DrKate Hall

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute

  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
  • +61 3 924 45917 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Dr Kate Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Addiction and Mental Health.

Dr Hall is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at Deakin University,
Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on the role of emotion
dysregulation as a transdiagnostic treatment target for vulnerable young
people with complex mental health and substance use issues, with an emphasis
on borderline personality disorder (BPD) and substance use disorders (SUD).

Dr Hall is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at Deakin University,
Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on the role of emotion
dysregulation as a transdiagnostic treatment target for vulnerable young
people with complex mental health and substance use issues, with an emphasis
on borderline personality disorder (BPD) and substance use disorders (SUD). In
her work, she utilises face-to-face, telephone and technology enhanced methods
to deliver interventions. Furthermore, she develops and translates evidence
based interventions into community and health settings with a focus on
transdiagnostic approaches, Motivational Interviewing and mindfulness and
acceptance based Cognitive Behavioural Therapies.
Key interests: emotion regulation, substance use disorders, borderline
personality disorder, development from adolesence to young adulthood,
vulnerable and disadvantaged young people, motivational interviewing,
acceptance-based cognitive behavioural therapies, mindfulness.

Dr Hall Leads the Treatment stream for the Deakin Centre for Drug, Alcohol and
Addiction Research (CEDAAR).

Dr Hall is a member of the Deakin Centre for Social and Early Emotional
Development (SEED) in the Adolescence to Young Adulthood Stream (AYAS).

Research Groups
Lead, Treatment Stream Deakin Centre Drug, Alcohol and Addiction Research
(CEDAAR).

Member, Deakin Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED).
Adolescence to Young Adulthood Stream (AYAS).

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Psychology

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Lecturer in Addiction and Mental Health
    Deakin University, Melbourne, Psychology, Melbourne, Australia16 Apr 2012 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing, Australian Football League
    Australian Football League, Melbourne, AustraliaSep 2019 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Australian National University

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Clinical Psychologist
    Australian Psychological Association
  • Registered Psychologist, Clinical Endorsement
    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
  • Member of the College of Clinical Psychologists
    Australian Psychological Association

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Clinical and health psychology
  • Clinical sciences
  • Applied and developmental psychology
  • Public health
  • Health services and systems

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Psychology

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Deakin Lifespan Institute