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March 22, 2023

Can I be a therapist if I have lived experience? (with Carly Dober)

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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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.