Do you worry about how much, or how little to share? What’s appropriate? How you connect if you don’t have the same experiences, diagnosis, etc.?
This workshop will explore the acronym WAIT “why am I talking”, the different types of sharing you may be asked to do within your role, how to determine what’s ok and what’s not, how to connect regardless of whether you share the same experiences, and how to use your experiences to support others in non LLE roles, including multi-disciplinary teams, to gain a greater understanding from a LLE perspective.
Facilitator: Robyn Priest
Robyn Priest has built a career shaped by their own mental health adventures. They have been fortunate and privileged to live and work in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada in a range of LLE-designated roles for almost 30 years. Robyn has worked in LLE-run organisations, mainstream services with LLE roles, state government health services, government funding roles and, for many years, through their own consultancy business. For more than 15 years, Robyn has developed and implemented a range of LLEW roles and delivered training for frontline LLEW workers and supervisors across diverse settings. Robyn is currently the Manager of the Collective and, in their spare time, still delivering a first of its kind in the world, 60 hour Peer Support Professional certification training in Colorado that includes MH, AOD, HR and family LLEW in the same training.