Clare Dehring

Hello! My name is Clare (she/her). I’m a lived and living experience practitioner who is passionate about creating spaces where people feel genuinely heard, respected and understood. I bring warmth, curiosity, authenticity and a strong belief that people are experts in their own lives.

Outside of work, I’m a mum of two young boys, and two beautiful cats. I love good food, the beach, moving my body and a good night’s sleep.

I joined the lived-experience workforce over nine years ago as a peer worker and have since worked across community mental health services specialising in perinatal mental health and eating disorders. I’ve worked within predominantly lived-experience teams as well as multidisciplinary environments.

I have experience supporting teams of peer workers, facilitating groups, workshops and training sessions, and contributing to program delivery and development. I’ve also been involved in advisory groups and co-design projects.

I have experience providing both group and individual supervision and completed Consumer Perspective Supervision (CPS) training in 2024.

Consumer Perspective Supervision (CPS)

Intentional Peer Support (IPS)

eCPR

CALM

Single Session Thinking (SST)

Consumers Leading in Governance (CLIG)

I believe that connection, trust and authenticity should be centred in supervision. I want supervision to feel like a safe (enough), supportive and genuine space where people can talk openly. I enjoy helping people reflect and navigate the joys and challenges of working from a consumer perspective, while staying connected to what matters to them.

I try to be flexible and responsive, while making space for different experiences, ideas and perspectives. I see supervision as an opportunity to learn together, troubleshoot, ‘zoom out’ and support confident, sustainable practice.