Dom DiMattia, Dr

BA, M Ed, Ed D

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, Associate Professor

MA(PsychStud), MN(MentalHealth), BN, BA, DipAppSc(Nur), BCETS, AssocFellowNYIRET, MCNA,MACMHN, RN

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.