About

Biography

My research focuses on understanding psychological factors involved in psychotic symptoms and developing and testing empirically derived, targeted, psychological interventions for people experiencing psychosis. My research is informed by, and informs, my practice as a clinical psychologist, in which I have worked predominantly in services for people experiencing psychosis and people who have experienced traumatic events. I am an associate editor for the journal Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. I am currently CI and therapy lead on an NHMRC funded clinical trial: Avatar-mediated therapy for hallucinations: superiority trial (AMETHYST).

Organisational Affiliations

Member, Engage Research Lab

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Health - Psychology

TR Casual, Thompson Institute

Education

BSc (hons) Psychology
2001–2004, University of Manchester (United Kingdom, Manchester)
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
2006–2009, Royal Holloway, University of London
PhD in Health Sciences
2015–2019, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia, Melbourne)

AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF PAST TRAUMA: THE ROLE OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS AND POTENTIAL OF TRAUMA FOCUSED PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES AS A NOVEL TREATMENT APPROACH