I am a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic therapist working in private practice in Brisbane. I work with adults and I offer comprehensive psychological assessment, brief and long-term treatment, and clinical supervision. 

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I was awarded a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) after completing graduate studies in Psychology and a bachelors degree in Biomedical Science. I have over 15 years of clinical experience in both public and private sector and I have also worked across both in-patient and outpatient clinical settings within Queensland Health and the Department of Communities. 

 

Clinical Work

• Private Practice, Ballow Chambers Spring Hill

• The Park Centre for Mental Health, Qld Health, Wacol

• Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Qld Health, Ipswich

• Adult Mental Health Services, Qld Health, Nundah

• Neonatology Department at the Royal Brisbane Woman's Hospital, Qld Health Hurston

• Residential and Community Behaviour Support Teams, Department of Communities, Browns Plains and Goodna.

 

Supervision and Teaching

Additional to my clinical experience, I have held a number of non-clinical roles. Most recently, I have worked as a sessional supervisor at QUT, overseeing clinical caseload for students enrolled in the masters and doctorate of clinical psychology program. I have also worked as a sessional lecturer and course coordinator teaching psychological assessment and interventions, psychodynamic therapy, and running clinical case conferences at postgraduate psychology courses at the Australian Catholic University. 

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Research

My graduate research has focused on personality traits as correlates of hypnotisability, while for my doctoral research I have investigated psychotherapy within multicultural therapy relationships. For my postdoctoral research, I have coordinated a research project at the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland focusing on early screening measures for Alzheimer’s disease (both cognitive and neural imaging), and I have also co-supervised a reflective practice groups research project in an inpatient forensic psychiatric unit, which was a collaboration between Queensland Health and QUT. 

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Qualifications/ Courses

• Clinical Foundations in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, QPPA

• Theoretical Seminars in Freud, Object Relations, and Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory, BCPS

• Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), QUT

• Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, QUT

• Graduate Diploma in Psychology, QUT

• Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Griffith University

 

Registrations & Memberships

• General Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

• Endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA

• Psychology Board Approved Supervisor

• Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)

• Fellow of the APS Clinical College

• Member of the APS Psychoanalytically-Oriented Psychology Interest Group

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Relevant Previous Engagements

• State Coordinator of the APS Psychoanalytically-Oriented Psychology Interest Group

• State Secretary of the APS Psychoanalytically-Oriented Psychology Interest Group

• Member of the West Moreton Hospital and Health Services Human Research Ethics Committee

• Member of the Queensland Health Statewide Research Portfolio

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