Dr Frances Shawyer - Researcher Profile

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Address

Unit 3, Building 9
Omnico Business Centre Monash

Contact Details

Email: Frances.Shawyer@monash.edu


Biography

Fran is a Research Fellow with Southern Synergy, the Southern Adult Mental health Research, Training and Evaluation Centre at Monash University.  Her role includes the management of the DARE project, a large-scale trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for recurrent depression funded by the NHMRC, and management of the Refugee Mental Health project, a survey of the mental health needs of refugees attending specialist refugee health services in south-east metropolitan Melbourne funded by Southern Health. Fran is also Coordinator of the Mindfulness Program.

In another setting, Fran is a Chief Investigator with the Lifengage Project, a trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Medication-Resistant Psychosis run through La Trobe University. Fran completed her training in Clinical Psychology in 1993 and her PhD in 2000, both at La Trobe University. Her main research interest is the application of third-wave therapies to psychiatric conditions. She is based at Monash University Notting Hill campus.

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Keywords

Depression, psychosis, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, third-wave therapies

Qualifications

PHD
Institution: La Trobe Uni
Year awarded: 2000
BACHELOR OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE (HONS)
Institution: La Trobe Uni
Year awarded: 1992