Georgina Cox
Royal Children's Hospital
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Highest Degree Held: Psy.D.
Specialties: Children and parents
Types of Clients: Children, Adolescents, Families, Groups (group therapy)
Languages spoken: English
Licensures/Certifications: Registered Psychologist
ACT/CBS Background and Training: Attended Russ Harris ACT workshop during postgraduate training and have continued professional development in this area through peer consultation and structured reading. Undertaking Jodie Wassner ACT and Autism online training. Attended 2021 ACBS online conference. Completed Praxis ACT with parents training with Lisa Coyne and Madeline Gould. Monthly ACT peer supervision and individual supervision with psychologist with expertise in ACT. Online webinar the ACT of grieving with Ray Owen. Regular supervision from members of the ACT community.
ACT/CBS Experience: I regularly provide professional development in ACT to psyhcologists, as well as self-compassion and ACT based support for medical teams. I will be running an ACT based support group for parents of children with a neurodevelopmental disability in Oct 2022
Additional Information: I am particularly passionate about supporting parents of pre-school and school aged children using ACT to explore their parenting values and inform behaviour management strategies. Since 2019, I have been attending monthly ACT peer supervision, joined the ACT children and families SIG. I lecture to postgraduate doctoral psychology students that use a number of case studies involving the use of ACT to treat anxiety in children and adolescents. In 2020, I joined the Neurodevelopment and Disability team at the Royal Childrens Hospital, where I providing individual therapy to parents of children with a neurodisability and chronic health issues; I use ACT as well as compassion focused approaches on a regular basis with this particular group. I also work in the RCH Psychology service, supporting children and young people who have mental health issues as a consequence of a medical condition, and use ACT with this population also. Recently I have worked with Louise Hayes to produce shirt videos to teach ACT to new grads within the national youth mental health foundation headspace. I have also presented at the 2023 and 2024 world ACBS conferences as well as the 2022 and 2024 ANZACBS chapter conferences