Humane Clinic Psychotherapy Collective

24/10/2025

We are so grateful to be part of the emerging and evolving Just Listening Therapeutic Community as the folk who make this community begin to arrive.

Additionally, we are spending time in London having introduced JL to over 250 people there.
In 2026 we will be running a train the trainer program in London with the aim of training 2000 staff across an entire network.

Beautiful to see what's already happening with Just Listening in London, especially by GP friends.

Although potentially the common practice of many professionals, the nuance and intention of GP's using in JL in London is wonderful.

Even a chronic pain clinic using Just Listening under a GP lead.

Case study: supporting a distressed older adult through Just Listening at their GP Practice -

A GP had an appointment with a 90-year-old woman living alone with a history of psychosis. During their first meeting, she shared distressing beliefs involving surveillance and harm, which she attributed to external forces. Rather than offering medication, a common clinical response, the clinician chose to simply listen, respecting her wish to avoid treatment.

The woman returned for follow-up visits, each time engaging in brief sessions where she was heard without judgement or intervention. Over time, she expressed gratitude and continued to share her thoughts, many of which remained delusional. With her consent, a neighbour confirmed the positive impact of these interactions.

Thanks to Just Listening training, the GP felt confident in offering compassionate presence without escalating to services the patient did not want. A trained coach was later invited to provide additional support, allowing the clinician to maintain oversight while reducing the frequency of visits.

This approach prevented unnecessary referrals and honoured the patient’s autonomy: demonstrating how Just Listening can be a powerful tool in primary care.

See more about what the plans for Just Listening in London:

https://healthcarecentrallondon.co.uk/just-listening/

First research publication here with more to come: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40873512/

An exciting time. Some frustration delivering services with such a small budget, but probably makes the human connection all the more special.

Home grown South Australian group, having local and international impact 💚

Humane Clinic Psychotherapy Collective Mental Health Commissioner for South Australia Chris Picton MP Katrine Hildyard MP Moira Were Mayor City of Onkaparinga National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

23/10/2025

22/10/2025

You are welcome to visit Just Listening Therapeutic Community today and each weekday if you would like to access compassionate, free and community based therapeutic support.

Open 10am - 4pm weekdays

No referral required - Free service - anonymous if required.

16/10/2025

Open today and each weekday - 10am - 4 pm

Based at 29 Shepherd Road, Christies Beach, SA

At Just Listening Therapeutic Community we will meet you with compassion and connection and community. We will not refer you to another service, we will offer you immediate support when you arrive. Just Listening offers a different approach and response to emotional distress - one based in mutuality, kindness and love.

No referral needed
Free service to access
Any member of community can visit
Walk in service

Just Listening Community offers an alternative community based, professionally delivered service for people in psychotic, suicidal or other distress.

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16/10/2025

Great to see this wonderful book in its new edition.
This book has had a massive impact on the work of Humane Clinic and in a part of the local health service (before bizarrely a medical psychiatrist decided to lead the hearing voices approach!).

We would recommend this book to voice hearers, families and loved ones, professionals and any other person interested in the common human experience of hearing voices, and an alternative approach to drugs,diagnosis and hospital.

Available in paperback and ebook.

https://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/making-sense-of-hearing-voices-a-practical-aid

10/10/2025

With excitement and humility, it is great to share the news that Just Listening is coming to London in partnership between Humane Clinic and Healthcare Central London.

Connection. Compassion. Community.

Just Listening is a philosophical and practical approach for supporting people in distress and for building relationships in community.

It strengthens connection, communication, a mutual sense of compassion and reduces pressure on staff, and improves outcomes for both individuals and services.

It was developed by Matt Ball in Australia and draws inspiration from the approach of Leon Redler and Steven Gans in their book, Just Listening. The model has been nurtured into reality by Matt, Rory and Berny alongside many amazing community members.

Just Listening was envisioned and inspired many years ago by a young guy who found his way through the public mental health system in the UK, when a few wonderful humans offered compassion and justice to him making sense of his experiences of distress.

In 2016 in South Australia, a community conversation occurred following a screening of the film Healing Voices that led to community asking for change.

Since then, Just Listening approach has evolved at the Just Listening Community, training people across Australia and internationally and more recently at the Just Listening Therapeutic Community - A community for people in psychotic or suicidal distress.

Therapists at Humane Clinic Psychotherapy Collective will facilitate the train the trainer program in Westminster as part of the Octopus: A model for community-led care and support that tackles imbalances and inequality in the system. In London Anna Dentschuk will be the JL lead.

Trainers in training will begin the online and in person program in January 2026 in preparation to train 2000 staff across the Octopus over the next 5 years.

Core aims for Just Listening in London are to:

Help people in the system feel more connected, so they can work more effectively.

Support staff to feel more satisfied and supported in their roles.

Improve patient and resident experience, leading to better care outcomes.

Much gratitude goes to Berny and Rory and Lou at Humane Clinic who have worked on London training sessions to date, and to Amanda Bueno de Mesquita who first brough JL to London. This project has nurtured and brought to this next point also alongside Connie Junghans Minton Saul Kaufman and Anna Dentschuk amongst many other beautiful people.

The approach is valuable for both community members seeking support and professionals. A recent publication details staff experiences:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1576278/full

https://www.justlistening.com.au/_files/ugd/7fe266_9a4a63486c964a0d84ce25c72c905c8c.pdf

https://healthcarecentrallondon.co.uk/just-listening/

Chris Picton MP Peter Malinauskas Nadia Clancy MP Western Australian Association for Mental HealthMental Health Foundation Australia VMIAC - Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council Mental Health Awareness Hub Skylight Mental Health Mind Australia MindFreedom International Just Listening Therapeutic Community Queensland Mental Health CommissionMental Health Commission of NSW Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Adelaide PHN International Association for Su***de Prevention BEING - Mental Health Consumers Ltd Mental Health Awareness Australia Australian College of Nurse Practitioners The Australian Centre for Social Innovation Fay Fuller Foundation Flinders University Centre for Mental Health Nursing Centacare Catholic Community Services SA Health

Just Listening is a structured, practical approach for supporting people in distress. It strengthens communication, reduces pressure on staff, and improves outcomes for all.

09/10/2025

From Just Listening Therapeutic Community

EXCITING TIMES 📣🎉💚
Just Listening Therapeutic Community is excited to announce the Just Listening World Hearing Voices Congress 2026 will take place in Noarlunga, South Australia.
The Hearing Voices Congress will take place 13 - 15 September 2026.
Just Listening has been invited to host the event and will partner with Humane Clinic Psychotherapy Collective to create a listening community with and for friends from across Australia and the world as we value all the voices in a just and compassionate way.
With gratitude to all those who make up the world wide hearing voices movement Intervoice: The International Hearing Voices Movement and all those who want to walk together in emancipatory journeys, celebrating the unique and common human reality of hearing voices, non-ordinary and altered states and realities.
More information to follow on socials and at justlistening.com.au/hearingvoicescongress
We welcome you to be part of the change here in Australia in 2026 💚

05/10/2025

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Last week we received a most beautiful and generous email from Rotary Club of Seaford saying they would like to support Just Listening Therapeutic Community at the Seaford Rotary Seaside Walk

We are delighted to join the Seaford Rotary Seaside Walk and hope to see many wonderful people there as we come together as a community to support one another.

The event is on Sunday 19th October leaving Port Noarlunga South at 9am. The community will then arrive and gather at Nashwauk Reserve, Moana.

Please do join the community if you can for the walk, to gather after or both!

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1466554


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Wednesday at Just Listening Therapeutic Community:

Hearing Voices group 12- 1pm

Community Open 10am - 4pm

No referral - No fees - Walk In service