Name: Mental Health Reimagined: Beyond the Medical Model
Start: 2026-02-03T19:15:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-03T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Rose Lipman Building

Mental Health Reimagined: Beyond the Medical Model

Join How (Not) To Heal for an evening of conversation about mental health, as we take a sceptical but balanced look at healing culture.
About this Event

How (Not) To Heal is a brand new alternative mental health community that reimagines the mental health system, beyond the medical model, beyond diagnosis, beyond the entire Western framing of distress as pathological.

Hosted by writer Rose Cartwright, author of Pure and The Maps We Carry, How (Not) To Heal will invite experts in psychiatry, therapy and psychedelics to explore what the f*ck is going on with our mental health system, and what could be different in future.

For this first event, Rose will be speaking to psychiatrist and podcast host, Dr Alex Curmi, about whether psychiatry is a profession in crisis and about the value and limitation of diagnosis. She’ll also be speaking to psychedelic research therapist Ashleigh Murphy Beiner about her clinical trial research into magic mushrooms, OCD and complex trauma. Rose will also be giving a personal talk about her experiences of OCD advocacy and underground psychedelic therapy.

Please come down and help create a supportive, compassionate community. We’d love to see you there!

*Guest arrivals from 7.15pm. The event will start at 7.30pm.

Just a heads-up: we’ll be taking photos and videos during the event to share on our social media. If you’d prefer not to be featured please email [email protected]

Accessibility: there are a few stairs at the venue. Please email [email protected] if you have any accessibility requirements.

Ticket holders must be 18+

Please note: Rose Cartwright and the team at How (Not) To Heal are not healthcare providers. The ideas discussed at these events, and in related materials, should not be taken as an endorsement or encouragement on the part of the team of illegal drug taking. Our content is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. The team disclaims liability for any medical and/or legal outcomes that may occur as a result of applying the methods described at events and in related materials. Attendees should obtain up-to-date professional advice.