MrNathan Akoka

Associate Teaching Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Psychology

  • Associate Teaching Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Nathan is a Senior Clinician at Youth Support and Advocacy Services (YSAS) supporting young people experiencing alcohol and other drug challenges and supervising student clinicians. He also works as a Mental Health Clinician at The Victoria Clinic, delivering inpatient treatment programs including Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and the Dual Diagnosis Program. In addition, he teaches psychology at both Swinburne and Deakin University and contributes to research in the areas of addiction and personality disorders.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Teaching Fellow
    Deakin University, School of Psychology

DEGREES

  • Graduate Diploma of Psychology Advanced
    University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor of Psychological Sciences
    Deakin University, Australia
  • Doctor of Psychology (Clinical and Forensic)
    Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia12 Jan 2023 - 4 Jan 2026
  • Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs
    Odyssey House Institute, Australia

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Psychology