In conversation with Russel Razzaque ODC ODDESSI
No young person should have to navigate a mental health crisis through the emergency department — cut off from family, friends, and community.
One Year Foundation Course 2025
An Invitation to the Open Dialogue One-Year Foundation Course – Sydney – 2024/25
The Benefits of Open Dialogue in Schools
Sarah Farrell-Whelan’s TEDx talk explores the benefits of integrating Open Dialogue into school environments, fostering meaningful connections between students and their social networks.
Open Dialogue Services Across the Globe
A recent article by Pocobello et al. explores the nuances of implementing Open Dialogue in different contexts.
Perspective on Peer Workers and Lived Experience
As Open Dialogue is adopted and adapted internationally, beyond its initial home in northern Europe, it encounters other cultures and other ways of being together.
Perspective on Relationships
As humans are social creatures, relationships are fundamental to our mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
Open Dialogue Centre Launch
Open Dialogue Centre was delighted to host two official launch event in Melbourne and Sydney in November 2022.
Researching Open Dialogue Conversations
Ben Ong, Registered Psychologist and Family Therapist, discusses research into Open Dialogue principles and practice.
Embarking upon a new dialogue
Claire Allinson, Registered Psychologist, writes about how Open Dialogue training led to a shift in how she thinks about her role with clients.
The road to a life worth living
Dana was 19 years old and half way through her nursing studies when she tried to take her own life and was diagnosed with early psychosis. She was treated under the biomedical model in NSW and developed treatment resistant schizophrenia.
Melbourne Open Dialogue training workshops
Melbourne Open Dialogue Training workshops 17 October 2022 As part of the Open Dialogue Centre’s commitment to supporting individuals, organisations, and teams in adopting the Open Dialogue approach, the Centre will run half-day and four full day ‘open’ training workshops