2024 Scientific Program

Thank you for your interest in the scientific program portion of our 44th national conference.

The **FINAL** .pdf program is linked here [V1.2] (always check the website for the latest version).

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Program highlights include:

Who What Title
 Professor Emily Holmes  Keynote Plenary Address  Just imagine: using mental imagery within CBT
 Professor Tim Dalgleish  Keynote Plenary Address Shattered lives: understanding and treating posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents
 Professor Maree Toombs  Plenary Session  Get in the back seat, I am driving. Translating research into action.
 Associate Professor Melissa Day  Plenary Session  Chronic pain: we can do better
 Dr Rob Brockman  Plenary Session  Advances in the practice of schema therapy in 2024 and beyond: trends, opportunities, and challenges
 Dr Aaron Frost  Plenary Session  Deliberate practice - the pathway to ongoing improvement in a changing landscape
 Professor Mark Dadds  Master Clinician Session  Beyond the manual; fundamental ideas and strategies for working with families and child mental health

 

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The 2024 national conference abstract book is here. (.pdf)

The full listing of Posters (rapid presentations and static displays) is here. (.pdf)

The workshop information page is here.

 

AACBT Early Career Mentoring/Networking Event

supported by the Psychology Registrar Endorsement Program (PREP)

This is a networking event for PhD students, Post-Doctoral fellows, Honours students, clinicians in training, clinicians and anyone who may be early in their career. The networking event will provide an opportunity for people to chat with senior clinicians and researchers who will share their knowledge and tips for success! There will also be the opportunity for networking with peers.

This event is organised by the AACBT ECR sub-committee and is **free** for delegates who are registered for the scientific program.

This will be held on Thursday, after the final plenary session of the day.

Our panel members include:

  • Tim Dalgleish - A highly decorated clinical psychologist and international researcher. He is the director of the Cambridge Centre for Affective Disorders
  • Melissa Day - An endorsed Australian Clinical and Health Psychologist, and a mid-career researcher in non-pharmacological treatment options for chronic pain at the University of Queensland. Has played a major role in the Australian SHAPE Futures EMCR Network.
  • Caitlin Hitchcock - An emerging leader in Australian trauma research and a clinical psychologist. Caitlin is an early-mid career researcher and has recently been awarded significant NHMRC and MRFF research funding both as CI and CIA.
  • Aaron Frost - A very successful Australian Clinical Psychologist and plays a significant role in training and supervision of psychologists in Australia.
  • Leanne Hides - A clinical psychologist with a highly decorated research career in Australia (>$46M in grants) and Deputy Director of the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research
  • Lara Farrell - Clinical psychologist, deputy director for Griffith Centre for Mental Health, and a regular member of NHMRC and MRFF grant review panels.
     

 


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