Evocative memories of an early career in mental health nursing contextualize an alienation from traditional psychiatric practices. These memories tell tales that center on exploring a personal rejection of mental health nursing practices that were based on a reductive-pharmacological approach. In its place, it is suggested, should be the adoption of more holistic ideology that places the person at the very center of mental health nursing as a holistic, human-centered activity. This process may be guided by, for example, the adoption of the principles of the Tidal Model.
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