Wren Batten
About me
This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT
Wren (they/them) is a consumer lived experience leader working within Victoria’s public mental health system. Their lived and living experiences of mental health distress and suicidality have shaped their understanding of power, identity, belonging, and connection. These experiences continue to inform their practice and approach to supervision.
Wren identifies as a non-binary, queer, and neurodivergent person, whose identity has influenced their mental health experiences as they have navigated service access. They understand that experiences of distress, healing, and recovery are shaped by the many identities, communities, systems, and structures we have uniquely moved through. They recognise that mental health systems can offer support while also cause harm, and see supervision as a space to unpack these complexities honestly and thoughtfully.
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.
My experience
2024 - Consumer perspective LLE worker - Latrobe Regional Health, community based with inpatient inreach
2025 - Consumer perspective LLE senior - Latrobe Regional Health, senior for community and inpatient consumer LLE workers
My current role/work
My current role is the Consumer Lead & Consultant at Latrobe Regional Health, in Traralgon Victoria
My training
Present - Charles Sturt University Graduate Certificate of Health Management & Leadership
Present - University of Wollongong Masters of Autism & Neurodivergence
2024 - Mind Peer Work Program, IPS Core training
2023 - Swinburne University Certificate IV Mental Health Peer Work
My approach to supervision
Their approach to supervision is relational, reflective, and grounded in curiosity. Wren brings warmth, authenticity, and a commitment to building trusting relationships. They draw on human rights, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive principles, and are open to learning from the experiences and perspectives supervisees bring.
Wren has a particular interest in critical reflection holding space for questions of identity, disclosure, boundaries, power, and authenticity, and how these shape practice and relationships. They enjoy supporting consumer workers to navigate complexity while staying connected to their values, lived experience knowledge, and sense of purpose. They are especially interested in supporting consumer workers who are new to the discipline and finding their feet, as they navigate the tensions of working within a system that doesn’t always equally value lived expertise.
Wren believes supervision is not about having all the answers. They see it as a collaborative space for curiosity, reflection, and learning together. They believe that none of us are finished products, and that meaningful growth comes from sitting with complexity rather than rushing toward certainty. Supervision for Wren is a way to stay grounded in the decline as its own unique way of knowing and being.