ProfessorMelissa O'Shea
Professor
Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
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- ProfessorFaculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
- +61 3 524 79486 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
TEACHING EXPERTISE
Dr Melissa O’Shea has a commitment to the creation of authentic learning environments to support students to develop into effective, safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive psychologists prepared to work within the contemporary mental health sector. Her application of contemporary and research-informed teaching and learning including flipped classroom approaches, embedded simulation, competency-based assessment design, and collaborative and peer teaching and leadership is designed to engage students and ensure their achievement of clinical psychology competencies.
She is currently the Unit Chair for HPS777/977 Psychological Interventions 1 (Foundation CBT), as well as teaching in various units across the clinical psychology programs.
She is currently the Unit Chair for HPS777/977 Psychological Interventions 1 (Foundation CBT), as well as teaching in various units across the clinical psychology programs.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONYoga as an Adjunct Therapy to Multidisciplinary Treatment for Eating Disorder Recovery
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONExploring how
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONLifestyle-Based Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Ill-Health: Evidence and Co-Design Perspectives for Implementation
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONTrauma and Pelvic Pain in Women
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONForest therapy as a support for youth mental health
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONOnline yoga therapy in eating disorder recovery.
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDisambiguation of Climate-Related Distress Constructs and Exploration of Current Clinical Responses to Eco-Anxiety
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe development of evaluative judgement in postgraduate clinical psychology trainees
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Expression of Adaptive and Maladaptive Temperament Traits in Individuals with Eating Disorders.
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSelf-disclosure and self-practice/self-reflection in clinical psychology training
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMindfulness with Individuals at Risk for Psychosis
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThreshold Concepts in Clinical Psychology Education
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe lived experiences of yoga as a mental health treatment
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUnderstanding Psychological Aspects of Endometriosis
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Empathic Communication
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSelf-Compassion for Children of Parents with Mental Illness: Theory and Practice
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEstablishing Consensus Statements for the Suitable Implementation of Yoga as an Adjunct Treatment for Eating Disorders