Established in 2011, inside out & associates australia has emerged from its founders’ extensive experience in the mental health sector, representing a valuable combination of:
- lived experience of mental distress and recovery and the intentional use of this experience to advocate, educate and transform
- family/carer experience and the intentional use of this to advocate, educate and transform
- systemic advocacy, community liaison and development, and service delivery across a range of settings
- education, consultation and research experience
In addition, inside out’s approach to all of its work is one of co-creation – that all projects at every phase are co-designed, co-developed, co-facilitated, co-produced, and co-evaluated by consultants who bring a combination of the above perspectives, and with lived perspectives upheld as a crucial key to better understanding and responding to mental distress and its impacts.
inside out is a respected provider of mental health consultancy services with experience working with a range of providers including:
- NSW Ministry of Health
- VMIAC
- Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
- Mental Health Australia
- Recovery Colleges
- Partners in Recovery Consortiums
- The National Mental Health Commission
- Headspace
- the Forensic Hospital NSW
- the Mental Health Review Tribunal
- public mental health services
inside out has worked with these (and other) organisations to assist them to support peer endeavours and promote approaches that are recovery-oriented and co-created. In essence, these approaches are based in consumer self-determination and self-management, connectedness and citizenship. This is in line with the most contempoary approaches in mental health around the world.
