Dr Alla Demutska ~ Lecturer Psychology

Alla completed her first degree in Linguistics in her native Ukraine. After immigrating to Australia she transferred her studies to Psychology and completed her training in clinical psychology at Monash University.

She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and Singapore Psychological Society (SPS), and is endorsed for the practice of clinical psychology by the Psychology Board of Australia. She is also a Board-approved clinical supervisor.  Prior to studying psychology in Australia, Alla studied linguistics, and worked as a journalist and lecturer in Ukraine.

Alla has experience treating a wide range of psychological problems in both private and public settings in Australia, including primary mental health team, in-patient psychiatric unit in a public hospital, and child and adolescent services. She also successfully ran her own private practice for over 7 years in Melbourne, Australia. Alla has a strong interest in the development and facilitation of group programs, particularly with people who have experienced both attachment-related and single event trauma. She developed and was the lead facilitator of a 10-week Schema Therapy Program at the Melbourne Clinic as well as co-facilitated inpatient schema therapy groups for complex trauma at the Victoria Clinic. Alla also developed and facilitated retreats based on the principles of mindfulness and mindful self-compassion.

Alla has conducted research examining neuroanatomy of discourse processing. Her Doctoral thesis was about investigating depression and anxiety symptoms, acculturation, depression stigma and psychological help-seeking in Russian-speaking skilled immigrants.

 

Interests

Research

• Acculturation, Schema Therapy, Group-based interventions, IBS, Trauma, Self-compassion and mindfulness, mind - body connection

Research Disciplines

• Public health (4206)
• Health services and systems (4203)
• Social and personality psychology (5205)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)
• Clinical health (2001)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU.

Journal Articles

• Chua C, Kew G, Demutska A, Quek S, Loo E, Gui H, Wong S, Lau H, Low E, Loh T, Ooi S, Hung E, Rahman M, Ghoshal U, Wong H, Cheung C, Syam A, Tan N, Xiao Y, Liu J, Lu F, Chen C, Lee Y, Maralit R, Kim Y, Oshima T, Miwa H, Pang J and Siah K (2021) Factors associated with high compliance behaviour against COVID-19 in the early phase of pandemic: a cross-sectional study in 12 Asian countries. BMJ Open, 11.
• Demutska A and Kiropoulos L (2021) Depression and anxiety symptoms in Russian-speaking skilled immigrants living in Australia: a comparison with Anglo-Australians and Russian-speaking non-immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 84. pp. 1-11
• Quek S, Loo E, Demutska A, Chua C, Kew G, Wong S, Lau H, Low E, Loh T, Lung O, Hung E, Rahman M, Ghoshal U, Wong S, Cheung C, Syam A, Tan N, Xiao Y, Liu J, Lu F, Chen C, Lee Y, Maralit R, Kim Y, Oshima T, Miwa H, Pang J and Siah K (2021) Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 36 (8). pp. 2187-2197
• Shah S, Xiu Ling Loo E, En Chua C, Sen Kew G, Demutska A, Quek S, Wong S, Lau H, Low E, Loh T, Lung O, Hung E, Rahman M, Ghoshal U, Wong S, Cheung C, Syam A, Tan N, Xiao Y, Liu J, Lu F, Chen C, Lee Y, Maralit R, Kim Y, Oshima T, Miwa H, Siah K and Pang J (2021) Association between well-being and compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures by healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE, 16. pp. 1-16
• Shefaly S, Demutska A, Chan V and Tien Ho Siah K (2021) Adults living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): a qualitative systematic review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 140.
• Lillywhite L, Saling M, Demutska A, Masterton R, Farquharson S and Jackson G (2010) The neural architecture of discourse compression. Neuropsychologia, 48 (4). pp. 873-879

Other research outputs

• Xin Zi Quek S, Xiu Ling Loo E, Demutska A, Chua C, Kew G, Wong S, Lau H, En Xian Sarah L, Loh T, Ooi S, Hung E, Rahma M, Ghoshal U, Wong S, Cheung C, Syam A, Tan N, Xiao Y, Liu J, Lu F, Chen C, Yeh Lee Y, Maralit R, Kim Y, Oshima T, Miwa H, Pang J and Siah K (2020) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on irritable bowel syndrome. Gut, 69 (Suppl 2).

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Breaking down the mindfulness construct and examining factors influencing mindfulness (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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