Jd Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Through my Creative Art Therapy business, Craft your Response, I facilitate Art Therapy Group sessions with Trans Space for transgender community and Last Hurrah Funerals for those on grief and loss journeys. More partnerships to follow but the common thread will be Group Art Therapy offerings that emphasise playfulness, emergence, autonomy and all forms.

In this role I lead the Youth Lived Experience division at Orygen Specialist Programs, providing supervision to senior lived experience workers and engaging in advocacy for and development of the lived experience workforce within Orygen.

In this role I provide outreach support as part of a multidisciplinary team to young people for a period of three months following an experience of suicidality, self-harm or a suicide attempt.

In this role I facilitate Creative Art Therapy sessions for individuals and groups accessing horticultural therapies at Kevin Heinze Grow. I use a variety of modalities, inspired by the natural environment of the gardens, to support participants living with disability to build their capacity through art making.

In this role I am fortunate to learn more about Arts Facilitation, particularly Art for Wellbeing, working with diverse groups of young people in an emergent way.

In this role I Co-Chair a Technical Advisory Group of the Mental Health Commission. The Group is comprised of a diverse group of people with relevant professional experience and lived experience who all have a keen interest in addressing public stigma.

In this role I facilitate art workshops for disabled people living in Merri-bek with a focus on developing social connection.

In this role I work digitally to provide peer support to Australians living with complex mental health issues. I provide peer support via web chat, email, forums and over the phone and in online peer groups.

This is a very flexible role that allows me to work with a diverse range of young people to explore their experiences of disability within various social contexts. I work to chair CYDA’s inaugural Youth Exexutive, facilitate focus groups, conduct research, and assist in the fostering of youth leadership in the disability sector. I have also been fortunate.

As a member of the Australian Youth Advocates for Mental Health, I engaged in the co-design, development and launch of co-design of Visible: an arts based mental health initiative. Visible brought together young Australians from all over the country with artists to tell stories about their mental health experiences with the aim to decrease stigma, and.

In my role as a NDIS Educator with VMIAC I travelled to regional and rural regions of Victoria and provide support and education to community members about how to apply for the NDIS psychosocial support. I also facilitate Critical Reference Group about the NDIS and develop resources and events based co-production with this group. This included but was not.

I conducted qualitative analysis on a study surrounding the use of augmented reality and virtual assistants to aid people with Dementia and their support people.

As a Graduate Research Assistant on the Journey to Social Inclusion study, i investigated the impact of an innovative intervention on the lives of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness through qualitative and quantitative interviews.

Master Of Creative Arts Therapy

Honours, Psychology, Hd

I conducted my Honours research on the impact of the AFLW on the motivation and self-efficacy of amateur female athletes. This enquiry was.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology And Sport Science, Hd