Biography
Helen has been a registered psychologist for over 25 years and is endorsed in the practice area of Clinical Psychology. Across that time she has provided clinical service and supervision to psychologists, provisional psychologists and clinical psychology registrars in public mental health settings as well as in private practice.
For over two decades Helen has been in a collaborative appointment between Eastern Health Mental Health Service and Deakin University School of Psychology. Through this role she teaches into a range of post graduate units, and has supervised over 20 post graduate research theses. Her research area include deliberate self harm and non-suicidal self-injury, child & youth mental health, disenfranchised young people, and borderline personality disorder. She has presented at numerous conferences and published 30 articles and book chapters in her areas of inquiry. She has also been a co-investigator on a number of research and government grants been aimed at evaluating service delivery and clinical practice. Most recently this included a $100 000 grant from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs examining service transitions for homeless young people.
Read more on Helen's profileCareer highlights
2018 AHPRA Psychology Supervisor Training Provider re-Approval
2013 AHPRA Psychology Supervisor Training Provider Approval
2007 Director Eastern Health CYMHS/Deakin University Psychology Clinic
2004 VicChamps – Department of Health (Tender Team)
1999 Statewide Suicide Prevention Program (tender team)– ASIST
1998 Shared Care in Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Department of Health
1997 Spectrum Statewide Personality Disorder (Tender team)
1996 Parents in Partnership Project -Department of Health
1995 Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Tender Team
Research interests
Dr Mildred's research interests include:
- Deliberate self harming behaviours;
- The mental health of young people;
- Homeless/disaffiliated young people;
- Collaborative working partnerships in mental health.
Affiliations
International Society for the Study of Self Injury
Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists
Registered Psychologist, AHPRA- Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria
Clinical Psychologist - AHPRA
Registered Supervisor - AHPRA
Teaching interests
self harm, borderline personality disorder, psychopathology, transdiagnostic phenomena
Units taught
Psychological Therapy
Psychopathology
Case Analysis
Placement units
Interventions
Knowledge areas
nonsuicidal self injury, borderline personality disorder, child & youth mental health
Professional activities
VicChamps Management Committee (program for Children of Parents with a Mental Illness)
Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Mental Health Collaborative Project Reference Group Department of Human Services
Project I reference group member (International research into homeless young people)
HYPE reference group (research into randomized control trial of cognitive analytic therapy for adolescents with borderline personality traits compared with manualised standardized treatment.
Projects
Dr Mildred has been on a number of Regional and State Working Parties aimed to improve mental health outcomes for vulnerable young people, parents with a mental illness, survivors of domestic violence, children in care, homeless young people and young people with emerging personality disorders.
Publications
J Wheeler, H Mildred, J Broadbear, D Mellor, S Rao
(2024), Australian Psychologist, C1
J Nolan, H Mildred, J Broadbear, T Knight, S Rao
(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 371-382, Psychology and Sexuality, London, Eng., C1
K Watt-McMahon, H Mildred, R King, G Craigie, S Hyder, K Hall
(2023), Vol. 27, pp. 232-258, Clinical Psychologist, London, Eng., C1-1
Adolescent violence towards parents-Prevalence and characteristics using Australian Police Data
L Moulds, A Day, R Mayshak, H Mildred, P Miller
(2019), Vol. 52, pp. 231-249, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, C1
Body image as a predictor of nonsuicidal self-injury in women: A longitudinal study
E Black, M Garratt, G Beccaria, H Mildred, M Kwan
(2019), Vol. 88, pp. 83-89, Comprehensive Psychiatry, United States, C1
Profiles of emotion regulation in young people accessing youth mental health and drug treatment
E Sloan, K Hall, G Youssef, R Moulding, H Mildred, P Staiger
(2019), Vol. 43, pp. 769-780, Cognitive therapy and research, Cham, Switzerland, C1
Adolescent Violence Towards Parents: A Case of Specialisation?
L Moulds, R Mayshak, H Mildred, A Day, P Miller
(2019), Vol. 19, pp. 206-221, Youth Justice, C1
Characteristics of non-suicidal self-injury in women accessing internet help sites
E Black, H Mildred
(2018), Vol. 22, pp. 37-45, Clinical psychologist, Chichester, England, C1
Homeless youth: Barriers and facilitators for service referrals
E Black, I Fedyszyn, H Mildred, R Perkin, R Lough, P Brann, C Ritter
(2018), Vol. 68, pp. 7-12, Evaluation and Program Planning, England, C1
E Sloan, K Hall, A Simpson, G Youssef, R Moulding, H Mildred, P Staiger
(2018), Vol. 25, pp. 427-441, Cognitive and behavioral practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The young adult Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in routine clinical practice
Peter Brann, Melissa Lethbridge, Helen Mildred
(2018), Vol. 264, pp. 340-345, Psychiatry research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
How Do People Stop Non-Suicidal Self-Injury? A Systematic Review
T Mummé, H Mildred, T Knight
(2017), Vol. 21, pp. 470-489, Archives of Suicide Research, England, C1
Trauma responses to intimate partner violence: a review of current knowledge
N Pill, A Day, H Mildred
(2017), Vol. 34, pp. 178-184, Aggression and violent behavior, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
G Wagner, H Mildred, D Gee, E Black, P Brann
(2017), Vol. 79, pp. 362-367, Children and youth services review, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
E Sloan, K Hall, R Moulding, S Bryce, H Mildred, P Staiger
(2017), Vol. 57, pp. 141-163, Clinical psychology review, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Adolescent violence towards parents - The known and unknowns
L Moulds, A Day, H Mildred, P Miller, S Casey
(2016), Vol. 37, pp. 547-557, Australian and New Zealand journal of family therapy, Chichester, Eng., C1
Brief intervention: a promising framework for child and youth mental health?
D Gee, H Mildred, P Brann, M Taylor
(2015), Vol. 42, pp. 121-125, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, United States, C1
E Black, H Mildred
(2014), Vol. 15, pp. 578-581, Eating behaviors, Amsterdam, Netherlands, C1
Predicting impulsive self-injurious behavior in a sample of adult women
E Black, H Mildred
(2013), Vol. 201, pp. 72-75, Journal of nervous and mental disease, Philadelphia, Pa., C1-1
Self-harm and suicidality in homeless young people
H Mildred, D Harte
(2005), pp. 193-197, Australian Psychological Society. Conference (40th : 2005 : Melbourne, Vic.), Level 11, 257 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, E1
Training general practitioners in the assessment of childhood mental health problems
E Luk, P Brann, S Sutherland, H Mildred, P Birleson
(2002), Vol. 7, pp. 571-579, Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, London, England, C1
A brief child mental health assessment for general practitioners
E Luk, H Mildred, S Fisher
(1999), Vol. 28, pp. 12-14, Australian family physician, East Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Risk-factors for eating disorders in Greek-Australian and Anglo-Australian adolescent girls
H MILDRED, S PAXTON, E WERTHEIM
(1995), Vol. 17, pp. 91-96, International Journal of Eating Disorders, London, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
Phoebe Newman
Thesis entitled: Caregivers and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI): Discovery and Help-Seeking
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Emily Molyneux
Thesis entitled: Romantic Relationships and Attachment in People with Borderline Personality Disorder
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Lauren Moulds
Thesis entitled: An investigation of the Australian experience of adolescent violence towards parents and the potential links with youth justice
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Jennifer Annabel Mary Wheeler
Thesis entitled: Borderline Personality Disorder: Who is Most at Risk of Completed Suicide?
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Manon Burgat
Thesis entitled: Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Attachment in Specific Relationships and Experiences of Emotion and Coping
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Jodie Thomas
Thesis entitled: Emotional Processing Factors and Rumination in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Grant Walker
Thesis entitled: Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Mindfully Coping with Anxiety
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Chris Trewavas
Thesis entitled: The Role of Therapeutic Alliance in Internet-Delivered Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Emma Black
Thesis entitled: Self-injury and Eating Pathology
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Adam Partridge
Thesis entitled: Evaluation of an Early Intervention Program for Childhood Conduct Problems
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Zoe Olivia Wyatt
Thesis entitled: Walking the Journey of Resilience and Recovery from Trauma for Cambodian Young People
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Elise Sloan
Thesis entitled: Emotion Regulation in Young People with Complex Mental Health and Substance Use Issues
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Cecile Patricia Boganin
Thesis entitled: The role of autobiographical memory in nonsuicidal self-injury
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Daniel Leung
Thesis entitled: Understanding the Relationship between Impulsivity and Cognitive Biases in the Treatment of Substance Misuse
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Natalie Pill
Thesis entitled: An Investigation of Trauma Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Nicole Jeffery-Dawes
Thesis entitled: Depression, Anxiety and Metabolic Syndrome in Farm Men and Women
Doctor of Psychology (Health), School of Psychology
Thane Camwell
Thesis entitled: Psychosocial Mechanisms Underlying the Emergence of Social Anxiety in Youth
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Kara Yeske
Thesis entitled: An Examination of Adolescents' Help Seeking Processes: A Longitudinal Study
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Anita Govindan
Thesis entitled: Suicidal Intent within an Acute Australian Self-Harming Cohort
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology