
Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this eleventh and penultimate episode for our first season, we start with small talk and work our way up to big talk, via hairdressers and the word Mental. Another part of our ongoing educational conversations on how to use and embed Open Dialogue way of working into mental health services in the UK.
Dec 18, 2023
23 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this tenth episode, we start and finish with art and artwork via our musings on how to embed Open Dialogue into mental health services in the UK. We reflect together on our hopes for the future.
Dec 17, 2023
27 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this ninth episode, we start in the middle again and talk about where we go from the ODESSI trial, via non verbal communication, elephants and the bridge across the River Kwai. We reflect together on how this could be a sea-change in mental health services and on our hopes for the future.
Oct 5, 2023
42 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this eighth episode of OpenPODpod Billy talks about the blue book, the Normans, and reads a poem. We take special descriptive phrases and think about making badges. Content warning: contains one swear word, and some themes which may be upsetting, including mention of domestic abuse.
Sep 7, 2023
22 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this seventh episode of OpenPODpod Billy talks about how we can fit safeguarding in to Peer Supported Open Dialogue Network Meetings in an open dialogical and compassionate way. Content warning: contains some themes which may be upsetting, including mention of domestic abuse.
Aug 11, 2023
46 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this sixth episode, we welcome Oppi who is new to Open Dialogue and an advocate for change. We reflect together on how a "not-knowing" approach is essential to the work and using of ourselves is a part of it too.
Jul 23, 2023
35 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this fifth episode, Billy and Amanda think together of how Jaako Seikkula started to think about needs-adapted ways of working in 1992 and where we are now. We reflect together on safeguarding and how to handle it openly, using terms of safety rather than risk.
Apr 18, 2023
33 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this fourth episode, Billy tells the sock story and we talk about the choreography of dialogues. We reflect together on how learning is sometimes unlearning and how to show emotions authentically whilst holding a space with appropriate levels of respect for those emotions.
Apr 16, 2023
32 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this second episode, Amanda and Billy talk to Fiona about what brought them here. We reflect together on how dialogues within conversations can be as complex and as beautiful as dance - and as simple, too.
Apr 11, 2023
32 min

Exploring what Peer-Supported Open Dialogue is by creating a dialogue about it. In this third episode, Billy gives us some books to buy and tells us the three most important words he teaches to his students. We reflect together on how dialogue is nothing without reflection and how reflection creates further dialogue.
Apr 11, 2023
17 min
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