Monica O’Kelly, Dr

Dr Monica O’Kelly is Director of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Australia.

She is Director of the Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and an adjunct senior lecturer in the School of Psychology and Psychiatry at Monash University.

Monica has trained in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York and is an Associate Fellow of the Institute.

She has also completed the Extramural Training Program at the Beck Institute in Philadelphia and is a fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Monica has published many articles in the area of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

After leaving university, Monica worked as a psychologist with children, adolescents and adults in a variety of government and educational settings before going into private practice.

In the thirty years Monica has been working as a psychologist, she has worked with clients suffering a range of problems. She enjoys helping people rebuild their lives after trauma, childhood abuse and a variety of anxiety conditions.

Monica has particular expertise working with clients suffering sexual problems, work stress and other injuries. Monica sees herself as an emotional coach and enjoys working with competent people who wish to extend themselves.

Dom DiMattia, Dr

Dr DiMattia is a Human Relations Consultant who has been Executive Director and Senior Staff Supervisor at the Albert Ellis Institute. He was previously Vice President of Human Resources for the Fireman Group in New York. He is Professor Emeritus of Counselling and Human Resources at the University of Bridgeport.

Dom has co-authored books, written numerous journal articles, and conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars as a consultant and mental health trainer.

A member of the American Psychological Association, he has presented papers, lectures, and workshops in Australia, the United States and Europe.

Bronwyn Tarrant

Bronwyn has worked in child and adolescent mental health for thirty years in specialist psychotherapy roles in public, community and private sectors seeing inpatients, day patients and outpatients.

Her expertise is working with young persons experiencing complex presentations related to psychological trauma, eating or substance issues, with developmental or emergent personality problems.

As a clinician Bronwyn brings specialist CBT training to her work with children, adolescents and their families. As an educator Bronwyn has received national citations for her using eLearning to bridge the theory-practice gap in mental health.

Bronwyn was lead consultant on the Red Cross ‘After the Emergency’ project that won national, international and global awards for using technology to deliver mental health resources to young people impacted by disasters.

In 2014 Bronwyn was recognised with Honorary Life Membership of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies for her work as Editor of the journal Stress Points.