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Ms Karen Dare

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5010
Email: k.dare@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO4.105  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-455X

Karen is a Lecturer and clinical supervisor in the Undergraduate and Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy program within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

  • COU6305 - Individual Psychotherapy Practice 1
  • COU6428 - Couple and Family Therapy Practice 1
  • COU6430 - Group Supervision 1
  • COU6403 - Psychodynamic Theory of Couple and Family Therapy
  • COU6323 - Group Psychotherapy

Background

Karen is an Individual, Couple and Family Therapist at the Elizabeth Centre in Nedlands, specialising in perinatal and infant mental health. She sees mothers and babies, young children, adolescents as well as couples and families. She has a history of working for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS), Relationships Australia, the Sexual Assault Referral Centre and the Ability Centre. She set up and under fives program within CAMHS. Karen trained in Couple and Family Therapy at the William Street Family Therapy Centre and perinatal infant mental health at the Institute of Psychiatry in New South Wales. Karen has been involved with the ECU Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy Program since 2005 initially providing clinical placement supervision to students. She is now a lecturer and clinical supervisor on the program. Karen has a particular interest in reflective clinical supervision.

Professional associations

  • 1990-2022 - Australian Association of Social Work Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (Member)
  • 2022 - Australian Association of Infant Mental Health (Member)
  • 2022 - Australian Family Therapy Association (Professional Member)
  • 2023 - Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, PACFA, (Academic Membership)

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 2016 - Directors List for Academic Excellence New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry
  • 2014 - Rotary Award Health Excellence Commendation for Service above Self
  • 2010 - Rotary Allied Health Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to Clinical Supervision
  • 1991 - Honourable Mention Stockbridge Prize University of West Australia

Research areas and interests

Karen is interested in the areas of childhood and adolescent mental health, perinatal infant mental health, couple and family therapy and clinical supervision.

Qualifications

  • Master of Mental Health (Perinatal & Infant), New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, 2016.
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Murdoch University, 2007.
  • Bachelor of Social Work, The University of Western Australia, 1991.
  • Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Politics, England, 1985.
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