TEDx Talks | Why people with lived experience must lead change | Katie Larsen | TEDxMaldon @TEDx | Uploaded 3 weeks ago | Updated 4 days ago
When people experience high levels of distress and crisis, it is most often a legitimate response to the traumatic experiences of their lives. Within Western mental health systems the response is to medicalise, stigmatise, isolate, disconnect and suppress. This is at best case largely ineffective and in the worst cases traumatising and harmful. People with lived experience offer alternatives understandings of mental health that can revolutionise our Western mental health systems. Lived experience led approaches are grounded in collective wisdom and insight, social justice and change and relational concepts of healing. They are born of the stories of survival, resilience and resistance. These approaches seek to counter and repair damage from the current system, centre the social, cultural and political experiences of peoples’ lives and are grounded in connection, compassion, love and trust. Lived experience led approaches are both radical and deeply human and with collective courage, can be centred to transform our communities response to mental health. Katie is a queer person living on Wurundjeri Country who works from a lived experience expertise and social justice perspective, drawing from their lived experiences of mental
health challenges. Katie is committed to developing radical change processes in mental health support and systems, drawing from the deep wisdom and knowledge of lived
experiences of crisis and distress. They are committed to the development of lived experience led models and solutions that centre community, connection and healing. They are a PhD Candidate at Deakin University researching how deeper understanding of intersectionality, power and privilege can drive transformative change in leadership and decision-making in mainstream mental health services. Katie also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and Master of Social Work. They currently work as the Executive Director Lived Experience at Mind Australia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
When people experience high levels of distress and crisis, it is most often a legitimate response to the traumatic experiences of their lives. Within Western mental health systems the response is to medicalise, stigmatise, isolate, disconnect and suppress. This is at best case largely ineffective and in the worst cases traumatising and harmful. People with lived experience offer alternatives understandings of mental health that can revolutionise our Western mental health systems. Lived experience led approaches are grounded in collective wisdom and insight, social justice and change and relational concepts of healing. They are born of the stories of survival, resilience and resistance. These approaches seek to counter and repair damage from the current system, centre the social, cultural and political experiences of peoples’ lives and are grounded in connection, compassion, love and trust. Lived experience led approaches are both radical and deeply human and with collective courage, can be centred to transform our communities response to mental health. Katie is a queer person living on Wurundjeri Country who works from a lived experience expertise and social justice perspective, drawing from their lived experiences of mental
health challenges. Katie is committed to developing radical change processes in mental health support and systems, drawing from the deep wisdom and knowledge of lived
experiences of crisis and distress. They are committed to the development of lived experience led models and solutions that centre community, connection and healing. They are a PhD Candidate at Deakin University researching how deeper understanding of intersectionality, power and privilege can drive transformative change in leadership and decision-making in mainstream mental health services. Katie also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and Master of Social Work. They currently work as the Executive Director Lived Experience at Mind Australia. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
