Academic Seminar Series

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
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Dr Joseph Sakdalan, Dr Ming-Yun Hsieh & Ms Jacqui Brown

2022

Louis Spence

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

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

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