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Monthly Reading Group: Debra Lampshire: Lies and Lessons: Ramblings of an alleged mad woman

  • Monday, February 03, 2020
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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Monday February 3rd, 7-8:30 PM

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Lies and lessons: Ramblings of an alleged mad woman

July 2009(Psychosis) Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches 1(2):178-184

Debra LampshireDebra Lampshire


This article is a reflection from the lived experience of psychosis while examining the factors which may have contributed to ongoing mental distress. I endeavor to articulate the processes and emotions experienced over the duration of my time as an “alleged mad woman”. I also critically analyse the bearing of past events in my life and the impact and behaviors they produced in later years. In common language I share the intimacies of “madness” and the explanations that I invoked to make sense of what was happening to me. Seeing the madness as a “coping strategy”, rather than a “bio‐medical response”, I invite readers to examine the notion of “psychosis” and place the client into the role of “healer”. I also invite readers to reflect on their practice and confront their ability to share people’s distress without being overwhelmed by the desire to “fix it”. In the busy clinical environment is there sufficient time allowed for clients to tell their complete story? What are the consequences if that isn’t allowed to happen?


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