The Tidal Model is a philosophical approach to the discovery of mental health. By
philosophical we mean, a way of thinking about how people
might reclaim their personal story, as a first step towards recovering their lives.
The Tidal Model is an approach to recovery.
It is not a rigid system. Each of the many Tidal projects
across the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada, are exploring different ways
that people can discover their mental health,
in a personally, socially and culturally meaningful way.
The Tidal Model
is
one of the few recovery models to have been
evaluated rigorously across different settings, in
different cultures.
The
Tidal Model's main
focus
is on
helping individual people, make their own
voyage of discovery. In that sense, the only real 'evidence' of
usefulness, is what happens - or is
'discovered' - for the individual
person.
Everyone
faces serious challenges, at some stage point in
their lives. The Tidal Model is focused on helping people decide what
needs to be done,
now, to help address their present difficulties, and so continue living as full and meaningful a life as possible.
Ultimately,
however, the Tidal Model does not - indeed
cannot - make a difference in people's lives. Only
the help of other people, working with the person,
might make a difference for that person. This is the
fundamental law of human helping.
Poppy
Buchanan-Barker and Phil Barker have won
this year's
“Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions
to the Cause of Civil Liberties".
Pictured
with Poppy and
Phil (centre) are Lew Randall (L) and Andrea Miller
Rich (R) from the Center for Independent Thought,
New York.
The Award Ceremony
was held in the University Club, Manhattan, New
York. (More)
This
is the official internet site for the Tidal
Model. Here
you can learn more about the Tidal Model from
Dr Phil Barker and Poppy Buchanan-Barker,
and their many colleagues involved in its international development and delivery.
