Profiles
Welcome to career profiles - here you can read about people who have found satisfying and challenging roles in the mental health sector, often through transferring skills and knowledge from previous careers.
They all have the opportunity to make a difference through supporting people who experience mental illness - maybe they will inspire you to follow in their footsteps...
Adel Stephenson
Workwise Employment Agency regional manager
Bernadette Forde-Paus
Nurse practitioner mental health (Prescribing)
Brent Tohiariki
Counsellor
Cathy Tod
Crisis nurse
Christine Kalin
Chief executive officer of Odyssey House
Christmas Seu
Mental health nurse
Cynthia Spittal
Clinical social worker and primary case manager
Daryle Deering
Senior lecturer
Elly Richards
Community alcohol and drugs service - pregnancy and parental nurse
Heather Fletcher
Registered music therapist
Gabriela Wittmann
Child psychotherapist
Grant Williams
Manager of The Carroll Street Trust and Southern Rehabilitation Services
Ivan Yeo
Mental health foundation project worker
Janette Symes
Clinical nurse specialist
Jon Ballantyne
Clinical psychologist
Margaret Pack
Programme coordinator /lecturer in allied mental health
Margot Pakenham
Art therapist
Mary Gibson
Team leader occupational therapy team
Mary Roberts
Occupational therapist
Patrick Au
Nurse coordinator Asian mental health services
Rawena Rangitauira
Alcohol and other drugs practitioner
Rees Tapsell
Executive clinical director of Midlands regional forensic services
Robyn Meichtry
Senior mental health support worker
Sharon Schwalger
Social worker - residential psychiatric service
Sione Vaka
Lecturer and PhD candidate
Tony O'Brien
Nursing lecturer and nurse specialist
Wendy Tuck
Clinical psychologist professional advisor