Louise McLean

Dr Louise McLean is a Registered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology. She began her working life as a school counsellor and teacher of English and psychology. She moved into academia in 2000 and was the co-ordinator of the Honours Equivalent Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology Course for 11 years. She is now Course Leader of the Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology (MEDP) & MEDP/PhD programs. Louise is an elected member of the APS National Committee of Educational and Developmental Psychologists and has resposibility for the Course Leaders portfolio.

Louise is an Honorary Fellow of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Her areas of research interest include the identification of psychosocial risk and resilience factors related to well-being across the lifespan and the evaluation of interventions and preventative measures that facilitate sustained and enhanced well-being. Louise was awarded a Faculty of Medicine Special Commendation in recognition of her valuable contribution to Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology Supervision and was shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Honours Supervision.

A keen Masters athlete, Louise is Team Manager for the Masters Women's Team of a Monash affiliated athletics club and a Level 1 Athletics Australia Accredited Athletics Coach. 

Louise's research program aims to (a) identify psychosocial factors that enhance or hinder well-being across the lifespan and (b) evaluate interventions and preventative measures that facilitate sustained and enhanced psychological well-being. The program includes students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology, Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology, MEDP/PhD and PhD. It is designed to inform psychology teaching, practice and research within the specialist area of educational and developmental psychology that exists within the Faculty of Education and the Krongold Clinic. Student research projects address sub-components of the larger multi-faceted research question related to well-being either in the general community or in children with special needs and their siblings and parents.