Youth Advisors in Governance

Rebecca Langman

Rebecca is a consumer lived experience leader in public mental health services. She is the Director of Consumer Lived/Living Experience at Alfred Mental and Addiction Health. Previously, Rebecca worked on Kaurna Land as the Coordinator Consumer Engagement & Lived Experience for the Central Adelaide Local Health Network’s Mental Health Clinical Program. She was a Board Member and Deputy Chair on the LELAN board, South Australia's peak body for people with lived experience.

Her career in lived experience began as a member of the Orygen Youth Advisory Council in 2017. Rebecca has worked as a Peer Specialist in public hospital and community environments. She has a Bachelor of Media Arts majoring in Performing Arts & Film/TV Production and a Bachelor of Psychological Science from the University of South Australia. Her special interests include early intervention, peer support, experiences of trauma, outdoor/adventure therapy and access to emergency care.

A firm believer in 'nothing about us without us', Rebecca is excited to walk alongside peers, carers and clinical staff on the journey of reform with the ultimate aim of a world where mental health care is recovery-focused, strengths-based and trauma informed.