Organizing Committee Member
Phoebe Kingston
Deputy Chair of NMHS Community Advisory Council
Member WA Recovery College Expert Panel
Western Australia
Biography
Phoebe Kingston is a mental health professional working in several roles in Western Australia (WA) including; peer support, professional speaking, several representative/advisory/advocacy roles, Board member for Recovery Rocks Community Inc’, member of an Open Dialogue Model for WA Working Party, Deputy Chair of the Community Advisory Council and Project Lead for Position Statements for the Community Advisory Council (CAC). Phoebe has been involved in several ground-breaking and innovative projects and initiatives in WA including the Increasing Membership Participation Advocacy & Co-design/production Training Project with the Western Australian Association Mental Health. In 2016 Phoebe completed the first and only tertiary Lived Experience Educator Unit in Australia at Curtin University, WA. In early 2018 she was appointed to the WA Recovery College Model Expert Panel where she’s overseeing development of the draft model of service for WA’s first recovery college network, reporting to the Minister via the Mental Health Commission WA.
Research Area
Mental Health & Positive Psychology