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Rich McLean

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 THERAPEUTIC PEER SUPPORT, & CREATIVE-ARTS-LIFE-COACHING at www.richmclean.com.au

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'...Because 'Recovery' means something different for each unique individual.'

Contact Information

Company Name
www.richmclean.com.au
Phone Number
0400 639 248

Company Details

Year Established
1992
Hours of Operation
mon- fri 09:00 - 17:00
Accepted Forms of Payments
NDIS, Bank Transfer, Self-managed, Plan managed.
Credentials
INTERVIEWS / FILM / TV & PRESENTATIONS:

See advocacy and public presentations here:

https://www.richmclean.com.au/presentations




'Collected Thoughts 3', DVD Film by the Dax Collection, aimed at year eleven and twelve students,

Radio National 'Life Matters' program. Julie McCrossin-ABC National,

'Good Morning Australia' with Steve Leidman for 'Compulsive Executions' exhibition and book launch,

The Today show,

Video interview with Frankie Fathers, Reuters TV (International),

McGill University, (Multiple Presentations at the College of Philosophical and Religious Studies), Montreal, Canada.

Triple J-Youth Network, Rachel Kerr,

Stateline program on ABC TV,

Tricia Duffield on Radio 2SM, Sydney,

Martin Powley for ABC Gold & Sunshine Coasts, QLD,

The Drug Debate, SBS television with Jenny Brocky,

Fiona Sewell for ABC Radio Adelaide,

Statewide afternoons, ABC,

James Valentine for ABC Radio 702,

Phillip Brady & Bruce Mansfield on Radio 3AW 'Nightline',

John Weeks from Spectrum FM Radio,

Pieta O'Shaughnessy on Curtin Radio (Perth),

Tony Wilson & Richard Watts Smart Arts for Triple R (Melb),

Felicity Biggins on Radio 2NUR in Newcastle,

ABC National, AM Program,

Channel 31 News, Chanel Seven News,

SANE DVD, 'Psychosis, Speaking from Experience',

JOY FM, National Gay and Lesbian Broadcaster,

Radio National-Life Matters-Art and Psychosis,

Local Radio, and ABC Regional, Dubbo,


PRINT MEDIA ARTICLES INCLUDE:



'Mental Health hits the Political Frontline'- article 'The Australian' after I spoke in the Australian parliament,

'Rider of the storm', The Age, Michael Winkler,

The Sydney Morning Herald-Reviewer Anne Deveson,

'My Descent Into Madness'-(That was an un-kind heading for the story from them don't you think?), Herald Sun,

MCV (Melbourne Community Voice), Gay and lesbian Street press.

www.eclinicalpsychiatrynews.com about visionary art,

Featured in Alex Grey's COSM, (Chapel Of Sacred Mirrors), in 2017,18 and 19,

Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Herald Sun, The Australian.

Article for www.eclinicalpsychiatrynews.com about psychosis and art,

Review in www.world-schizophrenia.org hard copy Mail-out.

Bright Lights and Dark Corners: Images and Words, www.medium.com

Interview with Arts Access Australia,

'Follow Your Passions to Make Life Bearable and Find Your True Authentic Self' - The Good Men project

Makers of Melbourne, Interview.

Happiness Advice From an Artist Living With Schizophrenia - HUFFINGTON POST article I wrote.

Interviewed by Naomi Fryers for 'The Good Men Project', republished on Huffington Post



NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:



Parliament House, Canberra, for 'SANE's Guide To Electoral Offices',

Recovered, Not Cured Book Presentation for Australian Centre for Youth Literature, (ACYL) - To librarians and school teachers,

Royal Melbourne Hospital-with MHRI (Mental health research Institute), - 'Psychosis and Cannabis' forum,

The guest keynote speaker for the exhibition: www.artagainststigma.org (Sydney).

The guest keynote speaker for the 34th Annual Mental Health Nurses Conference, Melbourne, Cebel Townhouse,

McGill University-Montreal, Paragraphe Bookstore-Montreal,

A local psychiatric care unit - Douglas Hospital in Montreal,

Launch-Artholes Gallery, Fitzroy, art exhibition,

Mental Health Research Institute (MHRI), - To researchers and biochemists, and social workers/psychologists inpatients,

Weekly lectures at the MHRI to give a lived experience perspective on art and mental health to year 11 and 12 students,

Forensicare Psychiatric Hospital, Fairfield - To consumer groups & 'Judging' an art competition. (More like feedback - art like beauty should never be judged),

EPPIC* Early Prevention Psychosis, for young people who are having first signs of psychosis,

Working with 'People Like You', a non-for profit organisation many times throughout Victoria, (Aulbury/Wodonga/)

Presentation for Australian Centre for Youth Literature (ACYL)-To 500 high school students,

Baw Baw youth Network - To social workers and youth planners,

The Richmond Fellowship - Warnambool; To consumers and their families,

St Andrew's Market - Mental Health Week,

Forensicare, Thomas Embling Hospital, Mental Health Week,

North West Area Mental Health, Coburg, to Consumer Advocacy group, families, consumers & their carers,

Presentation at The Dax Centre Melbourne for the state leaders and providers of Victorian Education System, (VCAT).

Many more monthly presentations at the then 'Cunningham Dax centre', to students studying psychology in year 11 and 12.
Honors & Awards
SANE Australia's 'Book of the Year',
Highly Commended in the Equal Rights & Equal Opportunity awards for my autobiography.
Bachelor of Fine Art
Masters in Education
Practising artist of 30 years
Former artist for The Herald Sun and The Age
Years of Speaking engagements
A Documentary made on my Life & Art
Awarded my Doctorate in Philosophy (Pending changes)