This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT.

I was born in Budapest, Hungary, where I worked as a travel agent, and later as a translator. Moving to Australia in my 30s taught me to become more adaptable while staying true to my roots and original dreams. Becoming a parent and carer for a child with mental health challenges lead me to a new career as a Carer Consultant. My experience as a migrant with English as a second language has made me more perceptive to diverse needs, appreciate new opportunities, value strong connections and support networks, and understand the importance of good communication.

Social justice, local communities and family traditions are all very important to me. I’ve been a volunteer at a Salvos store for over ten years. Just like my paid work and volunteering, what I enjoy most in my free time - such as travel, cooking, reading and crafts - helps me to connect with people, cultures and ideas.

This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT. If you are a supervisee who has received an approval email/letter from the CMHL you may contact this supervisor for supervision for this project, then follow the stated processes for supervision payment.

• 11 years as a Carer Consultant, which also involved a level of peer support work while being the single LE worker for the first seven years
• Mentoring and supporting new peer support workers
• Establishing and running advisory groups
• Research as a co-researcher of the Rising Together Project
• Project work, including co-designed projects
• Service design as the LE lead of the Child and Youth HOPE Project
• Developing and delivering training to clinical staff
• Inter-professional collaboration as a member of the MH Interprofessional Leadership Network
• Lived experience advisor for numerous initiatives and projects, including training, information provision to families and LE workforce development

• Carer Consultant at the Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health
• Project Co-lead for the Carer Consultant Community of Practice at Tandem
• Member of the Live Learn Lead Collective (LLLC), the lived experience advisory group at CMHL

Relevant training:

• Carer Perspective Supervision
• Single Session Peer Work by Bouverie
• IPS (Managers’ training)
• AIM Emerging Leaders Training
• TACSI Foundations for Co-design
• Introduction to Open Dialogue
• Group Facilitation
• Compassion Training
• Mental Health First Aid
• Family Therapy Foundations

As all my endeavours, I approach supervision with curiosity, an open mind and a desire to make a difference. I strive to create a warm yet professional space where everyone feels comfortable, enabling us to have frank conversations, share experiences, reflect on challenges, explore ideas and strategies, and celebrate achievements. I like to adopt a flexible approach whereby I am guided by the person I supervise, and the sessions are tailored to individual needs. Supervision works when it promotes personal and professional growth, nurtures self-awareness and supports well-being in a confidential, non-judgmental, unbiased and nurturing environment – and these are my guiding principles when providing carer perspective supervision.