Dan Hazen – Long Bio
A CALL TO ACTION: RADICAL SOCIAL CHANGE - FREE THE PEOPLE!
Daniel Hazen is a survivor of the psychiatric and penal systems. Daniel is a...
Suzzane Beachy – Long Bio
Suzanne Beachy is a mother, musician, writer, and activist, who advocates for more recovery-oriented approaches to treating the kind of mental/emotional distress which gets...
Mary Olson – Long Bio
ANATOMY OF A DIALOGUE
Mary Olson, PhD, is the director of the Institute for Dialogic Practice and an international lecturer and trainer in the fields...
Jill Littrell, PhD – Long Bio
LIFE STYLE CAN CHANGE THE BRAIN
Jill Littrell, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Georgia State University in the School of Social Work. Her PhD...
Lisa D. – Long Bio
Lisa D. is a psychiatric survivor, wife, and mother of five adopted children who owns and operates an off-premise catering company with her husband....
Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy – Long Bio
The Campaign for REAL Change in Mental Health Policy was initiated in opposition to The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646), introduced by...
Julie Greene – Long Bio
Two years before Julie Greene entered the mental health system, she briefly encountered a religious cult while hitchhiking. She figured out on her own...
Robert Pfaff – Long Bio
Robert Pfaff is an activist and writer with 25 years of experience working on LGBT and other social justice issues. He has earned both...
John Hoggett – Long Bio
John Hoggett is a community activist and performance poet with a wide range of interests. He is a founder of Speak Out Against Psychiatry...
Asherah Eden – Long Bio
Asherah Eden (b. Jessica Abelson) is a somatic coach, yogini, and priestess, residing in Oakland CA. She has twenty years experience studying, practicing and...
Sarah Knutson- Long Bio
Sarah Knutson is an ex-lawyer, ex-therapist, survivor-activist. She is an organizer at the Wellness & Recovery Human Rights Campaign. You can reach her at...
Derek Pyle – Long Bio
HISTORIES OF RESISTANCE AND REFORM
Derek Pyle aims to create a historical record outlining the histories of resistance and reform within and outside of United...
Steve Imperato — Long Bio
Steve Imperato is a thinker and writer diagnosed with rapid cycling bipolar disorder. He is mainly concerned with battling the "disorder" label and exploring...
Ronald Bassman, PhD – Long Bio
RIGHTS, INCLUSION, DIGNITY - RECOVERY
After more than forty years of studying madness or what he prefers to call extreme and diverse mental states, Ron Bassman's beliefs...
Randy Paterson, PhD, RPsych – Long Bio
PSYCHOLOGY AND THERAPY, INSIDE AND OUT
Director of Changeways Clinic and a practicing psychologist in Vancouver, Canada, Randy Paterson blogs about psychotherapy, mood disorders, mental health...
Adam Urato – Long Bio
Adam Urato is Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. He cares for pregnant women daily as an attending maternal-fetal medicine...
Susan Musante, LPCC – Long Bio
Susan Musante, MS, LPCC, was the founding director of Soteria-Alaska, a model proven to be a highly effective alternative to hospitalization for newly diagnosed...
David Baksh — Long Bio
David Baksh, co-director and cinematographer for Yoghurt Utopia, has had a diverse directing career, which spans broadcast TV, commercials, event visuals and award-winning digital ad campaigns, making...
Leah Harris – Long Bio
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
Leah Harris is a mother, storyteller, survivor, and advocate. She has written widely to promote human rights, dignity, healing, and self-determination, and has...
Andrew Yoder – Long Bio
Andrew Yoder is a Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) working within the mental health system with low-income individuals and families labeled by the state...
David Hidajattoellah – Long Bio
David Hidajattoellah is an English/math teacher, educational scientist, statistician and philologist in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He works as a math/statistics teacher, peer support teacher and senior...
Robert Nikkel, MSW – Long Bio
POLICY FOR RECOVERY
Bob Nikkel, MSW, is the Executive Director of the Mad in America Continuing Education Project and is an Associate Professor in the...
Stephen Weatherhead – Long Bio
NEURO-BOOM OR BUST?
Stephen Weatherhead, DClinPsy, is a UK-based clinical psychologist, specialising in brain injury and mental capacity. His clinical work is primarily focussed on...
Auður Axelsdóttir – Long Bio
Mindpower
Auður Axelsdóttir is an occupational therapist from Reykjavík, Iceland. She is the director of Hugarafl (e. Mindpower) and recovery center, which operates within the...
J. Doe – Long Bio
The author has a BS in Biology/Health Science and went on to complete a professional post-graduate master's program and certification. While starting their career,...
