Experience & Memberships

October 2001 to September 2002 The Australian Psychological Society – Conference Organising Committee – Annual Conference September 2002 Gold Coast
May 1999 to May 2001 The Australian Psychological Society – Gold Coast Branch Secretary
September, 1998 to September 1999 and November 2006 to December 2008 Secretary / Committee Member Eating Disorders Association – Brisbane

President – Eating Disorders Association – Brisbane
August, 1997 to August 1999 Gold Coast Junior Chamber of Commerce – Vice-President
August, 1996 to August, 1997 Gold Coast Junior Chamber of Commerce – Functions Coordinator
1994 to 1995 Eating Disorders Association – Brisbane – Committee Member / Guest Speaker
May, 1996 to Present The Psychologists Board of Queensland – Psychologist Full Registration
March, 1995 to Present The Australian Psychological Society Ltd – Full Member
November 2003 to Present Member of Academic Board – Brisbane – Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
June 2006 to Present Member of Board of Directors – Sydney – DARE Operations Charitable Trust
December 2008 to December 2009 The Australian Psychological Society – Complementary and Alternative Medicine Interest Group Convenor
January 2008 to End 2009 Griffith University representative for the Clinical Governance Committee of Headspace – Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The Headspace mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australians aged 12-25.

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors – Member of Academic Board
  • Griffith University representative for the Clinical Governance Committee of Headspace – Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation
  • Australian Psychological Society – National Convenor for the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Interest Group
  • Organisation: Australian Expert Advisory Panel – GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd,
    Position Held: Expert Panel Member – October 2009 to Present
  • Organisation: The Australian Psychological Society + International Congress of Applied Psychology –– Conference July 2010, Melbourne
    Position Held: National Ambassador – September 2009 to Present
  • Organisation: The Australian Psychological Society Ltd – College of Health Psychologists
    Position Held: Full Member, 2008 to Present

Conference Presentations

  • Poster. 2009 Australasian Conference on Obesity. The University of Auckland. 4th December 2009. “A Randomised Clinical Trial of a Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings: Six Month Follow-up of Treatment versus Waitlist”.
  • Brief Oral Presentation at Health Services and Policy Research Conference – 25 November 2009. “A Randomised Clinical Trial of a Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings with Six-Month Follow-up”
  • Keynote speaker – Annual General Meeting Complementary and Alternative Medicine Interest Group of the Australian Psychological Society, 13 November 2009. “A Randomised Clinical Trial of a Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings with Six-Month Follow-up”
  • Pathways, Principles, and Partnerships – International Drug Education in Schools Conference, Noosa, September 15-16 2003. “Gold Coast Youth – A Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use”
  • Association of Professionals Concerned with Eating Disorders, October 2001. “Assessment and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa”