Can I be a therapist if I have lived experience? (with Carly Dober)
Today on Mental Work, Bron is joined by Carly Dober (Psychologist and Director of AAPi) to unpack the question, 'Can I be a good therapist if I have lived experience?' They chat about 👉🏽 How having lived experience can inform your work as a psych 👉🏻 Myths about therapists with mental illness 👉 Changes in attitudes among psychs towards lived experience practitioners 👉🏿 Why peer-led work is super cool.
Mental Work is the podcast unpacking the challenges faced by early career psychologists, so they don’t have to go it alone. Hosted by Dr Bronwyn Milkins.
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LINKS
- Latest stats on how common mental health problems are in Australia - "1 in 5 Australians had a mental disorder in the past 12 months" 😲
- Predicting boundary violation propensity among mental health professionals (2020)
- Scoping Review of Peer-Led Support for People Bereaved by Suicide (2022)
- A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Peer-Based Interventions on Health-Related Behaviors in Adults (2011)
- Peer-based health interventions for people with serious mental illness: A systematic literature review (2017)
- Peer-led interventions to prevent tobacco, alcohol and/or drug use among young people aged 11–21 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)
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Producer: Michael English
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Carly Dober
Psychologist / Director at the Australian Association of Psychologists Incorporated (AAPi)
Carly is a psychologist at Enriching Lives Psychologist with a particular interest in the issues that affect the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young women. She is also a Director at the Australian Association of Psychologists Incorporated (AAPi). Carly has experience in guiding individuals to understand themselves, their experiences, and their social context, in order to reach a place of greater self-acceptance and increased wellbeing. Carly is passionate about preventative mental health care, acknowledging the multitude of systemic and social actors that may get in the way of our optimal wellbeing.
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