Some updates...

When I started the Patreon my plan (and expectation) was a slow build over the final year of my PhD. Test out the platform, see what interest there might be, get proof of concept to see how much investment it was etc. Then Arcane happened, and I never ever thought there would be so much interest in what I have to say, and the Patreon has grown far quicker than I expected! That led to a very quick learning process of what works, what doesn't work and what people actually expect in terms of quantity and quality of content (and balancing that). It has been challenging, but I have embraced that challenge and hopefully provided something that has been worth your investment.

I wanted to share some big steps that I have taken this week. An actual version 1.0 of Randall's Model of Trauma-Informed Practice has been established. I need to work hard and focus over the next 10 days as my supervisory team are expecting a lot by the end of March. Content on Patreon will continue as usual. Once that initial draft has been submitted I will then have some more patreon time whilst the team takes their time to read through about 70,000 words of my work. Then when the feedback comes back it will be busy time again for a bit whilst I make amendments. My overall aim is to nearly be finished by about May / June (so a few months) and once we are there I will have so much more time to dedicate to Patreon.

To be clear, none of this will impact my current stream schedule and upload schedule. I say this to contextualise where I am at, and if I appear tired, if I appear a little abrupt with people or I don't get back to people as quickly as usual, then it isn't personal - I just have other things going on.

I can also see the inevitable max exodus of people leaving since I have uploaded the reaction to the final episode of Arcane. I just want to take this opportunity (before your sub runs out) to say thank you for being a part of this. It really has been incredible to collaborate, learn and view so many different perspectives that I am potentially blindsided to. I would ask that you check out the Patreon again in the future.

PS. I know that the image for my model is blurred. That is intentional. I'm not allowed to share it fully, especially as it is still being developed. Unfortunately there have been recent cases of PhD students sharing developing work only for larger research teams to get hold of it, reverse engineering it and then publishing it first as their own which then means the thesis can't be submitted as it is not original contribution.