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Resilience and Mental Health with Assoc Prof Gavin Beccaria

Thu October 15 2020

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Online Via Zoom

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Lunchtime Zoom Meeting

15th October 2020 – 12 noon

Join us online via Zoom for a Resilience and Mental Health webinar, we will hear from:

 

Associate Professor Gavin Beccaria is an academic in the School of Psychology and Counselling at the University of Southern Queensland and a practicing clinical psychologist with over 25 years experience. Gavin has extensive supervision and teaching experience with psychology students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and he has provided clinical supervision for over 400
psychologists and psychologists in training. He also runs a private practice in clinical psychology.

Gavin has taught at USQ for over 13 years, he was the coordinator of the Clinical Psychology Program from 2014 – 2018, and Toowoomba Psychology Masters Program Lead from 2019.  He was successful for an Early Career Teaching Award in 2011.

Gavin has written book chapters on mental health assessment, diagnosis and disorders. He has also published in a wide range of topics including metal health, domestic violence, learning and teaching, work and career, clinical assessment, natural therapies, and Indigenous mental health in leading journals. He has been an Associate Investigator on two National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants and a Chief Investigator in one NHMRC grant part of a research team investigating assessment and treatment of mental health among Indigenous Australians.

Prior to moving to academia in 2007, Gavin was the Director of Psychology in Toowoomba Health Service and managed 35 psychologists. Gavin is married to Dr Lisa Beccaria, a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at USQ and they have two adult children

We will also hear from Professor Lorelle Burton who is Head of School (Psychology and Counselling). As a researcher, educator, published author and Head of School of Psychology and Counselling at the University of Southern Queensland, Lorelle has valuable insights on the value of maintaining a positive approach to mental health in our lives and our workplaces.