The Tidal Model acknowledges that the person's experience of health and illness is a fluctuating one  and that the causes of psychiatric crisis can be diverse, as well as cumulative.

The Tidal Model assumes, however, that the person's experience is a constant across this ever-changing scenario. 

The Tidal Model focuses on the process by which the person was metaphorically 'washed ashore' as a result of the psychiatric crisis. Once a crisis has been identified, the person's lived experience becomes the centerpiece for an in-depth, collaborative assessment of what 'needs to be done' to help to 're-float' the shipwrecked person. 

For more details about the international development of the Tidal Model, visit:

www.tidal-model.co.uk

Swimming with the tide

The Tidal Model was developed by Dr Phil Barker from years of research into the human 'need' for care, experienced by people in crisis. The Tidal Model assumes that the function of care is to help return the person to the wider 'ocean of experience ' of everyday life.

Now validated by empirical research, the Tidal Model signals the way to the future for collaborative, empowerment-based models of service provision for people in serious mental distress. 

If you are interested in learning more about the Tidal Model, and how it might help you to advance and develop your area of practice, contact Poppy Buchanan-Barker:

info@clan-unity.co.uk