Clinical Psychologist

• Aug 2023 - Present

Psychologist (Clinical Psychology Registrar)

• Dec 2021 - Aug 2023

To provide Psychological services to clients of Psychcare Psychology & Mental Health includingIntake/assessment responsibilities, clinical case management, and crisis case management, administer and interpret psychological tests, and communicate and apply results appropriately and provide intervention strategies, including case management for clients, their families, care givers and organisations.

Provisional Psychologist

• Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

As a part of my Master of Clinical Psychology course requirements, I completed my second external placement through PsychCare Psychology & Mental Health. My role as a Provisional Psychologist consisted of delivering psychological interventions across the lifespan, working with clients presenting with a range of different presentations, treatment planning, monitoring and reviewing client's needs, administering and interpreting psychological assessments, report writing, delivering report feedback to individuals and their families and conducting case reviews/case conferences with other professionals. Show less

Provisional Psychologist

• Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

As a requirement of my Master of Clinical Psychology course, I completed my first externship through Prison Mental Health Services. This role required me to: provide psychological interventions (CBT, DBT-informed, and ACT) to individuals who were incarcerated, work with individuals with trauma-backgrounds, incorporate emotional regulation, anxiety and depression management, and behaviour modification into psychological intervention, conduct forensic intake assessments, conduct cognitive and personality assessments, including scoring, interpreting and report writing, meet the mental health needs of an already vulnerable patient group who may face additional stressors within the custodial setting, participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and contributing to determine client's outcomes and engage in reflective practice and well-defined interpersonal boundaries. Show less

Administration Assistant

• Aug 2016 - Feb 2021

Conducting client intakes, general administrative duties, training staff members, reviewing and planning childpsych’s School Based Intensive Mental Health Program on a school term basis, developing key policy and procedure manuals, shadowing Psychologists undertaking Parenting Capacity Assessments, co-facilitating mindfulness program for children and adolescents and co-facilitating social skills program for children and adolescents. Conducting client intakes, general administrative duties, training staff members, reviewing and planning childpsych’s School Based Intensive Mental Health Program on a school term basis, developing key policy and procedure manuals, shadowing Psychologists undertaking Parenting Capacity Assessments, co-facilitating mindfulness program for children and adolescents and co-facilitating social skills program for children and adolescents.

Provisional Psychologist

• Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Working with a local Netball Club, this role consisted of researching and developing group workshops targeting sports psychology topics, including building resilience in sports psychology, cognitive training, and mindfulness, facilitating group workshops to elite level netball players, managing individual members in a group therapy setting, attending netball games, observing players through game play and debriefing following games.

Provisional Psychologist

• Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

Working in the USQ Psychology and Counselling Clinic, this role required me to provide psychological intervention to individuals accessing the psychology clinic, conduct cognitive assessments with children and adolescents, including scoring test measures and delivering report feedback to families and working with individuals with trauma backgrounds.

Research Assistant

• Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

Various research assistant contracts, including administering a novel instrument in assessing emotional and behavioural distress in children aged between 5 and 11, distributing a health survey to category four and five patients in the Ipswich Hospital Emergency Department, conducting and transcribing semi-structured interviews, constructing and editing surveys for research purposes, and assisting in the application and development of ethics applications. Various research assistant contracts, including administering a novel instrument in assessing emotional and behavioural distress in children aged between 5 and 11, distributing a health survey to category four and five patients in the Ipswich Hospital Emergency Department, conducting and transcribing semi-structured interviews, constructing and editing surveys for research purposes, and assisting in the application and development of ethics applications.

Student - Workplace Integrated Leaning

• Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Developing, delivering and reviewing a targeted proactive intervention program in the Ipswich State High School community focusing on bullying intervention, and shadowing psychologists delivering psychological intervention in a school setting. Developing, delivering and reviewing a targeted proactive intervention program in the Ipswich State High School community focusing on bullying intervention, and shadowing psychologists delivering psychological intervention in a school setting.

Workshop Facilitator

• Jul 2016 - Nov 2016

Workplace Integrated Learning - researching, developing, and facilitating a stress management workshop for community members. Workplace Integrated Learning - researching, developing, and facilitating a stress management workshop for community members.