The Holyoake Approach was developed to support our workforce and consumers.
The approach puts the person at the centre of everything we do and recognises that the interaction between the person, clinician, support network and evidence-based practice is central to our approach.
It is founded on five key principles that underpin and inform everything we do:
- Person centred: Treating people as they want to be treated, with knowledge about and respect for their values and personal priorities.
- Acceptance and respect: Every person has the natural capacity to solve their own problems, heal emotional wounds and manage personal growth, given sufficient awareness (information), support and opportunity.
- Self-responsibility: Every person is responsible for the decisions and course of action they take in any given situation.
- Connection: Each person operates within a system of family and community. Connection also refers to the therapeutic alliance between clinician, support network and the person.
- Valuing Lived Experience: Lived Experience is embedded in all aspects of our operations. Our peer and support workers model hope and demonstrate that challenges can be overcome, while those with a lived experience are invaluable in co-design and service evaluation.
The Holyoake Approach also recognises that our teams draw on evidence-based practice via therapeutic interventions and ways of working:
Therapeutic interventions
- Motivational interviewing
- Cognitive behaviour therapy
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Mindfulness
- Expressive therapies
- Narrative therapy
- Family systems therapy
- Solutions focused therapy
Ways of working
- Trauma informed care
- Culturally sensitive practice
- Integrated care
- Harm minimisation
- Prevention
- Carer recognition
- Diversity and inclusion
- Recovery oriented support
