Tahnee McBean
Tahnee McBean is a descendent of the Kuyani people and completed undertaking a Master of Psychology (Clinical) at the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Monash University. She has a variety of experience volunteering with community organisations, particularly those providing services to youth and women, as well as tutoring undergraduate psychology students as part of the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme. As an Aboriginal woman Tahnee is passionate about Aboriginal mental health, and Indigenous people’s experiences with mental health and mental health services.
Tahnee wants to deliver culturally appropriate clinical services Aboriginal people and also learn how to deliver culturally sensitive psychological services to people from other cultures. Following completion of the Masters course, Tahnee wants to contribute to making mental health services more accessible to those in need, and to play a role as an educator to reduce the stigma that continues to surround mental illness in Australia.