Teaching "Severe Mental Illness" to Counseling Students
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One of the things I'm the most proud of from 2022 is that I taught this semester long class at the Community Mental Health program at CIIS called "Severe Mental Illness." The students were in their final semester of the program, either already working in the public mental health system in San Francisco, or about to jump in. I brought with me 20+ years of experience, from both sides of the system, as well as many years of peer based organizing and support. And I made it as interesting as possible. Many of the students said it was the best class they took in the whole 2 1/2 year program. I would love to figure out how to teach it again, it's a required class in many counseling programs, and I'm pretty convinced my friends and I do it better than it's normally done! What would it look like if we could change counseling programs all over the country?
Teaching "Severe Mental Illness" to Counseling Students
Teaching "Severe Mental Illness" to…
Teaching "Severe Mental Illness" to Counseling Students
One of the things I'm the most proud of from 2022 is that I taught this semester long class at the Community Mental Health program at CIIS called "Severe Mental Illness." The students were in their final semester of the program, either already working in the public mental health system in San Francisco, or about to jump in. I brought with me 20+ years of experience, from both sides of the system, as well as many years of peer based organizing and support. And I made it as interesting as possible. Many of the students said it was the best class they took in the whole 2 1/2 year program. I would love to figure out how to teach it again, it's a required class in many counseling programs, and I'm pretty convinced my friends and I do it better than it's normally done! What would it look like if we could change counseling programs all over the country?