Katherine Lawrence is an Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist with the School of Psychological Sciences and the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Katherine is the Director of Postgraduate Programs (Coursework) overseeing professional training in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. Katherine also leads the Child, Youth, Family Clinic at the Turner Clinics that provides specialist clinical services to the community and clinical training to postgraduate psychology students.   

Katherine is an experienced practitioner and clinical educator with over 18 years of experience working with children, youth and families across community, hospital, and research settings in Australia and the UK. She is a specialist in the treatment of childhood anxiety and working with parents to support the mental health and well-being of young people. Katherine has over 10 years of experience in supervising psychology trainees on placement and has provided specialist training to postgraduate psychology programs at Oxford University and the University College of London and courses run by the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre and the Improved Access to Psychological Therapies initiative. At Monash, she leads the training of intervention skills for both the clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology postrgraduate programs.    

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Clinical supervision of clinical psychology trainees undertaking their Introductory placements or registrar programs

Lecturing on counselling skills, cognitive and behaviour therapy, specialist interventions for children, parents and families, and case formulation 

Facilitates case analysis for 2nd and 3rd year students

Katherine provides clinical psychology services to young people and their families through the Turner Clinics. She provides evidence-based interventions to children, adolescents, parents, and families that are predominately cognitive and behavioural in nature, underpinned by family therapy principles.