DIANE

Diane graduated with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Hons) from LaTrobe University in 1999. She has worked across a range of settings including mental health rehabilitation, and in physical health, in acute and rehabilitation. She also worked as team leader and senior OT in community health, in homelessness. She wrote the training manual ‘Living skills: A guide to assessment and intervention for people at risk of homelessness' (1st & 2nd editions). She also worked at Cunningham Dax Collection for psychiatric art, where she lectured to school students to decrease stigma about mental illness. Diane has worked in private practice for the past 13 years, providing services to NDIS, Disability Client Services, Mental Health Services, the Transport Accident Commission, health care centers and homelessness agencies... Diane helps people acquire the skills needed for independent living. She works with people who have cognitive impairment as a result of mental health conditions, acquired..