Johanna Ryan – Op-Ed Bio
Johanna Ryan is a workers’ comp paralegal and a union and healthcare activist in Chicago. She may or may not have a biological brain disease,...
Michael Guy Thompson – Short Bio
R. D. Laing in America:Â Psychoanalyst Michael Guy Thompson worked with Laing for many years and was instrumental in organizing and managing Laing's post-Kingsley Hall...
Wayne Munchel – Short Bio
Trauma-informed Care Meets Pharma-informed Care: Social worker Wayne Munchel will focus on the intersection between trauma informed care/recovery models and biological psychiatry. Early intervention...
SteindĂłr J. Erlingsson – Short Bio
A New Beginning: SteindĂłr J. Erlingsson, a psychiatric survivor and an independent scholar, writes about his life and recovery, the consumer movement and mental...
Cyndi Roberts – Short Bio
Yoga, meditation and nutrition are the practices Cyndi used to save her life after a 12-year battle with severe depression, anxiety and a misdiagnosis of bipolar...
Polly Trope – Op-Ed Bio
Once a star-student of literature, unexpected twists of fate dragged Polly Trope (not her real name) through hell and back. She came out a...
Will Fudeman, LAc, LCSW – Op-Ed Bio
Will Fudeman is a licensed acupuncturist, social worker, and Qi Gong instructor. His book Before Pharmaceuticals: Emotional Healing with Chinese Medicine (Bryce Cullen) tells true stories of...
Eleanor Longden
Eleanor Longden is a doctoral researcher who has lectured and published internationally on aspects of voice hearing, trauma, psychosis, and recovery. She is current...
Suman Fernando – Short Bio
A psychiatrist in the British National Health Service for over twenty years, Suman Fernando is now an academic, writer and advisor on mental health...
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...
Kathy Brandt – Op-Ed Bio
Kathy Brandt is a vocal advocate for mental health and writes a blog about the issues on her website: www.KathyBrandtAuthor.com. That advocacy and her...
Claire Weber
Claire Weber has many perspectives about mental wellness and has been willing to wrestle with all of them to find her own personal truth. ...
Niall McClaren – Op-Ed Bio
Jock McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist who worked 25yrs in the remote north of the country. He occupies himself delving into the philosophical basis...
Nev Jones – Short Bio
Nev Jones is a doctoral student interested in the intersections of psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience and "mad" studies. She is co-director of Chicago Hearing...
Steve Stone – Long/Short Bio
Steve Stone is the Executive Director of the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Ashland County. He has worked in the community mental health field...
Barry Duncan – Short Bio
Consumer Voice and Choice: Barry is author of 15 books including What's Right With You, highlighting the power of consumer partnership and the evidence for first-line...
Michael Gilbert, PsyD – Short Bio
School Matters:Â An inside perspective on the public education system and how it contributes to the unnecessary labeling and medication of children. Dr. Gilbert also...
PJ Moynihan – Short Bio
Crossing Over: EMMY-nominee PJ Moynihan has spent years immersed in the world of alternatives to the psychiatric paradigm. He writes of his work as...
Jay Watts – Short Bio
Reclaiming the Unconscious: Jay writes about how conventional psychiatry treatment can work against and damage the psyche’s attempts to recover from trauma. She focuses on...
Jamin Peck – Short Bio
Beliefs and Perceptions Change Outcomes: Having overcome the limiting beliefs and low expectations of the (well-intentioned, but) coercive “helping professionals,” Jamin seeks to map...
Michael Rock – Short Bio
The Plant Speaks: Michael Rock has been a group psychotherapist for 25 years. His areas of interests include promoting a national discussion on mental...
Monica Cassani – Short Bio
Beyond Meds:Â Monica Cassani has seen the system from both sides - as a social worker and as a person whose life was severely ruptured...
Paris Williams – Short Bio
Rethinking Madness: With the rare perspective of someone who has experienced extreme states from both sides — as a psychologist/researcher and as someone with lived...
Chaya Grossberg – Short Bio
All of Us or None of Us:Â Chaya questions the idea that some of us are "mentally ill" and others of us are not. Â She...
Paul Baker – Short Bio
Paul is a founding member of the Hearing Voices Network and INTERVOICE. He has developed community mental health projects, self-advocacy services, supported housing, social...
