Katherine Lawrence

Katherine is a Clinical Psychologist and joined Monash University in 2012 to contirbute primarily to the Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) and PhD (Clinical Psychology) programs. Katherine currently leads the Clinical Psychology Community Clinic at the Monash Psychology Centre - providing clinical services to the community and supervising clinical trainees on their placements.  

Katherine is experienced in working with children, youth and families with various mental health difficulties, and has particular expertise in anxiety management and borderline personality disorder (BPD).  Katherine's teaching experience began in the UK where she contributed to the clinical psychology and educational psychology training 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.

Related Links:

• Psych: Research Themes

Co-ordinator of Theories and Techniques of Intervention Parts I and II (DPSY5203 and DPSY6103)

Contributes to teaching in the following units:

• DPSY5104 Fundamentals of Professional Practice
• DPSY5105 Clinical Developmental Psychology
• DPSY7141 Advanced Clinical Psychology Child Adolescent and Family
• DPSY5201 Psychopathology Part II

Katherine has worked clinically in hospital, outpatient and university settings, in both mental health and community health. Her work to date has been predominantly with children, youth and parents in the areas of anxiety disorders and borderline personality disorder. Katherine currently practices clinical psychology through the Monash Psychology Centre where she works with a range of clients of all ages with varying mental health difficulties.