Psychosis remains one of the most stigmatized and misunderstood experiences in mental health care. Too often, it is approached primarily through a lens of diagnosis and disorder, rather than with an openness to its human complexity—its emotional roots, relational dimensions, and spiritual or existential questions.
Gould Farm’s Psychosis Care and Connection Retreat was created to gather voices that challenge conventional thinking and offer fresh paths forward—paths that embrace compassion, creativity, curiosity, and connection.
This year’s presenters brought a beautiful range of perspectives—from clinical innovation to lived and cultural insight, from psychoanalytic depth to contemplative wisdom. Each talk is an invitation to think differently, to feel more deeply, and to accompany those navigating psychosis with greater courage and humility.
These talks are freely available and intended to serve anyone who cares for, supports, or lives with the experience of psychosis.
- “Relationships Between Early Life Trauma and Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults” with Michael Garrett, MD
- “Shame and Stigma in the Psychotherapy for Psychosis” with Jeremy Ridenour
- “‘Crazy’ Wisdom: Working with Clinical Challenges Through the Lens of Buddhist Psychology” with Phoebe Walker, LMHC
- Understanding the Dialogue in Open Dialogue: Recognition and the Struggle to be Heard” with Ross Ellenhorn, MSW, PhD
- “A Generative Unease: Thinking Psychosis with Queer Theories” with Brett Thatcher, LICSW
