Fiona Calvert

Fiona Calvert
University of Wollongong | UOW · School of Psychology

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Objective Clinical supervision plays an important role in competency development during psychology practitioner training. How the scientist-practitioner competency is operationalised, disseminated, and evaluated in supervision is unclear. This study aimed to explore supervisor and trainee attitudes, opinions, and perceptions of scientist-practition...
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PurposeTo explore the perceived barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and physical activity in individuals opting for endoscopic bariatric procedures.MethodsA total of 55 participants were recruited from a metropolitan bariatric clinic in Australia. Participants were interviewed at one of two stages of treatment: pre-procedure (n = 34) or 5–6...
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Homelessness has been associated with high levels of alcohol and other drug use, which has in turn been linked to social anxiety. The aim of the present study was to investigate homeless individuals’ experiences of social anxiety and substance use, their treatment history, and their therapeutic needs. Two focus groups were facilitated with fourteen...
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Objective Accreditation guidelines for professional psychology training have shifted from specifying educational inputs to emphasising attainment of core competency outputs. However, attention to both inputs and outputs are needed. Clinical practicum logs represent a neglected source of information to help guide training program development. The pr...
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The Harry Potter universe is both widely accessible and incredibly popular, and this feature combined with its depth of narrative and genre may make it uniquely suitable to supporting mental health recovery. The current study aims to address a gap in the literature around how engagement with the Harry Potter universe, in the tradition of unguided c...
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This study aimed to explore the experiences of supervisees who completed a metacommunication intervention in supervision. Forty‐eight supervisees completed the supervisory intervention and gave post‐intervention written feedback. Their responses were thematically analysed. Overall, supervisees responded positively to the intervention, with high wil...
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Objective(s): Psychologists' experiences of an online training tool in metacommunication as well as an in-supervisory metacommunication exercise were examined. Method: A total of 101 participants completed a training tool in metacommunication and changes in self-efficacy (SE) to use metacommunication with clients, the proportion of metacommunica...
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Objective: This study examined the use of metacommunication in supervision from supervisees' perspectives. Method: A total of 129 supervisees completed the Metacommunication in Supervision Questionnaire-MSQ, a measure devised for the purpose of this study to explore the frequency and willingness to use various forms of metacommunication in clini...
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This study aimed to explore clinical supervisors’ perspectives on the components of the relationship competency. The constituents of relational competence have been articulated by expert committees, and the present study sought to add to this literature through understanding these competencies from Australian field supervisors’ perspectives. In the...
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Background The treatment of eating disorders is a difficult endeavor, with only a relatively small proportion of clients responding to and completing standard cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Given the prevalence of co-morbidity and complex personality traits in this population, Schema Therapy has been identified as a potentially viable treatme...
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Competency-based models of supervision acknowledge relationship, including reflective capacity, as foundational in professional psychology. However, current understandings of supervisory practices aimed at developing this competency are limited. This study aimed to explore the practices used in supervision for the development of supervisee relation...
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Imagery Rescripting is a psychotherapy technique that has been integrated into Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) interventions in the treatment of various psychiatric populations including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), personality disorders, specific phobias, depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder, social phobia, and suicide risk. Whils...
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A competency approach to supervision focuses on knowledge, skill, attitude-value, and relationship competencies. There is a dearth of research regarding the purposeful engagement in the processes of the supervisory relationship to develop therapeutic relationship competencies, including reflective capabilities. We propose that the supervisory relat...
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Major changes initiated by the Psychology Board of Australia (the Board) and by professional bodies both nationally and internationally have placed professional supervision in the spotlight for the practising psychologist and supervisor. Further, within the context of a growing impetus towards competency-based pedagogies for professional training a...

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