2024
Dr Russell Deighton
- Lecturer and Research Supervisor, The Cairnmillar Institute; Clinical Psychologist
- Topic: Experience-Near Functional Analysis: A clinical and research instrument
- Recording here
Dr Joseph Sakdalan
- Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor, The Cairnmillar Institute; Senior Clinical Psychologist, Forensicare
- Topic: The Challenges Assessing Clients with Complex Presentation and the Development of Complex Psychological Services
- Recording here
Associate Professor Paul Jenkinson
- Associate Professor, The Cairnmillar Institute; Honorary Researcher/Associate Professor, University College London
- Topic: Understanding the self: From neuropsychology to embodied neuroscience
- Recording here
Dr Imogene Smith
- Psychologist and Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Working with men and fathers clinically: what the research tells us in terms of engagement, screening, assessment, and treatment approaches.
- Recording here
2023
Professor Linda Byrne
- Dean, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: N-Acetylcysteine and its application for psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and degenerative disorders
- Recording here
Dr Jim Kantidakis
- Director, The Gut Centre
- Topic: Psychogastroenterology
- Recording here
Dr David Butler
- Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Are We Born Prepared for Prejudice? Exploring In-group vs Out-group Differences in 6-month-old Japanese Infants
- Recording here
Dr James Donnelly
- Senior Clinical Psychologist, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Psychophysiology: Indices of Cognition and Emotion
- Recording here
- Slides here
(note: Some of the content within these slides are copyrighted. Please contact James for approval for written reproduction)
Dr Joseph Sakdalan, Dr Ming-Yun Hsieh & Ms Jacqui Brown
- Topic: Welcome to the Exciting World of Forensic Disability
- Recording here
- Slides
2022
Louis Spence
- Psychotherapist; private practice, The Cairnmillar Institute graduate
- Topic: Online transphobia and transgender youth mental health
- Recording here
- Slides here
- Resources
- Zoe Belle Gender Collective Resource List
- The Transgender Issue – a good book covering the trans politics of the present moment
- https://www.esafety.gov.au/lgbtiq
- Minus 18 resources – queer youth specific
Dr Russell Deighton
- Senior Lecturer, Cairnmillar Institute; Psychologist
- Topic: Through the eyes of self and others- self-conscious emotions and their clinical relevance
- Recording here
Dr Zoë Krupka
- Senior Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute; Psychotherapist
- Topic: Feeling Heavy Too: Some thoughts on the Concept of Vicarious Trauma
- Recording here
- Slides here
Dr Joseph Sakdalan
- Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute; Senior Clinical Psychologist, Forensicare
- Topic: The use of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy with ASD clients who present with challenging or problematic behaviours
- Recording here
- Slides here
Professor Peter Wilson
- Deputy Director, Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, Program Lead, Development and Disability over the Lifespan, Australian Catholic University
- Topic: Virtual rehabilitation of motor-cognitive function in brain injury: The translation journey from research to practice using the EDNA system.
- Recording here
2021
Dr Katie Wood
- Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
- Topic: Intimate Partner Violence: Why the voices of mothers and their children matter
- Katie’s Research profile
- Keep up-to-date with Katie’s research here (ANROWS webpage)
Associate Professor Melissa Norberg
- Dept. Psychology, Macquarie University
- Topic: Understanding and Treating Hoarding Disorder
- Recording here
Dr Kelly Harris
- Clinical Psychologist, Your Story Psychology
- kellyharris@yourstorypsychology.com.au
- Topic: Mental Health Practice in Regional, Rural and Remote Areas
- Recording here
- Presentation here
Madeline Gibson
- Senior Research Officer, Centre for Family Research and Evaluation
- Topic: Night shift work, early death and disease: it’s how we sleep not how much sleep that matters
- Recording here
- Presentation here
Dr Melissa Hayden
- Senior Lecturer, Deakin University
- Topic: Cognitive processing and the role in appetitive health behaviours
- Recording here
Associate Professor Brett Deacon
- Course Coordinator Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology), Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Exposure therapy for anxiety: Principles and practice
- Recording here
Professor Debra Hope
- Ph.D., Aaron Douglas Professor, Inclusive Excellence Chair, Graduate Chair, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Topic: Clinical Practice with Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults: Notes for a Culturally Sensitive Evidence-Based Approach
- Recording here
- Presentation here
Dr Siân Cole
- Senior Health Psychologist, Northern Health
- Topic: “Playing Sick?” Understanding the differences between Somatic Symptom Disorders, FNSD, Factitious Disorder and Malingering.
- Recording here
- Presentation here
Dr Susan Burney
- Placement and Research Supervisor, The Cairnmillar Institute & Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
- Topic: Demystifying Demoralisation
- Recording here
Professor Peter Norton
- Associate Head of School (Research) at the Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Transdiagnostic CBT for Emotional Disorders
- Recording here
- Presentation here
2020
George Habib
- Adjunct Professor at the Cairnmillar Institute and Associate Director of Wellbeing Services at the University of Melbourne.
- Topic: Feedback informed treatment and the role of deliberate practice in improving therapy outcomes.
- Recording here
- Presentation here
Dr Kathomi Gatwiri
- Senior Lecturer at Southern Cross University and an Award-Winning Activist and Community Educator
- Topic: Understanding racial trauma and working through a lens of cultural safety
- Resources here
Dr Carolina Navarro Medel
- Trainer at the Centre for Investigative Interviewing, Griffith University & Assistant Professor at the University of Chile.
- Topic: Interviewing victims of child sexual abuse in non-English speaking contexts: A research experience from a cross-cultural approach
- Recording here
Sasha Davies
- Lecturer The Cairnmillar Institute & PhD Candidate Cognitive Neuroscience Unit (CNU) Deakin University
- Topic: Cognitive Impairment During Pregnancy
- Recording here
Professor C. Richard Spates
- Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Western Michigan University
- Topic: Social Anxiety – It’s Clinical Dimensions, Practical Implications and Treatment
- Lecture Slides here
Dr Chris Kilby
- Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: How Do You Stress? The Measurement and Relationship of Stress Beliefs with the Subjective Stress Response
- Recording here
Dr Zoë Krupka
- Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Holding Hands in the Dark – What can the research on sibling loss tell us about how to support a child whose sibling has died?
- Recording here
Dr RoseAnne Misajon
- Senior Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: The Impact of Cultural Microaggressions
- Presentation here
2019
Professor Paul Maruff
- Co-Founder, Neuropsychologist, Chief Scientific Officer, Cogstate
- Topic: Brain and Behaviour in Very Early Alzheimer’s Disease
- Recording here
Dr Adrian Schembri
- Director, Clinical Science, Cogstate
- Topic: Computerised cognitive testing to assess concussion and inform clinical decisions in sport
- Recording here
Natalya O’Keefe
- Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute
- Topic: Non-Invasive Neuromodulation for Clinical Intervention
- Recording here
Associate Professor Nicki Dowling
- Deakin University
- Topic: The Psychology of Gambling: What is the Current State of Knowledge?
- Recording here
Associate Professor Emma Sciberras
- Deakin University, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
- Topic: Paying Attention to Anxiety in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Recording here