Emma Gee:
Lived Experience Consultant | Occupational Therapist & Author
Meet Australia’s most impactful & unique rehabilitation health advocate, workshop leader, consultant, mentor, and keynote speaker.
Be inspired to live a life you love.
Emma’s
Services
Emma’s services include: keynote presentations, workshops and consulting
“From Emma, we actually know more about the client’s perspective – from Emma’s perspective – because she has lived experience.”
From Emma, we actually know more about the client’s perspective – from Emma’s perspective – because she has lived experience
You will hire Emma because through her lived experience she:
- Knows how to develop resilience, grow perspective, and reflect on practice
- She delivers teachings on collaborative strategies, developing empathy, and strengthening relationships
- She helps you improve critical thinking, apply learnings, and gain understanding
By engaging with Emma and her work you will be inspired, discover new ways to be challenged, and actively decide what you choose to value.
“Emma’s honest, raw and often humorous depiction of her journey was both engaging and compelling, and challenged us all to re-evaluate our attitudes and practices”
Blogs
Blogs
The Value of Collaboration & Lived Experience Input
My eye patch fabrication process has been led by Dr. Jeff Magallanes, a Maxillofacial Prosthetist from The Royal Melbourne Hospital. His experience and help during the process has been invaluable. Recently, he spoke to me about my lived experience and the value of...
20 years of Reflecting, Refuelling and Reinventing
Today marks 20 years since my brain surgery and subsequent stroke. This has been a very gruelling stage in my life, and I guess continues to be. However, I feel so privileged to be able to advocate and educate and make this experience worthwhile. I definitely find...
Testimonials
“…Emma, brings a unique and invaluable perspective to our students through her lived experience as a stroke survivor…”
“…Emma’s ability to connect with students and convey the importance of a person-centred approach in therapy is truly remarkable.
“ …Her insights into the challenges and triumphs of her journey, both as a health care professional and a patient, provide our students with a profound understanding of the impact of their future roles as physiotherapists…”
“…Emma’s story of overcoming adversity and her emphasis on the potential for growth and recovery resonate deeply with our students, leaving a lasting impression.…We highly recommend Emma Gee as a guest speaker for any educational program or event. Her expertise, passion, and personal experiences make her an exceptional and inspiring speaker”
Prue Morgan & Kelly Saber
Physiotherapy Department
Monash University
“I have heard you speak Emma and been absolutely blown away by the value in what you have to say. The combination of the patient perspective and the clinician perspective is a treasure! It’s gold!”
Susan Aldrich
Occupational Therapist
“Not only is Emma an absolute joy to work with but her unique journey and insights are the most inspirational to learn about, both personally and professionally. I’ve engaged with Emma on two occasions now and we will continue to collaborate in the future. My speech pathology team were lucky enough to hear Emma speak and they left feeling so empowered to approach their clinical work with a new found perspective and, practise our mission with even more precision and understanding; ‘to empower every person to reach their full potential’. Emma highlights her rehabilitation journey following stroke and the critical impact that holistic and functional approaches to care made to her outcomes. Emma is a true inspiration to all and encapsulates, so beautifully in her words that; ‘it’s not what happens in life that matters, it’s how you choose to deal with it’. I can’t recommend Emma more highly for your next professional event! An absolute icon!”
Gabriella Ptasznik| CEO GRP Speech Pathology
Upcoming
Events
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Ballarat Community Health Service Keynotes x 3: Person Centred Care & Collaboration, 2024
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Brain Matters Book Club: Q & A with the author of Reinventing Emma , 2024
Deakin University Workshop: Exploring nature-based design in stroke rehabilitation settings, 2024
Safe Carer Victoria and Stroke Foundation: Inquiry into Women’s Pain Workshops x 3 2024
Monash Health Allied Health Celebration, 2024
Swinburne University Occupational Therapy Lecture: Person-centred Care, 2024
University of Melbourne. Music Therapy Students, 2024
Monash University. Occupational & Physiotherapy Students, 22 August 2024.
Deakin University. Occupational Therapy 4th Year Students, 2024.
NSW Health World Kindness Event, 2024.
Australian Catholic University Occupational Therapy Lecture: Person-centred Care, 2024
Flinders University. Asset Self Efficacy Project (ongoing)
Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing External Sector Advisory Group (ongoing)
Monash University – Stakeholder Advisory Group (ongoing)
Co-Authoring chapter on occupational therapy and assistive technology in the 3rd edition of Occupational Therapy in Australia, 2024
Co-Authoring chapter on Co-designing plans to access, initiate and sustain occupational participation, Curtin et al. Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment_8th edn
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