Experience

Distinct Psychology

• Australia
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clinical Psychologist/Director

  • Jun 2003 - Present



Macquarie University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Fellow

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  I am the Chief Investigator of the controlled trial of the Insights Program at schools in NSW and ACT. My research is involved in developing ways to empower and build resilience in young people, increasing comfort with uncertainty within the school system and youth, reducing catastrophic thinking in adolescence, and assisting youth to manage expectations and reduce aspects of perfectionism. I am the Chief Investigator of the controlled trial of the Insights Program at schools in NSW and ACT. My research is involved in developing ways to empower and build resilience in young people, increasing comfort with uncertainty within the school system and youth, reducing catastrophic thinking in adolescence, and assisting youth to manage expectations and reduce aspects of perfectionism.



Pymble Ladies'​ College

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Expert, Wellbeing Reference Group

  • Jan 2017 - Present



University of Sydney

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honorary Associate, Psychology Department

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2020



Centre for Emotional Health

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2016

  From May 2013 I developed several universal prevention programs for high school students. These aim to empower young people and to prevent the features which lead to and maintain anxiety and depression. From May 2013 I developed several universal prevention programs for high school students. These aim to empower young people and to prevent the features which lead to and maintain anxiety and depression.

• Honorary Associate

  • 2008 - 2012

  Teaching postgraduate students CBT2. Developing a new internet program for adolescents with mixed anxiety and depression in collaboration with Dr Carolyn Schiering and Professor Ron Rapee. Teaching postgraduate students CBT2. Developing a new internet program for adolescents with mixed anxiety and depression in collaboration with Dr Carolyn Schiering and Professor Ron Rapee.



AACBT

• Australia
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of NSW Executive Committee

  • 2006 - 2012



Macquarie University - Department Of Psychology

• Course Coordinator and Developed External Lecturer

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2011



Westmead Hospital

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head, Anxiety Management Clinic

  • 1996 - 2003

• Honorary Associate Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine

  • 1996 - 2002