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Get Real: Talking mental health & disability — 123 episodes

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NDIS Changes Part 2: Self care amid the uncertainty

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NDIS Changes Part 1 with National Disability Services CEO Michael Perusco

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Elevating complex needs lived experience with Maggie Toko AM

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Promoting enabling environments in custodial settings

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Safety for Support Workers: Part 1

6

The Aussie Psychologist who ended up running a New Orleans Prison

7

Hearing Voices: support for voice hearers

8

Forensic Disability Services with Dr Matt Frize

9

The real-life impacts of conspiracy theories with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson

10

NMT, trauma and childhood brain development with Dr Yvonne Maxwell

11

Mental health system reform in New South Wales

12

Complex Needs: supporting people experiencing significant service gaps

13

The role of provider-family partnerships for people with complex needs

14

Now the election is over, what’s in store for Australia’s mental health?

15

Psychopharmacology for complex needs with Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Danny Sullivan

16

Creating stable bases for young people who commit serious youth-to-youth violence with Dr Lisa Warren

17

Complex Needs: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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Inclusive Leadership: Nothing about us, without us with Andrew Radford

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Complex Needs Conference 2025: The complexities of gang communities in Aotearoa with Dr Armon Tamatea

20

What are Restrictive Practices?

21

Wellbeing Tips for Christmas and New Year from a registered psychologist

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Why NDIS high intensity supports are essential for participants with challenging behaviours

23

Why loneliness is a health issue with Dr Michelle Lim

24

Prevention and Recovery Care (PARCs): mental health support in a home-like setting

25

A connected, compassionate response: Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) in Scotland

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Why transgender and gender diverse inclusion matters with Tara Laursen

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Autism, connection and relationships with Jodi Rodgers

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Self care, mental health and parenting a neurodivergent child with Donna Markham OAM

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Call us, definitely: crisis support with Lifeline Direct's Dr Jakqui Barnfield

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Family Violence: When fathers kill their children - with journalist and author Megan Norris

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Refugee mental health and settling into Australia with Abuzar Mazoori

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Miscarriage and mental health with Hard to Bear author Isabelle Oderberg

33

Get Real Quick Takes: Establishing supportive recovery-oriented relationships

34

The Homelessness Crisis in Melbourne's South East: ermha365 Pathways team

35

The Impact of Stalking on Victim-Survivors with Nicole Madigan

36

Get Real Quick Takes: What is Trauma-informed Practice?

37

Creatively exploring the family experience of mental ill health with Chelsea Plumley

38

Life, as I knew it, was over: Traumatic Birth Injury and Pelvic Organ Prolapse with Stephanie Thompson

39

Working in Partnership with Australia's First Peoples: Skills for Support Workers

40

Micro-aggressions, podcasting and the perils of being a people pleaser with Martha Gatwech

41

Meet Mental Health Victoria CEO Marcelle Mogg

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Life on the Road: Truck Driver Wellbeing with Road Transport and Road Safety Advocate Rod Hannifey

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Satellite Foundation: Supporting young people when a family member has mental ill-health

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Hope for healing and recovery for Complex Trauma with Dr Ahona Guha

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Burnt Out Chef: The Hospitality Industry and Mental Health with Alan Tompkins

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I drove drunk, became paralysed and found my purpose with Brianna Pauuwe

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Breaking silence & stigma about complex mental health with journalist Elfy Scott

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When Christmas isn’t the most wonderful time of the year

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Loss, grief and coping over Christmas with Funeral Director Kelly Scott

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My battle with PTSD and keeping hope with Vietnam Veteran and author Dave Morgan

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Being unapologetically me! with Heidi Anderson

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Creating community and connection when The Job ends with Police Veterans Victoria CEO David McGowan

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The living experience workforce and governance training for mental health consumers

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Foster Carer Stories Part 3: Allison

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Foster Carer Stories Part 2: Camilla

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Foster Care Stories Part 1: Jackson

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Foster Care - the facts with Jasmine Isaacs, Fostering Connections

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What parents can do if their teen self harms with Michelle Mitchell

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Exploring personal trauma through poetry with Anders Villani

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Advocacy for a strong and sustainable NDIS with Laurie Leigh, CEO National Disability Services

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Helping children adapt to change in a global pandemic with Michelle Macpherson, pediatric psychologist

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Living through sexual and domestic violence and my bipolar diagnosis at age 42 with Jacqueline Ellwood

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Workplace violence and aggression - why training is crucial

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I was a suburban husband, dad and corporate employee…then I went to jail with Will Patterson

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My quest for more support for South Sudanese youth after losing my son to suicide with Nyibil Amum

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40 years of ermha365 - reflections and celebrations

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Flipping his script on how to treat mental health with Dr Fred Moss

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Healthcare professionals and mental health (Part 2) with Dr Kieran Allen

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Healthcare professionals and mental health (Part 1) with Heather Pickard

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Living with chronic pain, surviving a natural disaster and writing to smash stigmas with Zoe Simmons

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Surviving my suicide attempt as a teenager and what came after with Emma Benoit

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A retired police officer’s PTSD story with Bob Marmion

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Normalising mental health help-seeking (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)

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Late-diagnosed Autism in women and peer support (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)

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Mental Health Support for Men (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)

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Telling your lived experience story (GET REAL Summer Series 2022)

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Self-care - what it is and why it is important

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Alcohol, anxiety and mental health with Jill Stark

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Episode 45: Pressures on mental health and support service helplines during COVID-19

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Episode 44: Lived Experience (Part 15) Bruce Perham – prison officers, PTSD and confronting my own trauma

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Episode 43: Lived Experience (Part 14) Robert Macpherson – PTSD in humanitarian Aid workers

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Episode 42: Carers' experience and reactions to the Royal Commission

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Episode 41: Lived Experience (Part 13) Heidi Everett – writing fearlessly about my psych reality

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Episode 40: Lived Experience (Part 12) John S. Payne – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in emergency responders

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Episode 39: Lived Experience (Part 11) Anna Spargo-Ryan – parenting with mental illness

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Episode 38: LGBTQ+ mental health and reactions to the Royal Commission

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Episode 37: Lived Experience (part 10) Jessie Aiton – late diagnosed autism

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Episode 36: Veterans’ mental health with RSL Victoria’s Adam "Buzz" Lawson and Dr Carolyn Deans

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Episode 35: Lived Experience (Part 9) Ruth Clare – the effects of war on families

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Episode 34: Next to Normal – the ground-breaking musical exploring mental illness

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Episode 33: Lived Experience, Part 8: Parenting my transgender child

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Episode 32: Lived Experience, Part 7: Lauren McGovern - transgender & mental health

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Episode 31: Reactions to the Mental Health Royal Commission

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Episode 30: Creativity, disability and mental health - what’s the connection?

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Episode 29: Why are there so many people with disabilities in prison?

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Episode 28: Lived Experience series (Part 6) - Susan Berg, The Girl Who Lived

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Episode 27: The outlook for people with a disability in 2021

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Episode 26: Homelessness - where we are, and what’s ahead

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GET REAL Summer Series, Episode 5 – Peer Workers, lived experience and mental health recovery

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GET REAL Summer Series, Episode 4 – Housing for people with high complex needs

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GET REAL Summer Series, Episode 3 – Mental health, disability, and the criminal justice system

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GET REAL Summer Series, Episode 2 - Celebrating PARCs

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GET REAL Summer Series, Episode 1 – Caring for Carers

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Episode 20: From illness, to wellness, to recovery: Suicide Prevention

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Episode 19: Invisible Disabilities

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Episode 18: Lived Experience series (Part 5), Yvonne Sillett: The Power of Sharing Your Story in Mental Health Recovery from LGBTIQ+ discrimination

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Episode 17: Lived Experience series (Part 4), Peer Workers and Mental Health Recovery

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Episode 16: Lived Experience series (Part 3), Graeme Alford: Never Give Up

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Episode 15: Lived Experience series (Part 2), Steve Cain – Nothing Is Impossible

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Episode 14: Lived Experience series (Part 1), Hard Cuddles – mental health support for men

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Episode 13: The Royal Commission on the Mental Health System in Victoria – where are we at and where are we heading?

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Episode 12: Housing for people with high & complex needs

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Episode 11: Why is a model of practice so important when supporting people with high & complex needs?

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Episode 10: Celebrating PARCs (Part 2)

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Episode 9: Careers in Mental Health & Disability

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Episode 8: Celebrating PARCs (Part 1)

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Episode 7: Mental health, disability, and the criminal justice system

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Episode 6: Human Rights and Disability

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Episode 5: Getting help for your mental health during COVID-19

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Episode 4: Telehealth - delivering mental health support in a time of social distancing

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Episode 3: VROOM VROOM - Virtual Reality training for the psychosocial disability workforce

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Episode 2: The disability sector response to COVID-19

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Episode 1 – Who cares? Caring for carers