The Person You’re Trying to Help Might Be the One Best Placed to Lead

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Lived experience is a form of leadership. The mental health system is threatened by that idea.

I’ve written about why — including what happens when person-centred techniques get used as a tool for assumption rather than empowerment, and why the absence of a professional qualification is not the same as the absence of expertise.

Some mental health professionals are not going to like this.