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Author Archives: Katie Mottram
Soteria offers hope for more humane crisis provision for those in extreme states
The #Soteria approach radically rethinks how we support people experiencing extreme states, it offers non-invasive crisis houses as an alternative to psychiatric in-patient admission. I feel privileged to be involved with the current research study taking place, in the hope … Continue reading
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Dorien re-emerges to talk about how she made sense of her altered state experience, deemed to be ‘psychosis’
It was such a joy to reconnect with Dorien again, and openly discuss the complex issue of making sense of experiences that so easily get labelled and dismissed as ‘illness’ within our current psychiatric system. Here Dorien speaks openly for … Continue reading
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Where are they now? Dorien re-emerges to talk about the service her transformational crisis guided her to offer to others.
When Dorien from the Netherlands first shared her story for Emerging Proud, she wasn’t quite ready to ‘come out of the spiritual closet’ with her full name. She was only two years on from an extreme spiritual emergency, and there … Continue reading
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Join us for the Emerging Proud revival event!
The ‘Emerging Proud’ campaign promotes crisis as a potential catalyst for transformation. Our ethos is based on the transpersonal and transcultural perspective of extreme states being part of a natural healing process rather than a pathology. It was founded in … Continue reading
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Emerging Proud: In conversation with Laura Delano
Many of the Emerging Proud community will already know of Laura and her profound story of liberating herself from the psychiatric system, a decade of diagnoses and debilitating medications. But not everyone may be aware of the moment of existential … Continue reading
Join us for the Emerging Proud 2025 Reunion and our new Documentary Sneaky Peak event!
It’s time to reconnect as a community: come and gather for a transformative day of re-birth and reunion at our first in-person event since the pandemic! Whether you’re emerging from a challenging time, or simply seeking connection and inspiration, this gathering is for you. … Continue reading
Emerging Proud: In conversation with Laura Delano
Although Laura didn’t officially share her story as part of the original Emerging Proud campaign, she has been an ally for many years. Having liberated herself from her psychiatric label, identity and a cocktail of medications, Laura now offers services … Continue reading
Emerging Proud: Where are they now? With David Ryan
All in divine timing – we got there in the end with our recorded conversation! Here, David reminds us of his powerful recovery journey, and shares what he’s been up to professionally since his story was featured in our ‘Emerging … Continue reading
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Reframing Mental distress as a potential catalyst for positive change 