RESUME
Tertiary Education
2018 - 2022
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia Primary Supervisor: Associate Professor Maja Nedeljkovic
Honours (Psychology) – First Class
Swinburne University of Technology/Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Melbourne Australia
Supervisor: Associate Professor Neil Thomas
Graduate Diploma in Psychology
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia
Bachelor of Dance
Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia
Diploma of Dance Performance (Classical Ballet)
New Zealand School of Dance, Wellington, New Zealand
Scholarships and Grants
Australian Psychological Society, College of Clinical Psychologists, Vic State Section
Postgraduate Students Clinical Research Grant (2020)
Awarded to support research participation for PhD project
Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend
Australian Government
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
Tuition feeds during PhD candidature
Swinburne University - Honours Support Scheme
Reimbursements for participants of an RCT
Work Experience
2021 - 2023
Research Clinician – Workforce Research
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Design and delivery of various activities associated with the ‘Attraction and Retention in the public mental health workforce’ project, including ethics applications, end to end qualitative interviews, analysis, and reporting.
November 2019 - current
Research Assistant
Swinburne University of Technology
Engaged in multiple projects including a suicide prevention, aged care intervention, Data migration project Swinburne Psychology Clinic, Transcranial direct current stimulation to treat anorexia nervosa.
August 2021 - January 2022
Epworth Hospital Richmond
Working within the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in both the inpatient and outpatient services. Delivering psychological services across conditions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, cancer, Parkinson’s, major surgery and other complex medical conditions.
February 2021 - July 2021
Royal Children's Hospital
Worked in both the eating disorders team and the Psychology Service treating anorexia nervosa, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, and other emotional disorders within the context of complex medical conditions, in a multidisciplinary team.
2018 - current
Sessional Lecturer, Tutor
Swinburne University of Technology, Open Universities Australia, RMIT
Undergraduate Psychology Tutor, online and face to face
2010 - current
Organisational Development, Human Resources
Workshop facilitation, leadership development and coaching, diversity and inclusion, project management, change management, recruitment.
2010 - current
Presenter Performance Coach, presenter and facilitator
Les Mills
This role combines leadership and coaching of my teams in Australia and Asia, the delivery of fitness master classes filmed for global release, presenting and training for Les Mills in the Asia Pacific Region.
Supervision, mentoring, and volunteering
2021 - 2022
Higher Degree by Research Student representative, Centre for Mental Health (CMH)
Swinburne University of Technology
Attendance at CMH Executive meetings, communicating between staff and students, creating initiatives for knowledge sharing and support.
2021 Co-supervision of Honours Students
Swinburne University of Technology
Co-supervised two Honours Students to completion of thesis component, alongside Professor Susan Rossell and Dr Jessica Mackelprang.
2020 Student Mentor
Mentoring of fellow student in the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) course during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volunteering
2015 - 2018 Support Group Convenor, Eating Disorders Victoria
2014 Telephone Helpline Volunteer, Lifeline
Publications
de Boer, K., Gnatt, I., Mackelprang, J. L., Williamson, D., Eckel, D., & Nedeljkovic, M. (2021). Phase-based approaches for treating complex trauma: a critical evaluation and case for implementation in the Australian context. Australian Psychologist, 1-9.
Musić, S., Elwyn, R., Fountas, G., Gnatt, I., Jenkins, Z. M., Malcolm, A., ... & Phillipou, A. (2021). Valuing the voice of lived experience of eating disorders in the research process: Benefits and considerations. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 0004867421998794.
Miles, S., Gnatt, I., Phillipou, A., & Nedeljkovic, M. (2020). Cognitive flexibility in acute anorexia nervosa and after recovery: A systematic review. Clinical psychology review, 101905.
Conference Presentations
2021 Body Image and Related Disorders Conference (oral)
Group-based compassion-focused therapy for comorbid eating and trauma-related difficulties: implementation, acceptability and future directions
2021 Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders Conference (workshop)
Valuing the Voice of Lived Experience of Eating Disorders in the Research Process
2021 International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (ICCP) (symposium)
New Perspectives in Understanding and Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
2020 International Conference on Eating Disorders (poster)
Compassion Focused Group Therapy for Recovery from Trauma and Disordered
Eating: A Pilot Study
2020 International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (oral, Q&A session)
Thriving in ballet: using compassion to enhance resilience and performance in dancers
2019 Body Image and Related Disorders (poster)
Does How We Feel Directly Influence Our Eating and Body Image?
2019 Swinburne University Higher Degree by Research Conference (oral)
Eating disorders and trauma: and exploration of the role of compassion in recovery
2019 World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (Symposium)
Emotion and Cognition in Disordered Eating: New Perspectives and Implications for Treatment.
2018 World Psychiatric Association’s Thematic Congress (oral)
Development of the Making Sense of Voices Scale to Inform Treatment and Recovery in People Who Hear Voices
2017 International Consortium on Hallucination Research (poster)
Development of the Making Sense of Voices Scale to Inform Treatment and Recovery in People Who Hear Voices
Media
Radio Eastern FM ‘Brainwaves’ mental health segment, March , 2022
Swinburne University Psychological Sciences Research Showcase, 2020, 2021
Recent Training and Workshops
2020 Psychotropics: The unvarnished version (APS) Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni
2019 Family-Based Treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (CEED)
2019 Compassion Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders and Body-Image Concerns
2019 Guided CBT for Binge Eating (CEED)
2019 20-hour online Eating Disorders program for health professionals (Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders, CEED)
2018 Body Positive Counselling (Fiona Willer and Louise Adams)
2018 Working with Men (A/Prof Roger Cook)
2018 Body Focussed Repetitive Behaviours workshop (Dr Imogen Rehm)
2018 Sexual Trauma workshop (Helen Kambouridis)
2018 Internal Family Systems Therapy (Dr Danielle Williamson & David Eckel)
2018 Exploring Attachment and Personality Differences in Therapy (Kevin Keith)
2018 Working with suicidal clients - (APS)
2017 Domestic violence response training – Lifeline
2017 Working with Borderline Personality Disorder - Australian Psychological Society (APS)
2017 Risk Identification and Related Clinical Issues Training – Prof Jayashri Kulkarni (MAPrc)
2016 Acceptance Commitment Therapy foundations – La Trobe University Psychology Clinic
2015 Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – Livingworks
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
Provisional Registration of Psychology Board of Australia
Student Member of Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED)
Student Member Australian Psychological Society (APS)
Student Member APS College of Clinical Psychologists
Victorian Eating Disorders Research Network – Member
Neuroscience Special Interest Group (SIG), ANZAED
Committee member – Body Image and Related Disorders (BIRD) Conference 2019
Member – Swinburne Anorexia Nervosa (SWAN) Research Group
Lab founding member and coordinator – Integrative Clinical Psychology Lab