Cara Lisette

The Proper Mental Podcast

Welcome to episode 142 with Cara Lisette, who is a mental health writer and campaigner, a registered mental health nurse and CBT therapist.

In this episode I chat to Cara about her work in mental health services and some of the reasons why she got in to nursing and trained to be a therapist.

Cara has many years of experience of living with an eating disorder and bipolar disorder and in this episode Cara and I chat about some of the ways that these diagnosis impact each other and how she manages both of them day to day.

We chat about her experiences of mental ill health during childhood and the differences between child and adult services and we also chat about relapse, recovery and the bits in between.

Cara is the author of creative activity journals for eating disorders, bipolar and OCD which were inspired by some of the creative tools that she used as part of her own recovery and we also chat about creativity and the role it plays in good mental health.

I really enjoyed chatting to Cara and we cover a lot here. Her experiences of mental health services on both sides and at different stages of her life have given her an incredible insight which was fascinating to explore.

You can find out more about Cara’s books and ll the other work that she does via her website https://caras-corner.com.

You can follow her on social media @caralisette

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