Good to hear from you, s_e. I'm impressed with Open Dialogue too. I wish it were more widely available.

I've been thinking about a career change and have considered training as a therapist. Open Dialogue is one of approaches I'd love to train in, but you can't really do it as an individual, can you? It's like the whole system around the client - including the other professionals - would have to participate. How would it be practiced in the U.S.? When I was trying to get help for my son through the mental health center here, I met the most rigid, unimaginative, controlling individuals I've ever had the misfortune to encounter in my life. They'd made up their minds on my son's dx and what to do for him (really do to him!), and they weren't going to give an inch. How do you make systems like that change?