#93: Dr Iseult Twamley - Open Dialogue; The Future of Mental Health Care?

Our guest this week is Dr Iseult Twamley, who is a Clinical Psychologist and Open Dialogue Trainer/Supervisor. She is Clinical Lead of the Irish Open Dialogue implementation in West Cork, which she initiated with a successful implementation grant. Since 2012 she and the team there have been implementing Open Dialogue as part of the Adult Mental Health Service. This project has been very well received by service users and families and described as “transformative” by staff involved. Put succinctly, Open Dialogue is an innovative, network-based approach to psychiatric care. It could well be a future model of care in Ireland and beyond in the coming years. We invited Iseult on to discuss Open Dialogue more thoroughly, how it came about, how does it work, who can it potentially help and much more. For anyone who has been frustrated by the mainstream medical model, this will be a very important listen. There are alternative approaches out there helping people with a wide array of conditions. I’ve left a link of Iseult’s bio below for those who want to learn more about her and open dialogue. I’ve also left the link for a great documentary about Open Dialogue for anyone interested. Thanks to Iseult for her time and thank you for listening!

https://dialoguerevolution.com/about-us/dr-iseult-twamley-bio/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDVhZHJagfQ&t=84s