Dr Amanda Jefferys
Senior Lecturer, Acting Director of the Clinical Psychology Program, Course Coordinator Clinical Psychology Program - Faculty of Medicine and Health; School of Psychology
Phone: +61 02 6773 4047
Email: Amanda.Jefferys@une.edu.au
Qualifications
B. Psych (Hons), Doctorate in Clinical and in Health Psychology. MAPS, FCCLP, FCHP.
Teaching Areas
- Advanced Clinical skills training: clinical expertise, distinctions in rural and regional practice, focus on practical and applied clinical work in regional, rural, and remote regions.
- Formal assessment of Child and Adolescents: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment, management of complex care needs.
- Formal assessment of Adults: Diagnosis Assessment and Treatment modalities, addressing lifestyle and supporting psychological well being and positive psychology models
- Complex mental health and health conditions: presentations, transdiagnostic work, managing co-morbidity, and working collegiately in teams to support health and functioning.
Supervision Areas
- Disordered eating behaviour in men/athletes/adults
- Imp[act of health and health conditions on functionality
- Working in rural and remote psychology
- Complex trauma in first responders and others
- Leadership and locus of control in work
Acting Director of the Clinical Psychology Program, Course Coordinator Clinical Psychology Program including Research and PhD candidates
Research Interests
- Rural and Remote Psychology, workforce development, and capacity
- Men's Health in Rural and remote regions
- Schools psychology and influence of simulation training
- Indigenous health and cultural perspective in rural and remote areas
- The maintenance of health and health belief on function
- Influence of sports, exercise and movement with mental health
- Factors affecting Disordered Eating Behaviour in adult and sports populations
- Child and Adolescent projects: child well-being, improvement at school through the natural world, engagement and learning.
Publications
Acceptability and feasibility of telehealth as a training modality for trainee psychologist placements: a Covid-19 response study
Exploring the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) within a Clinical Eating Disorder Group Program for Adults.
Speeded Administration of WISC to gifted and mainstream students: A developmental study