SUPPORTING THOSE WHO LIVE WITH
VOICES, VISIONS, & ALTERNATIVE REALITIES
How to work and advocate alongside people who live in
alternative realities through person-centered care
Strengths | Self-Determination | Individual Meaning | Cultural Competence | Harm Reduction
Making Meaning
Learn about how “reality” is not as it appears to be, and the various factors that influence it.
Collaborate
Learn about different communication frameworks to effectively collaborate with the people you work with.
advocate
Learn about laws, resources, and processes that enable you to advocate for the best care possible.
treatment
Learn about crisis interventions and an alternative way of handling them.
Resources
Learn about support groups for both peers and loved ones, and how to be a better advocate.
About
Learn about the various frameworks of care that this toolkit operates from.
Purpose of the toolkit
The purpose of this online resource is to act as a comprehensive hub of collected academic literature, relevant frameworks, suggestions for best practice, and resources aimed to educate social workers, case managers, and other social service professionals on how to work with and advocate alongside people who live with unusual experiences (often referred to as experiencing psychosis).
A Note on Terminology
This toolkit rejects the usage of medical terminology when referring to people’s inner experiences.
Terms such as Psychosis, Hallucinations, Delusions, and Psychotic Disorders are considered pathologizing, oppressive, and invalidating to individual’s unique understandings of their realities and experiences.
This toolkit centers around a person-centered and strengths-based approach to care and wellness. Terms used throughout this toolkit include:
Unusual Experiences and Beliefs, Voice Hearing, Seeing Visions, and Altered or Extreme States.
♦ All programs/trainings/materials mentioned on this website are not sponsored ♦