Lauren Lawson
Senior Lecturer
Bundoora, Victoria
Australia
Highest Degree Held: Ph.D.
Types of Clients: Adults, Groups (group therapy)
Languages spoken: English
ACT/CBS Background and Training: Dr Lauren Lawson is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She works across clinical practice, teaching, and research, with a strong commitment to translating contextual behavioural science into evidence-based practice and training. Her research interests are focused on mental health and wellbeing of autistic adults, understanding the impact of transdiagnostic factors (e.g., psychological flexibility, experiential avoidance) on the development and maintenance of mental health and sleep difficulties, and developing evidence based psychological interventions through a contextual behavioural science framework.
Lauren is a practicing psychologist working within an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, including supervising and training provisional psychologists. She is co-director of the ACTUALISE Lab, a CBS research group focused on bridging the research-practice divide through applied, stakeholder-informed research.
Lauren is a practicing psychologist working within an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, including supervising and training provisional psychologists. She is co-director of the ACTUALISE Lab, a CBS research group focused on bridging the research-practice divide through applied, stakeholder-informed research.