Clinical psychologist and adjunct lecturer (at the University of Notre Dame, Australia; UNDA). Completed an ‘integrated’ [9.5 years] PhD program at the University of Newcastle (UoN), which involved clinical training in mental health problems and research in cognitive neuroscience. This developed a fundamental intertwining of clinical practice with the mind and theoretical science of the brain that has continued throughout his work.
Experience in hospital, community, and private practice settings. Formal training in numerous different evidence-based models of psychotherapy. Primarily practices psychodynamic and trauma-focussed models but also sees value in and makes use of other models. Board approved as primary supervisor for provisional psychologists and clinical psychology registrars. Clinical educator for postgraduate students in clinical and professional psychology programs at UoN and UNDA. Contributor to the current Hunter New England District Primary Health Network Treatment Guidelines for (C-) PTSD & Functional Neurological Disorders. Provides seminars and in-services to mental health professionals.
Primary field of research is cognitive neuroscience, particularly hemispheric asymmetries in morphometry, connectivity, physiology, and functioning in the processing of speech (under predictive processing). Current clinical psychology project (and supervision of research students) in mentalization and epistemic trust. Also focused on application of active inference as a ‘biopsychoecological’ framework for education, practice, development, and regulation of clinical psychology. Further experience and publications in affective neuroscience, health behaviour science, and clinical outcomes research. Research publications, seminars, and conference presentations at national and international levels.
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