Sydney, NSW - At seventeen, Max Simensen was searching for a way to make sense of his own mental health journey.
He found it in a new kind of role - peer work - where personal lived experience becomes a professional strength.
"I found that peer work had a lot of the answers for the questions that I was asking. Having access to peer work, philosophy and that way of thinking completely transformed how I understood my experiences," says Max.
Today, Max is a trainer with Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC), helping others follow a similar path.
"Getting to have conversations that hopefully result in people getting to have better quality relationships is kind of my ultimate goal."
Max's story is part of a much larger shift.
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