PSAN Recovery Speaker Series – Priestess Ziona

Biography
Priestess Ziona is the CEO of AMRON International Organization and current Outreach Coordinator for Brockton RCC of South East Recovery Learning Community. She is considered a peer in the Mental Health Recovery community and volunteers throughout the peer recovery movement in various organizations. Ziona holds the Howard Trachtman Award, an Honorary Doctorate, amongst other accolades. She used her creative writing talent to express her trauma experiences and became a self-published author. She has shared her story and taught suicide prevention in over 30 schools in Massachusetts. For Ziona, this is the beginning of her making big strides for her career in the recovery field.

About the presentation
In her presentation, she will share part of her story of surviving trauma, surviving multiple suicide attempts, and her road to recovery. Ziona will share information about her project, “Dating With a Diagnosis” ©  which was started to break the stigma on recovery and relationships. DWAD is about better advocating for our needs and building healthy relationships around us with our spouses/partners, friends, and family. The series merges various recovery-based tools and skills to accomplish the effort of having healthier social connections. Ziona will talk about her chapter in the America Psychiatric Association textbook of Hospital Psychiatry, “From within: A consumer perspective of Psychiatric Hospitals”. She looks forward to answering any questions that may arise during the presentation.

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