Peter Lehmann – Short Bio
Stop The Professional Monologue: Peter Lehmann, Honorary Doctor for "scientific and humanitarian contribution to the rights of the people with psychiatric experience," writes about coming...
Tristano Ajmone – Short Bio
Tristano Ajmone is a libertarian psychiatric survivor, much influenced by Thomas Szasz’s writings and friendship. Tristano doesn’t believe in the existence of mental illness,...
Elayne Clift – Op-ed bio
Elayne Clift writes about women, health, politics and social issues from Saxtons River, Vermont. She has written extensively on issues relating to mental health, women, politics,...
Jacqui Dillon – Short Bio
The Hearing Voices Movement: Jacqui Dillon writes about the rapidly expanding, worldwide Hearing Voices movement which contests the traditional psychiatric relationship of dominant-expert clinician...
Andrew Scull – Short Bio
Madness in Civilization: Andrew Scull is Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at UC, San Diego. He is the author of many books and...
Val Marsh, MSW – Short Bio
Valerie L. Marsh, MSW, is Executive Director of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR). Marsh received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social...
Timothy N. – Short Bio
Timothy N. is a Team Counselor with Windhorse Integrative Mental Health, and he co-facilitates an Unusual Beliefs group and a Hearing Voices group. He recently...
Michael Guy Thompson – Short Bio
R. D. Laing in America: Psychoanalyst Michael Guy Thompson worked with Laing for many years and was instrumental in organizing and managing Laing's post-Kingsley Hall...
Scott Bryant-Comstock – Op-Ed Bio
Scott Bryant-Comstock has worked in the mental health field for over 30 years in a variety of roles, including therapist, trainer, mental health board...
Tina Minkowitz – Short Bio
Mad Law and Human Rights: An attorney and psychiatric survivor, Tina Minkowitz writes on the new perspectives in human rights law that emerged in...
Vicki Martin, MD – Short Bio
Kid’s Voice: Vicki Martin, a child and adolescent psychiatrist who over 20 years became disillusioned with the mental health system, writes about developing training programs...
Julie Greene – Short Bio
Julie originally studied music education and composition at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and at Bennington College. In Julie's recent book, not yet...
Max Huber- Op-Ed Bio
Max Huber works as a researcher at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, where he is head of a research group studying self-managed programs....
James FitzGerald – Short Bio
James FitzGerald is a Toronto-born journalist and author. He is currently working on Dreaming Sally, a true story of first love, sudden death and synchronicity...
Natalie Tobert, PhD – Short Bio
Natalie Tobert is a medical anthropologist, the author of Spiritual Psychiatries, a visiting lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and seminar facilitator in hospitals...
Phil Borges – Op-Ed Bio
For more than 25 years, Phil has been documenting indigenous and tribal cultures, striving to create an understanding of the challenges they face. His...
Tamasin Knight – Short Bio
Power and Alternatives: Tamasin is a public health doctor in England. She writes about power issues in the mental health system and alternatives to...
William Schultz – Short Bio
William Schultz studies clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. His interests center on non-reductive approaches to psychiatry and psychology. His writing has...
Lauren Spiro – Short Bio
Mental Health Liberation: Lauren facilitates trainings and Dialogues of Discovery, inspired by her recently published memoir, Living for Two: A Daughter’s Journey From Grief and Madness to...
Derek Pyle – Short Bio
Histories of Resistance and Reform: Derek writes about his project to create a historical record outlining the histories of resistance and reform within and...
Julie Leonovs – Op-Ed Bio
After a masters in Psychological Research Methods and a degree in psychology, Julie’s main focus has now switched to the myth of psychiatric diagnosis...
Mary Fry, ND – Short Bio
Integrative Naturopathic Mental Health Care: Mary Fry, a naturopathic physician, discusses her vision of an effective and collaborative integrated mental health care system that includes...
Carolyn Crowder – Short Bio
Discipline, Not Drugs: A psychologist whose primary interest is Adlerian parent education, Carolyn Crowder writes about parenting methods and attitudes that facilitate better relationships with children...
Short Bio – Sharna Olfman
Childhood In America: Sharna Olfman, author, academic and psychologist, critiques America's failure to support children's psychological development through its public policies, parenting practices, educational and...
Matthew Purinton, LCSW – Short Bio
Life Unarmed: Matthew practices individual, couple and family therapy at the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. He is passionate about working with adults and children...
