Get Real: Talking mental health & disability
Get Real presents frank and fearless conversations about mental health and disability, including people with lived experience, frontline workers in the sector, as well as policymakers and advocates. Get Real is produced and hosted by Emily Webb and co-hosted by Karenza Louis-Smith on behalf of ermha365 Complex Mental Health and Disability Services provider (https://www.ermha.org/).
Episodes
102 episodes
Why NDIS high intensity supports are essential for participants with challenging behaviours
Participants, families and providers across Australia are trying to make sense of what the latest NDIS Price Guide means for them – and this is in addition to the changes slated in the Federal Government’s Getting the NDIS Back on Track Bill.&n...
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Season 5
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Episode 98
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28:26
Why loneliness is a health issue with Dr Michelle Lim
Our guest for this episode is Dr Michelle Lim, Scientific Chair and CEO of Ending Loneliness Together - a national network of organisations that work together to address the loneliness in people living in Australia. This is done through evidenc...
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Season 5
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Episode 97
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20:52
Prevention and Recovery Care (PARCs): mental health support in a home-like setting
This is an edited version of our 2020 two-part podcast Celebrating PARCs, hosted by Chief Marketing Officer Robyn Haydon.Prevention and Recovery Care services (PARCs) are short and extended residential and day programs that provides 24-hour...
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Season 5
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Episode 96
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20:05
A connected, compassionate response: Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) in Scotland
In this episode, we're thrilled to welcome Kimberley Irwin and Ian Graham from Change Mental Health in Scotland to talk about the Distress Brief Intervention (DBI...
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Season 5
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Episode 95
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44:20
Why transgender and gender diverse inclusion matters with Tara Laursen
This is a special episode in recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) which happens every year on March 31. This day is for learning more about and celebrating the lives and achievements of transgender people.&nb...
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Season 5
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Episode 94
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35:31
Autism, connection and relationships with Jodi Rodgers
Our first guest for 2024 is Jodi Rodgers. Jodi is a sexologist, counsellor and special education teacher and has a Masters in Sexual Health. For Jodi, connection, intimacy and relationships are a basic human right and this drives her work, in p...
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Season 5
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Episode 93
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49:19
Self care, mental health and parenting a neurodivergent child with Donna Markham OAM
This is our final episode for 2023, and we thought it would be timely to talk about self-care, especially during Christmas and the New Year period with, as always, a focus on mental health. Donna Markham is our guest. Donna is a qualified...
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Season 4
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Episode 92
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33:23
Call us, definitely: crisis support with Lifeline Direct's Dr Jakqui Barnfield
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Jakqui Barnfield, Lifeline Direct's Executive Director of Service Delivery.Jakqui is a registered nurse with a passion for ...
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Season 4
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Episode 91
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51:08
Family Violence: When fathers kill their children - with journalist and author Megan Norris
Our special guest, veteran court reporter and author, Megan Norris talks about her book 'Look What You Made Me Do' which examines revenge killings by ...
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Season 4
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Episode 90
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1:09:48
Refugee mental health and settling into Australia with Abuzar Mazoori
Our guest for this episode is Abuzar Mazoori, who came to Australia from Afghanistan as a refugee in 2017.Abuzar, who has a law degree and worked as an advocate for human rights in Afghanistan, currently works for Foundation House in Melbou...
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Season 4
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Episode 89
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39:01
Miscarriage and mental health with Hard to Bear author Isabelle Oderberg
Our guest for this episode is Isabelle Oderberg. Isabelle is a Melbourne-based journalist and author who joins Get Real to talk about her book
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Season 4
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Episode 88
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45:49
Get Real Quick Takes: Establishing supportive recovery-oriented relationships
How can a support worker establish a supportive relationship in recovery-oriented practice? In the world of mental health, there's no one-size-fits-all approach. This conversation offers versatile strategies and insights to und...
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Season 4
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Episode 87
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20:07
The Homelessness Crisis in Melbourne's South East: ermha365 Pathways team
This is an episode recorded during Homelessness Week 2023, live from Harmony Square Dandenong in Melbourne's south east at an event on 8 August co-hosted by Wayss and City of Greater Dandenong.We speak with ermha365's Rosie Taylo...
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Season 4
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Episode 86
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20:47
The Impact of Stalking on Victim-Survivors with Nicole Madigan
Our guest for this episode is Nicole Madigan. Nicole is a writer, author and investigative journalist. Nicole has written her first non-fiction book called
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Season 4
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Episode 85
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51:01
Get Real Quick Takes: What is Trauma-informed Practice?
What is trauma-informed practice? Learn how trauma is defined and understood, and strategies for helping. This podcast is part of ermha365's Skills for Support Workers training podcasts, available on our website and produced part...
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Season 4
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Episode 84
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22:41
Creatively exploring the family experience of mental ill health with Chelsea Plumley
Our guest for this episode is award-winning Theatre & Cabaret Artist, playwright, producer, musician and all-round creative dynamo Chelsea Plumley. Chelsea has written and produced her first play, Beautiful Highness, which premiered i...
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Season 4
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Episode 83
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52:23
Life, as I knew it, was over: Traumatic Birth Injury and Pelvic Organ Prolapse with Stephanie Thompson
Imagine going through a traumatic childbirth injury, then finding out you have severe pelvic organ prolapse, an invisible and life-altering disability. How would you cope? Our guest for this episode is Stephanie Thompson, a courageous mot...
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Season 4
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Episode 82
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1:14:11
Working in Partnership with Australia's First Peoples: Skills for Support Workers
This is an edited version of an episode from a podcast series produced by ermha365, which is part of the Developing the growing new NDIS (psychosocial disability) Workfor...
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Season 4
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Episode 81
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17:26
Micro-aggressions, podcasting and the perils of being a people pleaser with Martha Gatwech
Our guest for this episode is Martha Gatwech, a young women from Melbourne’s south east.Martha, who is South Sudanese Australian, is also a podcaster who talks about the realities of being a young woman, racism, mental health and finding...
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Season 4
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Episode 80
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30:03
Meet Mental Health Victoria CEO Marcelle Mogg
Marcelle Mogg, CEO of Mental Health Victoria is our guest for this episode.Mental Health Victoria is the peak body for mental health and wellbeing in Victoria.Mental Health Victoria d...
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Season 4
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Episode 79
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46:41
Life on the Road: Truck Driver Wellbeing with Road Transport and Road Safety Advocate Rod Hannifey
Rod Hannifey's been driving B-double trucks for decades. He’s driven millions of kilometres over that time, all across Australia. Rod came to my attention when I was researching wellbeing and the Truck Driving industry. Rod’s a well-known advoc...
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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32:47
Satellite Foundation: Supporting young people when a family member has mental ill-health
Satellite Foundation is focused on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people where a family member, like a parent or sibling has a mental illness or mental health challenges and the youth they support are aged 8-25 and live i...
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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40:24
Hope for healing and recovery for Complex Trauma with Dr Ahona Guha
Dr Ahona Guha is a Melbourne-based forensic and clinical psychologist. She works with survivors of abuse and those who live with trauma.Ahona also works with perpetrators of harmful behaviours to assess risk, and provides treatment to re...
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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45:19
Burnt Out Chef: The Hospitality Industry and Mental Health with Alan Tompkins
Our guest for this episode is Alan Tomkins who is an ambassador for the Burn Chef Project, which was set up in the UK in 2019 to eradicate mental health stigma within hospitality.Alan was a chef for 22 years before finally leaving the in...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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33:24
I drove drunk, became paralysed and found my purpose with Brianna Pauuwe
Our guest for this episode is Brianna Pauuwe who lives in the United States and advocates for and supports people with disabilities, with a focus on fitness, wellbeing and community for people who use wheelchairs.Brianna herself ...
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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43:20
