Dear Dave Mackler,Do you know where I can go for help in finishing the tapering of this drug zyprexa that is affecting my son Chris.He did the tapering as instructed but is experiencing agitation,insomnia,brain fog,disfocused,unvoluntary movement.My son Chris and I don\'t want him put on another psychotropic drug to leave us in the same suffering situation.And my son is not suppose to be on any psychotropic drug.This is lawsuit from the local hospital.Please direct us to caring people.Your help is greatly appreciated.And if you would like to follow my sons withdrawal we would honored to participate. Sincerely,Ruth Quinones

In searching for connection to the healing and recovery of my authentic self, I discovered your youtube video on \"Denial in the family system/torture for the child\". Without going into detail I related to your presentation and specificity into the breaking what I have come to understand as a type of emotional/amnesia around the effects of the childhood sexual abuse I endured. I would be interested in artistic endeavors that can heal those who are surviving from the various disorders that resulted from family abuse.

Hi Mr.Daniel, I`m Shunsuke Shiina who is diagnosed as Schizophrenia at this July. I`m really inspired by your film and everything, and I`m amazing and thanking to your energy for psychosis problem. Since I started searching about Open Dialogue, I found the leading man for OD in Japan called Tamaki Saitou who has been Keropudas hospital and recommending Open Dialogue to Japan. I`ll be happy if you can connect with him and spread OD thought. I really hope OD gets started in Japan as soon as possible. And if you have a time to answer my question, how to react if I face to my symptom again after I came off the medication. Now I`m trying to come off the medication but I feel anxious after that`s completed. Well thank you for your time.

hello Daniel. I saw your film on YouTube. My son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and we would like to get him help without medication. You have given us hope. do you have any referrals in the Boston area? Or we would come to New York .love and God bless Karen

Thank you so much for your sharing of \"Take these Broken Wings\" and making it free and available to all. WE- the Santa Cruz MH Coalition will be showing this film to our community and will be having a discussion as well! Information and video documentaries such as these are very powerful tools to assist in slowing down the medical model juggernaut that continues to do more harm than heal. THANKS Again David! Kindly, JEN

I just saw the movie open dialogue. i was both moved and excited. I have worked \'that way\' for the last twenty years. i am a trained (phd) therapist living in Jerusalem Israel. There is a book by a Finnish Psychiatrist name Ben Furman who writes in a simple clear english about this way of treating anyone. the book is called Solution Talk. (Norton 1992) note the date. i was in Finland and ran a workshop on the theme \"Just talking\". I have been a lone voice here in Israel about just talking to people. My inhouse research shows that on an average of 6-7 conversations (sessions) people report get better and can do the rest on their own. I work only with the walking wounded: Fear, anxiety, anger, trauma, loneliness, marital issues, etc. I teach a lot and would like a copy of open dialogue if at all possible. it is such a clear, open and moving picture of my work. WOW Have you ever been in Jerusalem? Consider yourself invite. I would like to send you a copy of my book The Jerusalem Formula: A religious alternative to psychotherapy. Send me an address Thank you baruch shulem

Daniel, I believe we are on a similar path. From what I get from this, though, is that you are much further ahead of me in terms of recovery. Still, everything you mention here, speaks to me. Be on the look out for my memoir in the future, the working title is \"Born in May\". In the meantime, keep changing the world. We all need that.

Where is there residential drug detoxification/rehabilitation for prescription anti-psychotics?

Hello Daniel, I just watched your you tube video on how to tell if your therapist is good. It was quite validating, and helpful to me as a psychotherapist. Many thanks and well wishes.

I\'m just a self-help sort learning how to fix my issues. Just watched your video on youtube on critique of the profession. Very clear, very passionate, and very enlightening. Especially the bit on ageism and DSM diagnosis. I\'m glad I trusted my instinct about psychotherapists and continue to be cautious and picky. Thanks for your honesty and generosity. Power to you.

Very thought provoking films on schizophrenia. Have you ever thought of doing one on anxiety disorders? Freud couldn\'t solve the problem; CBT is even more of a psuedo science and it is accepted as the most prescribed method of treatment in the U.S. (sometimes the only prescribed method besides medications).

Thank you sooooo much Daniel! For going to Laponia, doing us meet this amazing group of healing humans and society. Gives lots of confident to know they are there and you exist. So honest documentary and really necessary for everyone, not only affected or medical support people. Humane race can improve themselves! even me 😉 I known about your documentary through a forum of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Already bought, thank you for sharing generously but I decided to do an economical response, gratitude for your work. You made me really happy spreading knowledge and human care in front and back of the camera. And nice soundtrack! In my personal case, after 18 years fighting for healing (still, I get colds too), looking up for the stigma, rebuilding your live after each crisis, why those hard chemist treatments?: in Spain, under a psychosis you can\'t say no to medication, if so the answer is \"you are in a hospital, you have to be under pharmaceutical treatment\", you have no rights as a citizen...and no sick leave pay. But, surprise! my psychiatrist decided to take out medication of me one year ago. By now I was finding pretty alone, is a rare case yet here, no real support if you are not on pills, even from therapists specialized. But step by step, this will be a better world for those little growing into it now! Here things are going crazy with politics, they want to criminalize psychiatric disorders. Really sad. Here is a document to give you an idea (sorry, only spanish) http://www.colectivosaludmental.org/ Hopefully one day will thank you personally in NY or maybe Barcelona, chatting by the seaside. (I can use my hands and my expression improves in english) 🙂 Best regards! Really!

great page, greetings

Dear Daniel, I am a MFT in San Diego and a doctoral student with the Taos Institute where Sheila McNamee is my advisor. I would appreciate an opportunity to be connected to you, to have a conversation with you, to get to know more about your work. I am inspired by your videos and watching them has galvanized something in me. I hold many private ideas/wonderings about mental health/illness that have a similar texture to what you say/write/share and I have been looking for ways to give them voice and purpose. I don\'t know what is possible for you right now as I am certain you are busy. I am just embarking on making sense of what this all is for me, so I am trusting that whenever it is that we connect it will be precisely the right time. Thank you for your work, for the hope, Andrea

thanks for all the messages!! i read them all and will reply to those with private questions backchannel!! THANKS AGAIN!!!!! daniel p.s. gustaf: martin miller\'s book is only available in german at this time. i think he\'s still working on getting a publishing deal to have it translated into english......