Nurse Practitioner and Psychotherapy practice of Matt Ball
Humane Clinic offerings
Therapeutic supports are offering in person (not online)
Psychotherapy
Individual psychotherapy sessions are designed to cater to your unique needs, offering a safe and confidential environment for self-exploration and healing.
Humane Clinic recognises that a person’s expression of distress, in whatever form it takes, is a function of communicating their needs. We consider each human being as the person best placed to be the arbiter of their own experiences, the author of their own story, and the leader of their own life journey. We seek to acknowledge your experiences, hear your story, and respect your autonomy.
Matt provides limited spaces for psychotherapy to ensure he can deliver the appropriate level of support required.
Just Listening training
Just Listening is a practical and philosophical approach that supports people in distress and strengthens relationships by offering justice through listening.
Just Listening draws inspiration from the approach of Leon Redler and Steven Gans in their book, Just Listening: Ethics and Therapy (2001).
The Just Listening approach is grounded in psychotherapy but designed for use by anyone, not just clinicians.
It offers a clear, accessible approach for listening to people in a just way that:
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Develops connection between the listener and person sharing their story
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Reduces distress and empowers the person in need of support
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Supports staff wellbeing through shared understanding and collaboration
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Improves service quality
Three key words underpin the approach:
Connection. Compassion. Community.
Training and consultancy
Public trainings have been offered in the various approaches and ideas that make up the Humane Clinic and Just Listening appraoches.
From single day workshops, week-long residential and non-residential retreats and longer workshops and 12-month introduction courses in psychotherapeutic use of Humane Clinic approaches.
Additionally, Humane clinic has worked with government services, NGO's and private organisation nationally and internationally to deliver training to teams and organisations.
Humane Clinic has provided consultancy nationally and internationally to government, NGO and private organisations.
Deprescribing
Matt Ball has supported many individuals in their journeys of deprescribing over a number of years.
More recently Matt has embraced the Maudsley Deprescribing guidelines and associated literature to develop and support hyperbolic tapering. He employs a psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic approach and has developed a network-based formulation in deprescribing, supporting individuals to find the describing journey that supports the individual.
Matt has a particular interest in supporting individuals in deprescribing from Anti psychotic medication.
Matt provides limited spaces for deprescribing to ensure he can deliver the appropriate level of support required.