Bliss Jackman
Carer Consultant, Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED)
Bliss is the CEED Team Leader – Lived Experience. She is a professional by experience, having supported her daughter with Anorexia Nervosa and understands the distinct challenges of the caring role on the family and support system.\
She draws on her years of experience of caring, a previous career in finance and now in her psychology studies to bring a depth of understanding, compassion to the work of evaluation and research.\
Bliss is also a peer researcher and has experience in leadership positions; currently sitting on several Department of Health (Victoria) committees and state-wide leadership teams. She dedicated to the voice of lived experience being integrated at every level of the mental health system.\
Bliss is passionate about family-inclusive (family of choice or family of origin) practices and encourages services to engage all networks and supports to see improved outcomes for people experiencing mental health challenges, and for those who love them.