when she is going down rabbit holes–there is much hope. One of the greatest challenges is watching her in a state of extreme disorganization, not knowing whether or not to intervene. The other challenge is discerning whether/when to prod her to reduce or wean off medications which may be harming much more than helping. When a person has been oppressed for years by medical model it’s hard to know how to proceed

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