01.07.2021
We are so proud of our Trainees! Lived Experience Practitioner Training at Ashford Place: We were delighted to hand out Ashford Place Certificates to our amazing LXP’s!
Over 7 weeks, 6 people comitted to coming to Ashford Place every Friday for our very first cohort of Lived Experience Practitioner Training. It has been a truly bonding experience for everyone in the group. Over the last 7 weeks the group has explored different models of mental health, positive and negative peer support, assertiveness and boundaries, safety in a group and above all of this, the power of supporting each other and learning together. The group channeled the power of the post-it note as we worked together to create a shared understanding of some challenging topics.
The programme devised and facilitated by Tania and in partnership with Danny (who was busy taking the photos). The group now plan to be part of Brent Thrive’s vision of a mental health friend Brent and will take up relevant voluntary roles to help us all make that happen.
We have also been lucky enough to have had guest speakers such as Dr Latha Weston, Consultant Psychiatrist speak to us via zoom and in-person guest speakers: Rebecca Byrne from the SMART team at Brent Council as well as Psychotherapist, Christa Scholtz from Fresh Start Psychotherapy. All of whom greatly contributed to the course programme.