United Kingdom
Short Communication
The Wellness Workshop - A Peer-Led Intervention within Mental Health Services - An Experience Report
Author(s): Terry Bowyer, Nick Plumbridge, Neal Beamish, Caroline Wawman and Ryan WilliamsTerry Bowyer, Nick Plumbridge, Neal Beamish, Caroline Wawman and Ryan Williams
The ‘Wellness Workshop’ is a peer-led intervention within mental health services. It was designed and implemented by two Peer Specialists (people with their own lived experience of mental illness and recovery), with support from two Occupational Therapists, and is aimed at helping people experiencing mental health distress in order to explore, demonstrate and promote the principles of Personal Recovery discussed by Slade (2009). The workshop is a learning model with an emphasis on instructing attendees how to maintain good mental health using a strength-based approach to attaining wellness. The central component and guiding principle is the ‘lived experience’ of the facilitators who can act as role-models offering their vital experiential knowledge, hope and understanding to the participants. The style of the workshop is conversatio.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2332-0893.1000104
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