Giselle has long been interested in understanding distress in context. She is concerned about how hard it is to access quality information about psychiatric medications. Giselle works as a clinical psychologist in private practice in Te Whanganui-ā-tara/Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Before that, she worked in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, in NGOs, and at a university training clinical psychologists. She provides therapy, supervision, training and courses through gisellebahr.co.nz and actwellington.co.nz.

Jeltsje is a social worker who is passionate about understanding and mitigating the environmental causes of mental distress. Her areas of interest include working with people who struggle with intense emotions, self-harm, suicidal behaviours and trauma responses. She provides therapy, supervision, consultations and teaching to clinicians. Jeltsje has been working for the Mental Health Service since 2004 and currently manages a small team in Wellington. 

Nigel is passionate about responding to the needs of the rainbow community through the use of evidence-based therapies and uplifting the nursing profession within the mental wellbeing sector. He is a Registered Nurse with many years experience working in a variety of mental health roles in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. He has also held a part-time position as a Senior Lecturer at Massey University's School of Nursing teaching Postgraduate Mental wellbeing courses. Nigel is a co-founder of the Queer Therapy Collective, a collective of queer identifying therapists. He works in private practice in Te Whanganui-ā-tara/Wellington offering therapy and supervision. 

Mary Clark is a retired clinical psychologist with an interest in community responses to mental distress and how we manage distress within the current restraints of the mental health system. She has raised two neuro-diverse children into adulthood and continues to be an advocate for holistic ways of understanding people and how they can best make use of their strengths whilst acknowledging their struggles. Mary originally trained as a nurse and a midwife. She now enjoys having the time to explore her academic interests, including how exercise affects wellbeing and cognitions.