psychosis
Courtil, Culture, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment
‘Like An Open Sky’ – a documentary about the ‘Courtil’ treatment centre for children
It’s very good to hear that Mariana Otero’s acclaimed film about Le Courtil, the Lacanian-oriented treatment centre on the French-Belgium border for children, adolescents and adults with mental health problems, will be released with subtitles in the UK in October. We’ll try to see about getting a showing in Bristol somehow…
“Alysson considers her body with mistrust. Evanne spins and twists until he collapses. Amina can’t manage to make words come out of her mouth. At the border between France and Belgium there exists a special place which takes care of psychologically and socially challenged children. Day after day, the adults working there try to understand the enigma that each of these children represent and invent, case by case, without ever imposing anything, solutions that will help them live peaceful lives.”
Click the image below to watch the trailer for the film on YouTube: 
Culture, mental health, Open Dialogue, psychotherapy, talking treatment
The Open Dialogue Approach to Healing Psychosis
Click the image above to watch the full 74 minute documentary on the Open Dialogue Approach, an innovative treatment for psychosis which has been pioneered recently in Finland.
Culture, DSM, mental health, Open Dialogue, psychotherapy, talking treatment
Carina HaĚŠkansson – Healing Psychosis with the Open Dialogue Approach
Carina Hakansson speaks about the groundbreaking ‘Open Dialogue Approach’ to the in-patient treatment of psychosis in Sweden. [Click here to view the talk on YouTube]