Monk keynote

Dr. Gerald Monk is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University and t...

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Dr. Gerald Monk is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University and teaches in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program. Gerald is a practicing Marriage and Family Therapist in California and a mediator and trainer in collaborative divorce practices and mediation in health care. Gerald worked as a psychologist and counselor educator in New Zealand for fifteen years prior to moving to the United States in 2000. Gerald has a strong interest in promoting constructionist theories in counseling and family systems work. He is well known for his contributions in developing and expanding the applications of narrative therapy in New Zealand and in North America. His main professional commitment lies in the development and application of narrative mediation. Gerald is involved in a range of professional domains utilizing conflict resolution and mediation approaches. Specifically, he is a consultant to a large health-care system; a collaborative divorce specialist with Collaborative Family Law Group in San Diego; Gerald teaches a range of conflict resolution and counseling courses at SDSU. He conducts overseas study abroad classes for the International Security and Conflict Resolution program for SDSU. - See more at: http://www.taosinstitute.net/gerald-monkphd#sthash.Xk0f4mnG.dpuf Keynote: Consumer-led perspectives and actions in delivering psychological services. Where are we heading? Within the last 5 years in California USA, there has been a dramatic transformation in how mental health services are being delivered by mental health professionals to mental health consumers. This transformation is undergirded by a consumer-led effort that demands the utilization of a nonpathologizing strength based approach to addressing mental illness. This effort is described as a recovery movement that represents a significant paradigm shift in the treatment of severe mental illness. This watershed change in service delivery invites opportunities for specific strength-based approaches to be applied in a consumer-professional recovery partnership for clinical assessment, case conceptualization, recovery planning, recovery intervention and recovery maintenance. The key note presentation showcases powerful practices that utilize strength-based approaches in a recovery partnership between mental health professionals and mental health consumers in San Diego, California in 2014-2015.