Who am I ? And what is this blog?

 I am a person diagnosed with schizophrenia with a story of some recovery. Some time ago I started facilitating groups of mutual support for people with schizophrenia. This was a journey of discovery for me. With time I developed my own way of facilitating. 

This I was doing in São Paulo Brazil. Then I was introduced to Mz Cindy Peterson, from the US. And I came to know about something called " dialogical approach".

This is to a great extant to give voice to the diagnosed person and his family and friends, not only to professionals. Lived experience is considered as important as erudition.

I was already doing this in my groups, so very happily I joined Cindy and her companions.

This is a blog of ours. If you have schizophrenia, or if you know someone who has, or even if you are just curious, you will certainly profit from this blog!

( you are allowed to comment, if you wish) 

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM

    This blog looks great. Looking forward to being a part of it!
    Thanks João
    Cindy

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  2. MargaretJanuary 14, 2023 at 5:49 AM

    Thanks for getting the blog started João :)

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2023 at 5:49 AM

    Howard adding a comment

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2023 at 5:51 AM

    Looks good

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2023 at 5:52 AM

    I got in, thx!

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  6. VickyJanuary 14, 2023 at 7:55 AM

    Joao thanks for all your work on this!

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