Ms Henriette (Henri) Dohnt

Biography

Henri (She/Her) is a clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor. She was already living in Armidale during the final years of her German undergraduate studies by distance, so it was a clear choice for Henri to complete her postgraduate training through UNE in Armidale. She enjoyed her placements with Juvenile Justine in Armidale, the Child and Family Team at Community Health in Tamworth and with the Adult Team at Community Mental Health in Lismore.

Since qualifying, Henri has worked in both private practice and government settings providing assessment and intervention services to individuals and families. She has continued to contribute to research at the Brain and Mind Centre (University of Sydney) and UNE. Henri started teaching into UNE’s postgraduate psychology programs in 2023, and has become very passionate about supporting neurodiversity in training provisional psychologists.

Qualifications

B. Science Psychology FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany, M.Psych(Clin) University of New England, Armidale, Australia

Awards

2021 NSW Commissioner of Police Emergency Commendation
2020 SMHR Team Award for Impactful Mental Health Research

Teaching Areas

PSYC503 Adult Psychological Disorders
PSYC533 Psychology Practice Placement
PSYC537 Assessment and Intervention in School Psychology

Research Interests

Henri has contributed to the UNE Phoenix project for post-bushfire community recovery, and the Brain and Mind Centre Youth Mental Health and Technology Team, and is currently looking into the use of Generative AI in supporting our students’ learning experience in postgraduate psychology programs.

Publications

Dohnt, H. C., Dowling, M. J., Davenport, T. A., Lee, G., Cross, S. P., Scott, E. M., ... & Hickie, I. B. (2021). Supporting Clinicians to Use Technology to Deliver Highly Personalized and Measurement-Based Mental Health Care to Young People: Protocol for an Evaluation Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(6), e24697. https://doi.org/10.2196/24697

Pike, C. E., Dohnt, H. C., Tully, P. J., Bartik, W., Welton-Mitchell, C., Murray, C. V., Rice, K., Cosh, S. M., & Lykins, A. D. (2024). A Community Mental Health Integrated Disaster Preparedness Intervention for Bushfire Recovery in Rural Australian Communities: Protocol for a Multimethods Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study. JMIR research protocols, 13, e53454. https://doi.org/10.2196/53454

Sundaraja, C. & Dohnt, H. (2024, November 5). Supporting reflective practice: AI tutoring for postgraduate psychology students. Presentation at the Cogniti Mini-Symposium, University of Sydney, Australia.

Clinical Skills and Experience

Henri has worked extensively with young children and their families, adolescents, and young adults in private practice in NSW and Queensland; and with individuals and groups of all ages, backgrounds, social, sexual, gender and cultural identities in different government sectors in health, education and law enforcement. Henri is particularly interested in the youth mental health and early intervention space and training provisional psychologists who are just starting their career in psychology. Henri has trained in a range of psychological approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Schema Therapy.

Memberships

Psychology Board of Australia – Registered Psychologist with Area of Practice Endorsement in Clinical Psychology.  Registration No: PSY0001967831

Australian Psychological Society – Member – Membership Number: 171848

Australian Association of Psychologists Inc – Member – Membership Number: 14777

External Profiles

• ORCid Profile