ACCOGLIENZA:
LESSONS FOR AMERICA
Exploring how lessons learned from the Trieste, Italy mental health system could be transformative in the US.
Can Radical Hospitality Change Our Mental Health System?
We are on the precipice of an important year. In 2020, a foundation will be laid for a new way…
Mommy, Please Don’t Ever Let That Happen to Me Again
Over the course of my journey trying to make sense of the American mental health system, I have encountered stories…
The Five-Stage Bridge From Isolation to Connection
“Other people may complicate our lives, but life without them would be unbearably desolate. None of us can be truly…
The Power of Work
Without a job, how do you find you foothold in a society? Work provides a sense of identity, a means…
On the Eve of the Conference in Trieste
A week from today, I return to Italy. When I shared the news last April that the bi-annual international mental…
Where are the Hollywood Top 14 (Part Two)
This is a long and complicated story; difficult to condense to a few paragraphs. So even this abbreviated version of…
Where are the Hollywood Top 14 (Part One)
Last month, I had a thoughtful conversation with a mentor of mine who expressed concern that the TRIESTE pilot might…
Grieving Our Humanitarian Crisis
I cannot shake an image from this past Tuesday in Downtown Los Angeles. I am admitting here that I feel…
The Importance Of Work To Our Identity
How often do you hear this? “Hi! So, what do you do?” That is the question we are often asked…
Go Big or Go Home.
The practical side of my brain can list all the reasons why it is impossible to replicate anything that remotely…
Taking Care of People for $35/Day
When I was in college, I had a recurring dream about tornadoes on the horizon. For a while, they were…
Hearing Voices
I am not a dottoressa. So often, this past month, visiting Trieste, people assumed I was a dottoressa, a psychiatrist. …
An Accoglienza Place for Women
I am a card-carrying member of Luna e L’Altra, one of the network of membership associations that are important for…
You Are Not Alone in This Neighborhood
Hands down, the best lunch I’ve enjoyed in Trieste this month was prepared today by three beautiful women at the…
The City That Cares
Anything that has been around for 40 years is bound to experience the forces of change. The Israelites were disciplined…
We'll Catch You If You Fall
As the theme song opens for Mad Men, there is that silhouette of the man in a free-fall. Who is…
Who. Is. This. Person?
The Trieste model emphasizes social recovery as a more critical element than viewing someone as a patient, in a medical…
The Family That Won't Give Up
For the first two days of this week, I’ve been involved in a series of meetings and site visits. Many…
A Psychiatrist with No Office
Imagine a psychiatrist in a community mental health center who rarely sits down. He doesn’t have an assigned office and…
Why Are You Here?
“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” Thomas Merton, 1980 People I meet here in Trieste are…
Meet Kerry
Welcome to my blog! I’ve stepped into a new chapter of my life. I am prepared, passionate & inspired to take action on providing accoglienza to America’s mental health system.
