[Ailist] Ai and Mental Health

[Rob Voyle]

Hi Nick

Checkout Narrative therapy, NLP and solution focused therapy as examples of 
appreciative thinking in the mental health field.

The work of Milton Erickson is also a precursor to much of this thinking and has 
been hugely influential in my understanding of the dynamics underlying 
appreciative change process.

Rob
  
Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D.
Director, Clergy Leadership Institute
For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry
Author: Core Elements of the Appreciative Way 
http://www.clergyleadership.com/
503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382

On 16 Apr 2009 at 15:04, Nick Heap wrote:

> Dear All
> 
> I was wondering if you know of any appreciative work in the area of
> mental
> health?
> 
> I could imagine appreciative interviews of the most mentally healthy
> people
> you could find would be very illuminating. It would be interesting
> to try
> and define mental health too. Positive psychology is a counterweight
> to the
> current deficit thinking on mental illness, but I think this might
> go
> further
> 
> At the moment this is just the germ of an idea, so any thoughts,
> connections, resources or ideas would be very welcome. If you wanted
> to do
> something, how might you go about it?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Nick Heap
> 
> Web: www.nickheap.co.uk
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