Arana PearsonArana Pearson is an astute and talented public speaker, informed by his own experiences of recovery, working within Government and the Non-Government sector. Arana has the ability to make you laugh and cry, and then find yourself in a moment of poignant reflection.  

Arana is available for:
•  Conference Keynote
•  Public Talks
•  Strategic Planning
•  Consumer Participation    
•  Service planning

Up comming keynote address:

'Running on Empty' Anti Poverty Week conference
in Launceston, Tasmania 14th October 2008 http://www.hobart.catholic.org.au/centacareconference.html 

Past  speeches:

Arana with John Watkins: a joint paper titled "Healing while Hearing Voices: joining the dots to recovery: The challenge of integrating clinical, psychosocial, and peer-supported approaches to coping, recovery, and healing for people who hear voices" delivered on 9th May Melbourne 2008 http://www.vicserv.org.au/conference/  

"Towards a healthy community: Advancing social wellbeing in our community" 21 & 22 February 2008, Warnambool, VIC Australia see website http://www.communitysouthwest.com/ for information.

Arana was a keynote speaker at the "making sense of psychosis" conference in Auckland 2006 see their website http://www.isps.org/  Arana launched the Hearing Voices Network Newsletter at this conference (See 'Free Stuff') or click here to visit our website

World Psychiatric Association invited paper in Melbourne 28 November-2 December 2007 see website http://www.wpa2007melbourne.com/  for information.