Alyssa Whitham

There is an old saying from the disability rights movement, probably from the 1970’s or 1980’s: Nothing about us without us. It’s all about taking the perspectives of people who…

What do we do when a person we’re treating comes up with a treatment we don’t agree with? Are we person-centred or person-directed? If you’ve read any of my previous…

I’ve written about stigma several times on this blog – here , here and here – pointing out that all of us hold the very human bias towards people who…

In two previous posts here and here I’ve defined what’s meant by trauma, the effects adverse childhood experiences appear to have on the developing individual (particularly on the nervous system),…

Readers might have noticed a brief break in my usual posting: (1) I have had covid with an extended time needed to recovery (moral of that story: keep your vaccinations…