EXPA eV.

Recovery support Bremen

We, the EXPA in Bremen and Bremerhaven, are a trialogical group of experts through crisis or psychiatric experience as affected persons or relatives and experts through professional experience.

We are involved in many areas, working groups, commissions, and committees. In our working groups, everyone contributes their diverse current experiences from their profession, voluntary committee work, and other associations, etc. In this way, we monitor current developments in order to react accordingly, support each other, and jointly develop, for example, presentations on new topics.

We want

• to improve the trialogical exchange of knowledge between patients, relatives and therapists in the field of psychiatric care
• To disseminate knowledge acquired through painful experience in dealing with emotional crises and mental illnesses
• to bring our wishes and expectations of the treating professionals into the psychiatric system
• to influence the organization of the support system, to develop needs-oriented and demand-based services
• Respectful and understanding contact between users and employees
• humane and comfortable conditions in the facilities
• less coercion and medication

Our offers:

• Continuing education courses
• Workshops
• Training
• Recovery groups
• lectures
• intercession
• NAT network conversations
• participatory research
• Recovery support
• Concept consulting

Our topics:

• Manifestations of mental crises
  such as hearing voices and psychoses
• Understanding illness from the perspective of those affected
• Early warning signs and crisis management
• Treatment tailored to individual needs
• Needs-based psychiatric care systems
• empathetic, needs-oriented communication
• Dealing with violent situations
• Psychotropic drugs
  

We are happy to consider your specific topic requests and develop new offers based on them

Office hours:

Monday – Thursday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM