About

About Carl

Clinical Psychology Experience

Since 2011, my experience as a psychologist includes working

    • with children, adolescents, parents, adults, and older adults,
    • across the metropolitan and wheatbelt regions,
    • in private practice and the public sector,
    • with public service work in child protection, community mental health (across the child & adolescent, youth, adult, & older adult streams), inpatient mental health (both youth & adult), and community drug and alcohol services.

My qualifications and professional affiliations are

    • BSc(Psych) Hons(1st class) GradCert(ResearchCommercialisation) MPsych(Clin) PhD
    • MAPS FCCLP MACPA EMDRAA CEDC LOAPAC
    • AHPRA Board-approved supervisor

My varied interests in psychology include

    • Clinical psychology, health psychology, organisational psychology, positive psychology, and transpersonal psychology.

 

Other Relevant Vocational and Life Experience

My ability to understand and support my clients is enriched by my wide variety of life experiences (academic, vocational, and recreational), and having grown through various personal and workplace challenges.

This life experience and growth mindset informs my professional focus on facilitating health and wellness with individuals and organisations. I value self-determination, collaboration, social equity, and supporting people who support others and lead teams.

Before working as a Clinical Psychologist, I worked as a yoga teacher, and as an academic in business information systems and psychology in both teaching and research roles.

Over the years my interests have included several performing arts, yoga, meditation, various sports, and travelling widely. I love nature, animals, music, reading, memes, and the occasional pun.

 

Research

Doctoral research

    • In my PhD I examined the efficacy and effectiveness of Kabat-Zinn’s mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program in promoting mental health and wellbeing in a sample of adults from the community who did not have mental health diagnoses.
    • My doctoral research also evaluated the psychometric properties of two recently developed mindfulness measures using factor analysis, comparing those with and without mindfulness meditation experience.
    • Dreher, C. (2009). The Efficacy of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Promoting Mindfulness, Psychological Health and Well-being. Bentley, WA: Curtin University of Technology School of Psychology.

I have contributed to the following National Eating Disorders Collaboration publication

    • Watson, H. J., Elphick, R., Dreher, C., Steele, A., & Wilksch, S. (2010). Eating disorders prevention and management: An evidence review. Crows Nest, NSW: National Eating Disorders Collaboration.

 

Presentations and Supervision

I have given numerous presentations on various topics in psychology to community and professional groups.

I am an AHPRA board-approved supervisor and have experience since 2014 providing supervision and peer consultation.

 

Enquiries

Contact me at info@drcarldreher.com.au

I look forward to hearing from you.