Open Dialogue UK

There's just one week to go until our next online introduction to Open Dialogue seminar with Nick Putman on 5 July. There are a few places still remaining for this seminar, and you can find further details and book here:

An Introduction to the Open Dialogue Approach (Online) In this one day seminar Nick Putman will introduce the Open Dialogue approach using presentations, reflective exercises and dialogues. For more information and to book please visit this page.

Our next one day online introduction to Open Dialogue takes place next week on 15 February, and there are still some places available, on a sliding scale. If you are interested in participating, please visit this page on our website:

An Introduction to the Open Dialogue Approach (Online) In this one day seminar Nick Putman will introduce the Open Dialogue approach using presentations, reflective exercises and dialogues. For more information and to book please visit this page.

Our latest newsletter contains details of a new Open Dialogue trainers' training programme which will be starting in London in October 2024, as well an international survey of services developing Open Dialogue around the world. Details of other training programmes planned for 2024 are included -

Open Dialogue UK - New trainers' training programme starting in October 2024, plus details of a new international survey It’s been a while since we sent out a newsletter and, given that the year is drawing to a close, it feels like a good time to get in touch with an update about our activities and plans for 2024, as well as developments related to Open Dialogue more widely.

There's a few places left on our online introduction to Open Dialogue seminar taking place on Tuesday next week (12 December), with various price points, in the hope that everyone who wishes to attend can do so. For further details, please see this page on our website:

An Introduction to the Open Dialogue Approach (Online) In this one day seminar Nick Putman will introduce the Open Dialogue approach using presentations, reflective exercises and dialogues. For more information and to book please visit this page.

We are pleased to let you know that we are now resuming our one day online seminars to introduce the Open Dialogue approach. The next seminar, facilitated by Nick Putman, is on 3 October, and there are a few places still available, at various price points. For further information, please see this page our website:

An Introduction to the Open Dialogue Approach (Online) In this one day seminar Nick Putman will introduce the Open Dialogue approach using presentations, reflective exercises and dialogues. For more information and to book please visit this page.

We are very pleased to announce that we will be running our foundation training twice in 2024.

Firstly an online training that will commence in January 2024, with Kari Valtanen, Anni Haase, Petra Hohn and Nick Putman. Though we are now able to do more face-to-face trainings once again, it is clear that an online training is still a welcome option for those who are not able to travel to London. So, having had a very positive experience of running this training online on three occasions, we have decided to offer it again. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2023, and further details can be found here: https://opendialogueapproach.co.uk/training/foundation/

Secondly we will be running the foundation training in London, and this programme will commence in February 2024, with Anni Haase, Richard Armitage, Nick Putman and Darren Baker. This is the first time that we ourselves have organised an in person Open Dialogue training programme since the pandemic and it feels good to be doing so. The deadline for applications is 14 July 2023, and further details can be found here: https://opendialogueapproach.co.uk/training/foundation-london/

This foundation training is an internationally recognised programme for professionals working in public mental health services (including peer workers) and independent practitioners. We have also been able to welcome family members onto some of our programmes. We welcome applications from people in different countries, providing applicants are able to speak English well enough to engage in the programme.

This is the most widely used Open Dialogue training programme internationally, and has now been run by Open Dialogue UK on 17 occasions, in five different countries, including five times on an in-house basis in the NHS in the UK.

Foundation Training - London 2024 Details can now be found online.

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to resume our online seminars to introduce the Open Dialogue approach, after a break of nearly a year. We plan to run these seminars quarterly and the next will take place next week, on 25 May. There are still a few places available, with different rates for service users, family members, students, independent practitioners and organisations. These one-day introductory seminars are led by Nick Putman and give a thorough overview of the Open Dialogue approach, including the development of the approach, the service in Western Lapland, the 7 principle of Open Dialogue, key elements of dialogic practice and research into the approach. There is an opportunity to discuss the approach in small groups with others attending. For further details and to book a place please visit this page on the Open Dialogue UK website:

An Introduction to the Open Dialogue Approach (Online) In this one day seminar Nick Putman will introduce the Open Dialogue approach using presentations, reflective exercises and dialogues. For more information and to book please visit this page.

In our latest newsletter you can find details of two new Open Dialogue foundation training programmes planned for 2024 - one in London and one online. Also included are details of introductory seminars on the Open Dialogue approach and international dialogic events taking place in 2023 -

Open Dialogue UK - Details of new training programmes planned for 2024, seminars and international conferences It’s been a while since we have sent out a newsletter. This is in large part down to the extra work that has been involved in managing the impact of the pandemic. Fortunately, it now feels like we are back on track, working on a variety of training programmes. For the first time since the pandemic...

As part of our new training programme for Open Dialogue practitioners to become trainers, we are offering some free consultations for families/networks with Jaakko Seikkula, Jorma Ahonen and Nick Putman. If you are in a family/network who would like to take up this opportunity, you can contact us directly about this. Also, if you are working with a family/network who would be interested in participating in a meeting, you are welcome to attend the meeting/consultation with them. For further details, please visit the following page on the our website: https://opendialogueapproach.co.uk/family-meetings/

As part of the new trainers' training programme starting in London in October we are offering free consultations to families/networks with Jaakko Seikkula, Jorma Ahonen and Nick Putman. Families/networks wishing to participate in an Open Dialogue meeting on 19, 20 or 21 October should contact us as soon as possible.

Open Dialogue UK - Free family/network consultations with Jaakko Seikkula, Jorma Ahonen and Nick Putman in London in October "I work within health and social care organisations both in the public and private sector. I'm keen to work with an attitude of 'dialogizing' professional ideas. In training contexts I'm very interested in the therapeutic use of self. How as a therapist I should (and could) be, act and relate with m...

Our latest newsletter contains news of our next Open Dialogue Foundation Training, due to start in January 2023, a place that has become available on the Trainers' Training Programme starting in October 2022 and details of the International Network Meeting for the Treatment of Psychosis conference later this month -

Open Dialogue UK - New training programmes and international meeting