Rob Wipond: Your Consent is Not Required
Topic
This relates to Peer Support Services in a MHOTRS clinic because it highlights the importance of emotional safety in relationships. While the mental health system often focuses on what is wrong with a person, the Peer Supporter has the sacred duty of championing what is strong and right with the individual. It is important that Peer Supporters understand that they are holders of hope and the power this perspective can have on an individual’s recovery journey.
Meet Rob Wipond
Rob Wipond is an independent investigative journalist reporting and commenting on community issues. His writing has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards, nine Western Magazine Awards, and five British Columbia Jack Webster Awards for journalism. Rob is also author of the book Your Consent Is Not Required; the rise in psychiatric detentions, forced treatment, and abusive guardianships. Find out more about Rob Wipond at his website: https://robwipond.com/
What is in this episode:
- Information about the book: Your Consent Is Not Required; the rise in psychiatric detentions, forced treatment, and abusive guardianships.
- Important under reported realities behind the 988 initiative.
- What actually helps a person when they are struggling.
- The importance of relationships and vulnerability for healing.
- The impact assessments can have on a therapeutic relationship.
In this jaw dropping episode, Rob Wipond discusses the realities around 988 and the prevalence of forced treatment in the mental health system. He goes on to explain how actions with well-meaning intentions can cause harm and he brings to light the trauma that harm produces. Impactful, eye-opening, and important…these are the words that describe this episode.
Relevant Links:
Check out the Recovery Resilience Solutions website.
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