Matthew Jackman
Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia
Biography
Matthew Jackman holds a BSW (Honours) from Monash University and is completing his Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the Australian College of Applied Psychology. He is a Lived Experience Academic at the Department of Social Work, Monash University in Melbourne Australia. He currently serves as the Western Pacific Representative on the Global Mental Health Peer Network in line with the Movement for Global Mental Health. He has partnered with academics at Yale, Harvard, Kings College and Ryerson University through his global mental health lived experience research and advocacy. Matthew is an international social worker and human rights activist who focuses his research and teaching on social and structural determinants causing mental distress amongst persons, families and communities.