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Viv Kissane, OAM

CEO / Founder, Peach Tree
Panellists have generously contributed to our CPD webinars. Please note that they are not employed by MHPN, and we are unable to contact them or provide referrals on your behalf. Please do not send us patient details.

After her own personal experience with perinatal mental illness and losing a family member to maternal suicide, Viv founded Peach Tree in 2011. Since then, she has been using her lived experience to raise awareness of perinatal and infant mental health and wellbeing. Peach Tree has grown into a thriving peer organisation offering services from Cairns to Gold Coast, operating seven Parent Wellbeing Centres and proudly stands as the largest employer of perinatal mental health lived experience workers in Australia. Viv has been involved in consumer representative work and has contributed extensively to systemic advocacy and consultation work in governance and strategy at National, State and local levels. In 2022, Viv received an Order of Australia medal for her work in community mental health.

The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. Find out more.