The Clinical Psychology Research Lab 

Arjun Giri 

Sabrina Mann 

Alexandra Hpkins 

Toan Ngo 

Sidra Hameed

Imiliance (Faith) San Diego

Alexandra Hurden 

Jade Meyer

Melisa Redsepagic (OCD and cross-cultural factors)

Tina Moynihan (OCD and self-compassion)

Angel Le-Aube (eliminating seclusion and reducing restraint on an acute adolescent psychiatric ward)

Ahmed Tohamy (UNWIRED mental health project)

Sapphire Love (self-compassion and emotion regulation in adolescence)

Mel Amon (self-compassion and teachers)

Deanne Tyrell (non attachment and hoarding disorder) 

Jonathan Mystakidis (child protection) 

Michelle Laving (OCD and shame)

Evan Guerin (child protection) 

Samantha Elder (trauma and hoarding disorder) 

Associate Professor Keong Yap (2016 – 2020)

Please see a full list of publications by Associate Professor Yap here. 

Bablas, V., Yap, K., Cunnington, D., Swieca, J., & Greenwood, K. M. (2016). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for restless legs syndrome: A proof of concept trial. Mindfulness, 7(2), 396-408. doi:10.1007/s12671-015-0457-9

Cooper, D., Yap, K., & Batalha, L. (2018). Mindfulness-based interventions and their effects on emotional clarity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 235, 265-276. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.04.018

Dowling, N., Thomas, N., Blair-West, S., Bousman, C., Yap, K., Smith, D. J., & Ng, C. H. (2016). Intensive residential treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Outcomes and predictors of patient adherence to cognitive-behavioural therapy. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 9, 82-89. doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2016.04.006

Eppingstall, J., Xenos, S., & Yap, K. (2020) Acceptance and commitment therapy for hoarding disorder: A proposed treatment protocol for individuals. Australian Psychologist. doi: 10.1111/ap.12438

Ferrari, M., Yap, K., Scott, N., Einstein, D. A., & Ciarrochi, J. (2018). Self-compassion moderates the perfectionism and depression link in both adolescence and adulthood. PLoS ONE, 13(2). 

Kyrios, M., Mogan, C., Moulding, R., Frost, R. O., Yap, K., & Fassnacht, D. B. (2018). The cognitive–behavioural model of hoarding disorder: Evidence from clinical and non?clinical cohorts. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 25(2), 311-321. doi:10.1002/cpp.2164

Linardon, J., Gleeson, J., Yap, K., Murphy, K., & Brennan, L. (2019). Meta-analysis of the effects of third-wave behavioural interventions on disordered eating and body image concerns: Implications for eating disorder prevention. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 48(1), 15-38. doi:10.1080/16506073.2018.1517389

Pinto, R. A., Kienhuis, M., Slevison, M., Chester, A., Sloss, A., & Yap, K. (2017). The effectiveness of an outpatient Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group programme for a transdiagnostic population. Clinical Psychologist, 21(1), 33-43. doi:10.1111/cp.12057

Yap, K., Eppingstall, J., Brennan, C., Le, B., & Grisham, J. (2020). Emotional attachment to objects mediates relationship between loneliness and hoarding symptoms. Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, 24. doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2019.100487

Yap, K., Gibbs, A. L., Francis, A. J. P., & Schuster, S. E. (2016). Testing the Bivalent Fear of Evaluation model of social anxiety: The relationship between fear of positive evaluation, social anxiety, and perfectionism. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45(2), 136-149. doi:10.1080/16506073.2015.1125941

Yap, K., & Grisham, J. R. (2019). Unpacking the construct of emotional attachment to objects and its association with hoarding symptoms. Journal of Behavioral Addiction, 8(2), 249-258. doi:10.1556/2006.8.2019.15

Yap, K., Mogan, C., Moriarty, A., Dowling, N., Blair-West, S., Gelgec, C., & Moulding, R. (2018). Emotion regulation difficulties in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(4), 695-709. doi:10.1002/jclp.22553

Dr Madeleine Ferrari (2016 – 2019)

Please see a full list of publications by Dr Ferrari here.

Dobie, A., Tucker, A., Ferrari, M., & Rogers, J. M. (2016). Preliminary evaluation of a brief mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention for mental health professionals. Australasian Psychiatry, 24(1), 42-45. doi:10.1177/1039856215618524

Ferrari, M., McIlwain, D. J., & Ambler, G. (2018). A qualitative comparison of needles and insulin pump use in children with type 1 diabetes. Journal Of Health Psychology, 23(10), 1332-1342. doi:10.1177/1359105316653999

Inwood, E., & Ferrari, M. (2018). Mechanisms of change in the relationship between self-compassion, emotion regulation, and mental health: A systematic review. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. doi:10.1111/aphw.12127