TRAINING MATERIAL: SEEING THE WORLD FROM ANOTHER’S PERSPECTIVE

One of the first things I’m often asked to do when meeting a service-user for the first time is to imagine what it’s like to live in Residential Mental Health care or to be in a Forensic Mental Health setting.

It’s so hard for us to do this, we have our perspectives on life. Other people have other perspectives. We see the world in a certain way and it’s unique to us. How do we work through this? One of the keys is to begin to see the world from the perspective of the person you’re meeting. In this training video and handout, our Education Lead - Ben Harper - shares some thoughts and perspectives on how we can learn to do this.

Watch the video and use the handout below for follow up. The idea is to listen the video and then pause when you want to stop and reflect, using the handout to help you get the most from the session. The video is about 20 minutes long but it’s worth giving around 45 minutes to this task.

Thanks so much.