Cara is in recovery from anorexia nervosa, which she's struggled with on and off since her teens. She also has bipolar disorder. Cara has a background as a registered mental health nurse and recently qualified as a children's cognitive behavioural therapist.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/what-its-like-to-work-in-mental-health-services-when-you-have-a-mental-illness