Dr Rebecca Ray is a Clinical Psychologist and the creator of a 12 week e-book and online program on positive psychology techniques to help people boost their well-being and learn how to get their happy on!
Rebecca began working as a psychologist intern in 2003 at a private psychiatric hospital in the small NSW coastal town of Taree. In her early career she was exposed to a variety of clients and clinical presentations and began treating trauma through running groups programs for veterans.
Rebecca completed her Doctor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Newcastle in 2006 and her thesis was on examining the effectiveness of a Group-Based Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Program for combat veterans with PTSD.
On completion of her doctoral studies Rebecca returned home to the Gold coast where she worked for a year as a Clinical Psychologist for the Veterans’ & Veterans’ Families Counselling Service (VVCS) before starting her own private practice where she continued to specialise in trauma, particularly with military and police personnel.
At the beginning of 2015 Rebecca closed her private practice to have a break from clinical work. Not being able to sit still she wrote Happi Habits, a 12 week e-book and online program on positive psychology techniques to help people boost their well-being!
Rebecca plans to continue developing digital products and is currently working on a self-worth program.
Let's see how we all wear it differently with Dr Rebecca Ray!
Janet Lowndes is a psychologist with over 20 years experience. Her professional practice includes psychological counselling, meditation training, and yoga therapy.
Janet's private practice Mind Body Well focusses on working with people addressing aspects of their lives affecting health and wellbeing. This includes Eating Disorders, weight management and body image concerns, depression, and anxiety.
Janet has provided counselling to assist people with Eating Disorders for over 15 years. Her interest in the psychology of food, eating and weight management began when she was working in the youth health field, and she started to learn about Eating Disorders from many of her clients. She also worked closely for a few years with Dr. Rick Kausman, the author of ‘If Not Dieting then What’, assisting in his training programs for Health Professionals about a non-dieting approach to healthy weight management.
After university studies in Psychology and Philosophy Janet’s early professional experience was in the areas of youth, community, and women's health, the prison system, and with young offenders. She then moved into private practice and continued to work with adolescents and adults, particularly those with eating disorders, weight management concerns, and behavioural difficulties.
After 10 years practicing psychology Janet travelled to India to explore her personal studies of Yoga. While in India she spent time in a Yoga ashram, and also taught English to Buddhist monks. These experiences were life-changing, exposing Janet to philosophies of integrative wisdom which assist people to live in harmony with the world around them.
Janet’s work is motivated by a fundamental interest in people, and a belief in the innate strength and wisdom we all all share. Janet’s approach treats the individual as a whole, rather than focusing merely on conditions or symptoms they may be experiencing. This approach is health-enhancing, aimed at promoting wellbeing in different areas of life.
This is Part 2 of my interview with clinical psychologist and researcher Dr Eric Morris. Eric currently works as the Director of the La Trobe University Psychology Clinic. Previously he worked as a consultant clinical psychologist and the psychology lead for early intervention for psychosis, at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Eric trained as a clinical psychologist in 1994-1995 at Murdoch University, specialising in psychological interventions for psychosis. On qualifying he worked in a pioneering service for early intervention for psychosis in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to the UK in 1999 to work for the National Health Service in Hampshire and South London. His clinical experience is in providing cognitive-behavioural and family interventions for people recovering from serious mental illness (psychosis, bipolar disorder) and their families.
Eric has been practising Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for 15 years, including supervising and training therapists in this area. He is a founding member and a former chair of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Special Interest Group (ACTSIG) of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
In 2013 Eric completed his PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, researching psychological flexibility and auditory hallucinations. He also researched ACT as a group-based intervention for people recovering from psychosis, and as a workplace resilience training for mental health workers.
Eric is a co-editor of the cutting-edge new textbook, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis.
Check out the website for all the show notes and links Eric spoke about!
Dr Eric Morris is a clinical psychologist and researcher based in Melbourne, Australia. He currently works as the Director of the La Trobe University Psychology Clinic. Previously he worked as a consultant clinical psychologist and the psychology lead for early intervention for psychosis, at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Eric trained as a clinical psychologist in 1994-1995 at Murdoch University, specialising in psychological interventions for psychosis. On qualifying he worked in a pioneering service for early intervention for psychosis in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to the UK in 1999 to work for the National Health Service in Hampshire and South London. His clinical experience is in providing cognitive-behavioural and family interventions for people recovering from serious mental illness (psychosis, bipolar disorder) and their families.
Eric has been practising Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for 15 years, including supervising and training therapists in this area. He is a founding member and a former chair of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Special Interest Group (ACTSIG) of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
In 2013 Eric completed his PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, researching psychological flexibility and auditory hallucinations. He also researched ACT as a group-based intervention for people recovering from psychosis, and as a workplace resilience training for mental health workers.
Eric is a co-editor of the cutting-edge new textbook, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis.
Check out the website for all the links Eric spoke about and his best self-care tip!
Tim Cotter is an organisational and environmental psychologist who specialises in the psychology of sustainability. Tim started out in the early 1990’s applying psychology to organisations, through psychometric assessments, organisational surveys, and facilitating culture change and values development.
Meanwhile, he had a growing awareness that sustainability was the biggest change project the world needed, and that psychology would need to be a significant contributor. As a result he started a consulting business Awake, where he provides training, research, design, assessment and consulting services to organisations and communities seeking to create a culture of sustainability.
Since its beginnings in 2005, Awake has delivered projects, workshops and consulting services to hundreds of sustainability professionals and dozens of organisations throughout the world.
With a passion for translating psychological research into accessible, practical concepts, Tim speaks and writes prolifically on the topic, with over 1500 sustainability professionals subscribing to his monthly newsletter, Wake-Up Call.
Tim is a pioneer of the field. So lets see how we all wear it differently with Tim Cotter.
Tony Trevitt is a School Psychologist who currently works at Mount Lilydale Mercy College, a position he has held for five years. Tony works with a team of 3 psychologists and a student wellbeing co-ordinator. The team services a school population of 1450 students and works primarily from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework.
Before returning to university as a mature age student Tony has a long and successful career as a primary school teacher and then School Principal, a position he held for 20 years. Tony completed his Post-Graduate Diploma of Psychology in 2009 and Masters of Counselling Psychology in 2013 at Swinburne University in Melbourne.
In addition to working as a School Psychologist, Tony works in private practice and has a special interest in mens mental health, stress management, mindfulness and autism spectrum disorders.
Visit the website to check out all the links that Tony spoke about and his best self-care tip!
Justine Tonner-Joyce is a registered psychologist with over 15 years experience working with young people and adults in clinical, educational and private practice settings. Justine currently works at Melbourne Girls Grammar School in Melbourne, Victoria, where she has worked for the past 10 years. Justine began her career the Albert Road Centre for Health as a probationary psychologist working with high-risk adolescents in the later 1990’s.
Justine completed her Graduate Diploma of Educational Psychology and Masters of Counselling Psychology at Monash University and is a Member Australian Psychological Society and an affiliate member of the APS College of Sports Psychology.
Whilst training to become a psychologist Justine was also training and competing as an elite rower becoming a world champion and world record holder in the women’s lightweight pair. She was recently inducted into the Rowing Victoria Hall of fame.
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Eddie Tsang is a Neuropsychology Registrar with 4 years experience in the field of public mental health. He currently works at Dandenong Hospital Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU) and Dandenong Adult Mental Health Service, both part of Monash Health. His clients typically are individuals with chronic and unremitting mental health problems.
Eddie completed his Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience and then his Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology at Monash University, in Melbourne Victoria. He completed his Masters of Clinical Neuropsychology at Melbourne University in 2011.
Previous to his current roles at Monash Health Eddie worked in the following areas:
During his university training Eddie worked as a Healthscope Community Programs Support Worker for people with acquired brain injury for 7 years, which he says is where he developed a passion for Neuro-psycologiy and in particular an interest in individuals with ABI. He believes this early practical experience in the industry, although not directly related to psychology, helped him develop clinical skills that cannot be learnt in a text book and he says the strength of our life experience is critical to our development as effective practitioners.
Pippa Grange is a Doctor of Applied Psychology, working primarily at Cotton On Group as the GM People + Culture. Pippa has previously worked with elite sport, in the culture, ethics and leadership areas. With over twelve years experience in the public and private sectors, she has consolidated her career internationally as an expert in the field.
At Cotton On Group Pippa is General Manager People + Culture, heading up the HR, Recruitment, Common Café, Health + Wellbeing and COG University teams with a vision to grow beyond.
At Bluestone Edge, Pippa and her team of consultants, worked with some of the key brands in Australian and New Zealand sport, notably AFL Football, Rugby League and Olympic Sport in the areas of people development, strategic leadership and governance, culture change projects, stakeholder engagement, policy development and the creation of high performing, functioning and culturally sound environments.
Pippa is also an international keynote speaker on the culture and ethics of sport and supports organisations, athletes and leaders in sport to sustain their best performances whilst broadening the definition of sporting success. This global preventative work on the health of sport itself, Pippa believes, can be a medium for valuable public conversations and societal change. Pippa's professional memberships include the Australian Psychological Society and the St. James Ethics Centre.
Learn more about Dr Pippa Grange on Linked In.
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Sheridan Meulblok is a psychologist who provides compassionate, evidence based psychological treatment for Eating Disorders and associated conditions from her consulting rooms in Warrnambool, Victoria. She also accepts referrals for more general mental health concerns. Her approach encompasses the values of balance, compassion and inspiration to support the restoration of health and the return of a meaningful, wholehearted life for her clients.
Sheridan draws practice wisdom from over 17 years of clinical experience using a range of evidence based interventions including Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, Narrative Therapy, Positive Psychology and CBT. Sheridan spent much of her career working with Children and Adolescents at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), and more recently Headspace. Sheridan has provided consultation in relation to eating disorders to
She has presented at numerous national conferences and has publicly spoken in hundreds of schools, universities and gyms about the prevention of eating disorders. Sheridan also provides reflective and clinical supervision to professionals working in the health and community sector. Clients have included
Coaching is offered for those seeking support to "live the life you've always imagined". Sessions focus on turning dreams, ideas & aspirations into tangible goals whilst using creative and practical approaches to overcome obstacles that present along the way.
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Dr Angela Nickerson is a Senior lecturer at the School of Psychology, UNSW Australia, and Director of the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program. Her research focuses on understanding the psychological mechanisms underpinning refugee and post-conflict mental health, and developing effective interventions for traumatic stress reactions in refugees. She is also interested in the impact of policy on refugee mental health, and cross-cultural considerations in psychological processes. She has worked with numerous refugee and post-conflict populations in Australia, Switzerland, the United States, and Timor Leste.
Prior to taking up her position at the University of NSW, Angela conducted post-doctoral research at Harvard University and Boston University, investigating psychological responses to loss and trauma. She is a practising clinical psychologist specialising in traumatic stress reactions. At the University of NSW, Angela is involved in training therapists on the Master of Clinical Psychology program, lecturing on anxiety and mood disorders, traumatic stress responses, refugee mental health, and cross-cultural considerations in mental health.
Visit the website to check out all the links that Angela spoke about and her best self-care tip.
Helen Mentha is a registered clinical psychologist and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT Inc). She currently runs her own private consultancy Menther Consulting where she provides Specialist Training in Motivational Interviewing and consultation. Prior to this Helen worked for many years in the drug and alcohol field as a counsellor, dual diagnosis senior clinician, manager and supervisor.
Helen is committed to ethical, respectful person-centred care and brings this ethos to her clinical and supervision practice, training and consultation. She is a highly experienced and sought after facilitator with a reputation for accessible, engaging, well-informed and practical training in a positive learning environment. She has trained professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds and areas of focus, including drug and alcohol, mental health, medical and nursing, allied health, community welfare, aged care, forensic, education and corporate settings. She has provided training across Australia and in China and has collaborated with colleagues from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and China to provide training and program development.
Helen told me she’s counted 400 days of her life that she's spent standing in front of large groups of people and speaking, and for a self-described introvert, she says she is still amazed by this. According to Helen curiosity about her self, others and the world, as well as playing to her strengths, have helped her to achieve this which she so generously discusses throughout the interview. So have a listen to find out how we all wear it differently with Helen Menther.
Check out the website for Helen's career tips, self-care tip and suggested rescources.
Helen Mentha is a registered clinical psychologist and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT Inc). She currently runs her own private consultancy Menther Consulting where she provides Specialist Training in Motivational Interviewing and consultation. Prior to this Helen worked for many years in the drug and alcohol field as a counsellor, dual diagnosis senior clinician, manager and supervisor.
Helen is committed to ethical, respectful person-centred care and brings this ethos to her clinical and supervision practice, training and consultation. She is a highly experienced and sought after facilitator with a reputation for accessible, engaging, well-informed and practical training in a positive learning environment. She has trained professionals from a diverse range of backgrounds and areas of focus, including drug and alcohol, mental health, medical and nursing, allied health, community welfare, aged care, forensic, education and corporate settings. She has provided training across Australia and in China and has collaborated with colleagues from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and China to provide training and program development.
Helen told me she’s counted 400 days of her life that she's spent standing in front of large groups of people and speaking, and for a self-described introvert, she says she is still amazed by this. According to Helen curiosity about her self, others and the world, as well as playing to her strengths, have helped her to achieve this which she so generously discusses throughout the interview.
Check out Part 2 of this interview with Helen Menther to hear more about motivational interviewing.
Matti Clements is a sports psychologist with over 15 years experience in the field. She is current the director and senior psychologist of Mental Edge Consulting, a consulting firm that aims to enhance performance, resilience, and wellbeing with professional athletes and coaches, corporate teams and management, or any person of any age wanting to reach their true performance potential.
Currently Matti is working with the St Kilda Football Club as the General Manager of People & Culture; developing and delivering culture and wellbeing strategies; she is also delivering a national emotional intelligence leadership program for high performance teams and selected leaders at Cricket Australia; and currently assisting the Australian Cricketers Association with their strategic planning for the national wellbeing and professional development programs and systems.
Recently Matti developed and rolled out the Netball Australia national wellbeing and professional development framework for players, coaches, management and staff and is working with Golf Australia to develop a national pathway of wellbeing service.
Previously, Matti was a Senior Performance Psychologist at the Australian Institute of Sport for 3 years before taking on the role of National Wellbeing Manager for the AFL Players Association.
Matti says one of the most important things for an early career psychologist is to not be constrained by what you think psychology is. She says psychology is many different things, can take you anywhere and that the psychologist’s skill set transgresses multiple industries where many creative jobs can blossom and bloom. Matti says we need to stay open minded and be creative. Matti’s career is a good example of this, so have a listen to see how we all wear it differently with Matti Clements.
Visit the website to check out all the links Matt spoke about and her best self-care tip.
Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Behavioural Sciences Unit, in the Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, which is the largest research group dedicated to paediatric psycho-oncology in Australia and New Zealand. She also works as the clinical psychology registrar for the Sydney Youth Cancer Service, the largest team dedicated to the care of adolescent and young adult (AYAs) cancer patients in Sydney. Through this role Ursula has worked with young people and families living with cancer on a range or presenting issues across the cancer trajectory.
Ursula recently completed her PhD as a Leukaemia Foundation of Australia PhD scholar, researching psychological mechanisms that underpin adaptation to cancer among adolescents and young adults. In 2014 Ursula was awarded the Inaugural Cancer Institute NSW ‘Rising Star’ PhD student award in recognition of this work.
Ursula recognises that research is not for everyone, but says her love for reading, thinking of ideas and writing means she gets excited about writing papers!! She also talks about the career benefits of marrying clinical and research work so listen to this episode and you might get excited too!
I recently saw Ursula speaking at a Tele-mental Health conference in Adelaide about her teams research on the ReCaPTure LiFe Program (Resilience and Coping skills for young People To Live well Following Cancer) an online intervention for AYAs aged 15-25 years in the first year post-treatment. I was excited to hear from someone in the early stages of their career so passionate about using E-health technologies to support vulnerable and isolated populations in Australia, an area that is expected to grow rapidly in the future.
Visit the website to check out all the links Ursula spoke about and her best self-care tips.
Jeffrey Kelly is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years experience in public mental health and private practice. He currently works in his own private practice and as a supervisor to staff at the Victorian Aids Council. During Jeffrey’s early student placements he was introduced to CBT and Psychodynamic therapeutic approaches simultaneously which he says informed his entire approach to practicing, so have a listen to the episode to find out why!
Jeffrey completed his Master of Clinical Psychology at Latrobe University in Melbourne in 1999. He began working for the Waiora Community Mental Health Service in 2001, part of the Alfred Hospital’s Community Psychiatry Program, and stayed for 7 years. Much of his time at the Alfred was spent coordinating a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Program with clients with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Jeff has extensive experience as both a clinician and supervisor and brings a wealth of advice and tips for early career psychologists. So let’s see how we all wear it differently with Jeffrey Kelly.
Visit the website for show notes and Jeffrey’s best self care tip!
William Wainwright is a Forensic Psychologist with over twelve years experience working in both Australia and the United Kingdom in a variety of fields involving the assessment and treatment of forensic clients and their victims. He currently works with the wellbeing team for Victoria police.
I think most of us are attracted to the field of psychology because we want to help people right? But what about helping those people that many think don’t deserve help? Or even worse think are beyond help? Listen to this episode to hear what drives William to work with one of our fields most challenging and complex populations.
William completed his Masters of Psychology in Sussex England in 1999, and a Masters of Criminology (Forensic) at Melbourne University in 2004.
William worked for six years as a psychologist then Senior Psychologist and Supervisor with ‘Corrections Victoria Sex Offenders Program‘ focussing primarily on assessing and treating sexual and violent offenders within the prison system.
He has worked as a Consultant Forensic Psychologist in a number of areas including:
More recently he spent four years at the Disability Forensic Assessment and Treatment Centre working with intellectually disabled sexual and violent offenders.
Ms Annabel Battersby is a clinical psychologist working in aged psychiatry with an interest in older adult well-being. In her research in this area she examined meaning in life, life satisfaction and emotions in adults aged between 65 and 95 years, presenting the findings at the Australian Association for Gerontology and Psychology and Ageing Interest Group conferences.
Annabel works in private practice in aged care facilities as well as in consulting rooms with clients of all ages. She also works for Melbourne Health as a clinical psychologist in the Aged Person’s Mental Health Program, working in both the in-patient unit and community treatment team, and presents to APS Study Groups on the topic of Working with Older Adults.
Jacqui Louder is a sports and performance psychologist who has been practicing psychology for eleven years, with a specific interest in eating disorders, athletic transitions (e.g. retirement / entry into elite sport), performing arts and children’s sport. She's had a diverse range of experiences working with athletes and teams at the elite level including AFL football, the National Netball League, Australian Croquet team, and at World University, Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Jacqui is currently the sports psychologist for for the National Motocross / Supercross / and Superbikes teams, the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) and Victorian Swimming Club.
Jacqui knew when she was 13 years old that she wanted to help people perform better playing sport. After high school she completed a Masters of Applied Psychology (Sport), a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Organisational), Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement), Graduate Certificate in Athlete Career and Education Counselling, and a Diploma in Publicity and Public Relations.
Jacqui is a leader in her field and is dedicated to educating the media about their role in the health and wellbeing of sports men and women. She has regular gigs on SEN sports and ABC radio, on television shows such as Today Tonight, A Current Affair and Mornings with David and Kim, and she write's for Oxygen Magazine.
Jacqui loves the mix of working in the consulting room and on the field and says working as a sports psychologist is not a 9-5 job. She talks about getting up at 4am for swimming training, and taking calls from athletes in the middle of the night because of time zone differences. Jacqui says she used to think motorbikes were dumb and dangerous, and now she just thinks they’re dangerous.
Sarah Joyce is a clinical psychologist and trauma therapist with close to 20 years experience in the field. She currently works in her own private practice and as a consultant clinician for the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder program for war veterans at the Geelong Clinic.
Sarah completed her Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology and Criminology at Melbourne University, and her Master of Clinical Psychology at Latrobe University in Melbourne. She began her career in psychology in trainee roles at Heidelberg Repatriation General Hospital, Forensic Psychiatry Services, Brunswick Road Clinic, and at the East Bentleigh Community Health Centre. It is here that she stayed for five years and developed a strong interest in working with victims of trauma. Sarah has continued to work in this area as a Sessional Consultant Psychologist and as a Senior Psychologist and clinician at the the well known Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA).
Sarah has experience supervising post-graduate students, has been a member of the Human Ethics Committee at Latrobe University and is a member of the Australian Psychological Societies Working group on Ethical Guidelines for Recovered memories. Sarah also happened to be my clinical supervisor whilst I was doing my masters at Deakin University, and it is an absolute gift to have her on the show.
Hollie Laver has been a registered psychologist since 2009 and is currently the Clinical Coordinator of the Barwon Health Eating Disorders Unit. She has over 7 years experience in mental health triage, crisis and continuing care treatment in adult and youth community mental health.
Hollie completed her Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) with Honours in 2006 at Deakin University, and worked as a provisional psychologist at Ballarat Psychiatric Services to gain her full registration. She is currently completing her Master of Clinical Psychology at Deakin University. Hollie works in the field of eating disorders and mainly with youth.
Her primary therapeutic approach is Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) where she has completed advanced professional training through Orygen Youth Health. She also regularly attends the Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED) for further training and seminars.
Hollie is a passionate advocate for the delivery of quality health services to young people.
Welcome to We All Wear it Differently, a podcast for early career psychologists. This is a welcome message and some background information about why I've started this podcast and what I'm hoping you'll all get out of it!
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