Profile
Shen is a fully registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and is endorsed in the area of Clinical Psychology. She has extensive experience working with adolescents, adults, and older adults in community, outpatient and custodial settings. Shen is an empathic, approachable, and dedicated clinician who works within a client-centered approach, and tailors evidence-based interventions to suit the needs of the client. She endeavours to provide a respectful, safe and non-judgmental therapeutic space to allow clients to safely explore their past/current experiences and address their difficulties so they can improve their quality of life.
Clinical interests: mood and anxiety disorders, emotional dysregulation, suicidality and self-harm, anger, complicated grief, Indigenous mental health issues, chronic pain, offending behaviour, complex trauma, PTSD, relationship and attachment difficulties, self-esteem and identity issues, diverse sexuality and gender issues, and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Experience:
• Clinical Psychologist, Youth Mental Health|Department of Health
• Clinical Psychologist Registrar, Department of Justice
• Provisional Psychologist, Department of Health|Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Centre
• Provisional Psychologist, Youth Mental Health|Department of Health:
• Provisional Psychologist, University of Western Australia|Robin Winkler Clinic
• Academic Tutor, University of Western Australia
Education:
PhD and Master of Clinical Psychology, University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours), Psychology, University of Western Australia
Awards and Memberships:
Psychology Board of Australia
Australian Psychological Society (APS) student prize for Clinical Psychology
Australian Postgraduate Award
UWA Safety-Net Top-Up Scholarship
Travel Award x 2
Publications
Harding, K. A., Pushpanathan, M. E., Whitworth, S. R., Nanthakumar, S., Bucks, R. S., & Skinner, T. C. (2019). Depression prevalence in type 2 diabetes is not related to diabetes–depression symptom overlap but is related to symptom dimensions within patient self‐report measures: a meta‐analysis. Diabetic Medicine.
Bucks, R.S., Nanthakumar, S., Hillman, D., James, A., T. C., Starkstein., McArdle, N., & Skinner, T. C. (2018). Discerning Depressive symptoms in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Sleep, 1;41(12).
Nanthakumar, S., Bucks, R. S., Skinner, T. C., Starkstein, S., Hillman, D., James, A., & Hunter, M. (2017). Assessment of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) in untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Psychological assessment, 29(10), 1201.
Nanthakumar, S., Bucks, R. S., & Skinner, T. C. (2016). Are we overestimating the prevalence of depression in chronic illness using questionnaires? Meta-analytic evidence in obstructive sleep apnoea. Health Psychology, 35(5), 423.
Olaithe, M., Nanthakumar, S., Eastwood, P. R., & Bucks, R. S. (2015). Cognitive and mood dysfunction in adult obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA): Implications for psychological research and practice. Invited review for Translational Issues in Psychological Science – Special edition ‘The Science of Sleep’. 1(1), 67-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000021.
Clarke, P. J. F., Nanthakumar, S., Notebaert, L., Holmes, E., Blackwell, S.E., & McLeod, C. (2013). Simply Imagining Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows Will Not Budge the Bias: The Role of Ambiguity in Interpretive Bias Modification. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 37(3).
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Referrals
Referrals are accepted from MVA insurance, Workers’ Compensation, Medicare based referrals and self-referral.