By Ron Unger
I’ve previously written about the possible role of compassion focused therapy in helping people relate better to problematic voices, in my posts Could compassionate self talk replace hostile voices?, Feed Your Demons!, and A Paradox: Is Our System for Responding to Threats Itself a Threat?
I’m happy to see more interest being taken in this kind of approach, and a video has just become available which, in 5 minutes, very coherently explains how a compassion focused approach can completely transform a person’s relationship with their voices and so transform the person’s life!
The video is an animation developed by Charlie Heriot-Maitland working with Eleanor Longden and Rufus May who do the voiceovers. Check it out, let me know what you think:
(You can also go straight to Compassion for Voices and give feedback to the people who made the video.)
More: Hearing voices: living and thriving as voice hearers — includes links to posts that feature the work of both Eleanor Longden and Rufus May
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Ron Unger is a therapist and educator specializing in cognitive therapy for psychosis, Ron Unger explores emerging understandings of psychosis and of efforts to change mental health treatment to support human rights and full recovery. Visit his blog here: Recovery From Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
This article first appeared on Ron Unger’s blog: Recovery From Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
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