Mental Health Awareness-Raising Masterclass   

Mental health and illness and wellbeing are increasingly common expressions and buzzwords. But do we really understand them? And are we acting on them, both in society and at work? And do we consider them in spaces like museums, which are constantly dealing with internal and external pressures, the latter often related to visitors?

As part of the Mental Health Roadmap, in which maat hosts Manicómio and its Open Therapy, a psychiatry, psychology, and therapy appointment service in the museum’s various areas, we decided that we cannot support the mental health of people from the outside, without also looking at how museums and cultural entities take care of their own mental health

In this sense, we will hold the first masterclass with a theoretical and practical approach to Mental Health Awareness for cultural and museum workers, focused on the following topics:
-    Mental health, mental illness, and well-being;
-    Mental health at work and in public spaces;
-    Strategies for individuals, groups, and companies;
-    Communication and building safe and happy places.

Miguel Vieira
Psychotherapist with psychoanalytic training and nurse training. He also has a degree in Education Sciences from the Lisbon School of Psychology and Education Sciences and Sociology from the Autónoma University of Lisbon. As a nurse specialised in mental health, Vieira has extensive experience in forensic psychiatry at the Lisbon Psychiatric Hospital Centre, in community intervention projects in close monitoring and referral of people with mental illness, in street outreach teams in the referencing of homeless people and people with mental illness and in workplace and university training. He also works as a psychotherapist, which includes the project Appointments without Walls. He co-authored the novel Beyond Evil: Prehistory and History of a Psychopath (Publisher: Padrões Culturais).

Roberta Treno
She graduated in Modern Languages and worked in the business sector for over ten years. There she felt the need for a profound change in the way we shape relationships, especially in companies. In creating her own path, Treno studied Humanistic Coaching, Storytelling, Dragon Dreaming methodology, Nonviolent Communication, Sociocracy, Theory U, and other collaborative methodologies. As a trainer, she works and “listens” to the space, ensuring a safe space for personal growth with vulnerability.