An Audience with an Ally - Dr Lucy Johnstone

AD4E’s co-founder, Lucy Johnstone - clinical psychologist, author and long term campaigner for alternatives to the diagnostic model of distress pops in for an hour to talk about her work.

Dr Lucy Johnstone is a consultant clinical psychologist, author of 'Users and abusers of psychiatry' (3rd edition Routledge 2021) and ‘A straight-talking guide to psychiatric diagnosis’ (PCCS Books, 2nd edition 2022); co-editor of 'Formulation in psychology and psychotherapy: making sense of people's problems' (Routledge, 2nd edition 2013); and co-author of ‘A straight talking introduction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework’, 2020, PCCS Books) along with a number of other chapters and articles taking a critical perspective on mental health theory and practice. She is the former Programme Director of the Bristol Clinical Psychology Doctorate in the UK and has worked in Adult Mental Health settings for many years, most recently in a service in South Wales.

Lucy was lead author, along with Professor Mary Boyle, for the ‘Power Threat Meaning Framework’ (2018), a British Psychological Society publication co-produced with service users, which outlines a conceptual alternative to psychiatric diagnosis. Lucy is an experienced conference speaker and lecturer, and currently works as an independent trainer. She is a visiting professor at London South Bank University, and lives in Bristol, UK.

LIMITED PLACES DUE TO THE ZOOM PLATFORM SIZE WE HAVE AVAILABLE

Host or Publisher Jo Watson