A/Prof Lucy Tan ~ Associate Professor Clinical Psychology

Associate Professor Lucy Tan is an Australian registered Clinical Psychologist with previous appointments in academia, public and private health industries. She has worked in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. Her research has focused on improving our understanding of the ways in which psychological processes develop, mental health conditions and the mechanisms of change processes in the treatment of these conditions. Bridging the evidence-practice divide that exists is also an area of research passion, such as exploring factors influencing learning, work readiness of clinical psychology graduates and the transfer of knowledge to real-world clinical practice applications; thus, making her a true clinician-researcher. She has successfully translated and commercialised research; and is passionate about making a difference bringing real-world applications to both her research and teaching.

She teaches post-graduate Clinical Psychology course, provides effective clinical supervision and consultancy. Lucy is available for collaborative research, research supervision and clinical consultations. She has a personal guiding dictum: “interest grabs one’s attention (but we all know this can be fleeting), motivation sustains the interest, but action - the glue that makes it all stick.”  Lucy enjoys a smorgasbord of outdoor activities including running, intrepid travels and has recently pivoted to container gardening. 

Teaching

• PY5305: Biopsychosocial and Cultural Models of Health (Level 5; SIN & TSV)

Interests

Research

• Adolescent Development, Health and Mental Health
• Examing Third wave Psychological Interventions and Therapies (Acceptance; Process-based; Schema; Dialactical Behavioural)
• Examining Transdiagnostic Processes impacting on health and mental health (rumination, clinical perfectionism, anxiety, sleep, worry, etc.)
• Evaluating Program implementation and effectiveness

Experience

• 2014 to 2015 - Psychology Clinic Director, The Australian Cathoic University (Australia)
• 2012 to 2014 - Research Fellow, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• 2010 to 2013 - Psychology Clinical Education Coordinator, Royal Children's Hospital (Australia)
• 2011 to 2012 - Lecturer & Clinical Supervisor, Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
• 1999 to 2009 - Senior Clinical Psychologist, Royal Children's Hospital (Australia)
• 1993 to 1999 - Clinical Psychologist, New Plymouth Hospital (New Zealand)

Research Disciplines

• Allied health and rehabilitation science (4201)
• Clinical and health psychology (5203)
• Cognitive and computational psychology (5204)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)
• Evaluation of health and support services (2002)

Awards

• 2011 - Best Research paper, Centre of Mindfulness Practice and Research, Bangor, Wales
• 2017 to 2018 - Clinical Innovation Grant, Perpetual Philanthropy Trust
• 2015 to 2016 - Australia Men's Shed - Ageing well grant
• 2012 to 2014 - The Australian Prime Minister Endeavour Overseas Award
• 2012 - Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Brisbane - Industry research grant
• 2010 to 2011 - Innovative Research Grant, Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Brisbane

Other

• 2017 - World Congress Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies
• 2022 to 2023 - Office of Health Ombudsman, Australia - Clinical Advisor
• 2007 to 2023 - Psychology Board of Australia - credentialed Clinical Supervisor
• 2006 to 2023 - Australia Family Court - credentialed expert report writer

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Journal Articles

• Golubickis M, Tan L, Jalalian P, Falben J and Macrae N (in press) Brief mindfulness-based meditation enhances the speed of learning following positive prediction errors. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,
• Golubickis M, Tan L, Saini S, Catterall K, Morozovaite A, Khasa S and Macrae C (2023) Knock yourself out: Brief mindfulness-based meditation eliminates self-prioritization. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30. pp. 341-349
• Young C, Monge M, Minami H, Rew L, Conroy H, Peretz C and Tan L (2022) Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 35 (3). pp. 305-313
• Golubickis M, Tan L, Falben J and Macrae C (2016) The observing self: Diminishing egocentrism through brief mindfulness meditation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46 (4). pp. 521-527
• Tan L (2016) A critical review of adolescent mindfulness-based programmes. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 21 (2). pp. 193-207
• Tan L and Martin G (2015) Taming the Adolescent Mind:A randomised controlled trial examining clinical efficacy of an adolescent mindfulness-based group programme. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 20 (1). pp. 49-55
• Tan L, Lo B and Macrae C (2014) Brief mindfulness meditation improves mental state attribution and empathizing. PLoS ONE, 9 (10).
• Tan L and Martin G (2012) Mind full or mindful: a report on mindfulness and psychological health in healthy adolescents. Internation Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 21 (1). pp. 64-74
• Tan L and Martin G (2012) Taming the Adolescent Mind: Preliminary report of a mindfulness-based psychological intervention for adolescents with clinical heterogeneous mental health diagnoses. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 18 (2). pp. 300-312
• Miles L, Tan L, Noble G, Lumsden J and Macrae C (2011) Can a mind have two time lines? Exploring space–time mapping in Mandarin and English speakers. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18. pp. 598-604

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