About Lisa

Lisa Archibald provides training, consultancy, presentations, workshops co-reflection and peer supervision internationally

Meet Lisa

Lisa Archibald is an experienced facilitator, supervisor, co-reflector, curriculum developer, keynote speaker and mentor whose extensive international experience has led her to also train and support facilitators.

Lisa is a born and bred Scot who feels blessed by the opportunities she has had to grow and develop her leadership experience and knowledge internationally.

A bit about Lisa’s work history

For over 25 years, Lisa has set up and managed community initiatives that challenge and disrupt systems of oppression, marginalisation and discrimination.

In 2013, as a Winston Churchill fellow in the Communities at Work category, Lisa visited Australia then Aotearoa (New Zealand) to research discrimination in rural communities. On completion of this fellowship, Lisa returned to Aotearoa on a work visa, coordinating the growth and development of PeerZone and Intentional Peer Support Aotearoa NZ as well as working in a range of grassroots peer support, creativity and advocacy projects.

In 2019, Lisa became a Yale University Let(s) LEAD fellow in the first ever New Zealand cohort alongside 8 other fellows. Lisa’s project – “a boat without an anchor” – explored the impacts of cultural disconnection based on her own challenges of being an immigrant more on that here

Lisa has benefitted greatly from her international experiences. She actively and regularly collaborates on projects in Europe, Asia, USA, Australia and Aotearoa and is part of a range of European and global networks.

In July 2020, Lisa returned to the live in Scotland later joining the IPS Central team as a Co-Owner alongside Founders Shery Mead and Chris Hansen.

Lisa is Co-Chair of Mental Health Europe’a first ever Lived Experience Advisory Council and is a board member of Hearing Voices Network Ireland.

Lisa is a registered member of BPS (British Psychological
Society) COSCA (Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland) and APT (Association
for Psychological Therapies), has a BSc in Behavioural Science and a PgCert in Mad Studies.

Co-Reflection

Co-reflection is a process of learning, practicing and reflecting in order to improve our communication.

Co-reflection (and external supervision) can be a great support tool for people working relationally.

Lisa is a regular facilitator of IPS Central co-reflection sessions

Intentional Peer Support

Intentional Peer Support training is a way of thinking about and inviting transformational relationships.

To view a presentation by Lisa on co-production and Intentional Peer Support, you can visit: You Tube Page

Lisa regularly facilitates online IPS training for Europeans. To find out more visit: Eventbrite

Mad Studies

Lisa has a PgCert in Mad Studies and can deliver short Mad Studies workshops to interested participants or groups over Zoom or in person

Lisa has a published article in Mad in America – to view visit: Mad In America article, in Mad in Ireland and for Asylum magazine

Beth Ingram

Director of Hearts & Minds

I first met Lisa when she delivered a peer support training I attended a year ago. Since then, she has given me advice and support around several of our projects, which I have found invaluable. Her considerable experience and insight in both developing and providing peer support, as well as supervising people and projects is clear from the way she is able to hold space and provide gentle guidance whilst also allowing projects and individuals to figure out the solutions that are right for their unique situations. She has been very generous with us for which I am very grateful, and I’d definitely recommend her to others.

Hannah Komatsu

Thriving Madly

When I think of Lisa, I think of a person who holds space for other people to grow. She does this by connecting authentically, with genuine curiosity and a desire to know the person, in their entirety and without judgement. She has been brave enough to ask the questions others would shy away from, and sit with me unflinchingly while I talk about things others that would cause others fear. For me this has brought about growth in my work and in my personal life, in ways that I would not have pictured before undertaking training and coreflection with Lisa.

Lisa meets, trains and presents mostly by Zoom to be able to reach people in all parts of the world. This offers flexibility with meeting days and times as well as meeting the needs of all time zones. Training can be delivered either through an online platform or in person (by negotiation around costs).