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Marion Aslan
Marion Aslan qualified as a teacher in the 1970’s and worked in the learning disabilities sector for many years, then became a successful business woman until 1994 when she had some difficult life experiences for which she sought assistance. Being described as seriously mentally ill was not only a surprise but also quite an unhelpful concept for her and one that she totally refuted. She charted her own pathway to recovery and since that time she has worked within mental health services as a recovery activist, training staff and developing more helpful concepts and ways of supporting people.
From 2003 - 2006 Marion managed a pilot research project funded by the Department of Health. The project spread recovery knowledge and person centred approaches to a range of mental health organisations across England through training, consultancy and developmental work, and gained international acclaim. Marion spent time in Italy and Germany developing mental health programmes for nursing students, and more recently, her work has taken her to Australia and America, and to Denmark on a regular basis, developing recovery and person centred planning toolkits. Finding her own pathways to full recovery and thriving inspired her to co-author “The THRIVE Approach to Mental Wellness” with her colleague Mike Smith and identify the core essentials of self help and self advocacy.
She has since authored a further four books, and is developing innovative approaches to working with episodes of psychosis. Marion is the executive director of EleMental, International Centre for Principles and Values of Recovery and Thriving introducing and developing values led practice in many countries throughout the world, working with local people and communities and developing arenas of helpfulness and hopefulness within and without of governmental services.
Contact Marion at: marionaslan@aol.com
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