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Tess Nikitenko

@DisinhibitNeuro

Psychologist | Writer | Science Communicator | Making sense of health, science & systems. Available for writing & speaking engagements

 Australia
coherencepsychology.com.au
Joined November 2018
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Thrilled to announce (belatedly) that my poem 'Grief in Oils' was longlisted for the Ros Spencer Poetry Prize, part of the annual WA Poetry Festival 2025. This poem will be featured as part of the Brushstrokes 2025 Anthology due to be released next month.
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The NDIS pricing review will hit women with disability & female-led workforces hardest. I unpacked the policy failure & its fallout for @WomensAgenda. Thanks to @angelapriestley & team for publishing it. Read & share👇 🔗 womensagenda.com.au/latest/w… #NDIS #DisabilityRights
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Grateful to @johnmenadue and the team at Pearls and Irritations for publishing my latest piece on the strange silence imposed on psychologists by our own regulator. 🧠🛑 Read here: johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06… #mentalhealth #psychology #regulation #AHPRA #healthpolicy

Why psychologists can't clearly say what they’re trained to do

I am a registered psychologist with extensive additional training in advanced trauma modalities. But under Australia’s current advertising guidelines for health practitioners, I am unable to say that...

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A friend and colleague told me my published article was “drivel” and that I’d lost 10 points of respect. I didn’t expect to start my Substack like this — but maybe I needed to. Read it here: substack.com/profile/3499669… #ADHD #Feminism #Psychology #MentalHealth #MoralInjury
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The NSW ADHD reform might improve access but at what cost? Cutting out psychologists risks silencing a feminised profession and failing the women still being missed. Thanks to @WomensAgenda 🧠👇 womensagenda.com.au/latest/t… #ADHD #Neurodivergence #HealthPolicy #GenderEquity
The ADHD reform that silences a feminised profession and fails women

The ADHD reform that silences a feminised profession and fails women

The new ADHD reform is being hailed for increasing “access” and “efficiency.” But when systems prioritise speed, they miss people.

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Please consider signing. Make Medicare funded access to 20 psychology sessions permanent: chng.it/zVGXmrTN via @ChangeAUS
Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

Make Medicare funded access to 20 psychology sessions permanent

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Congratulations to our #ACNS2020 Award Winners! @jbmattingley @HinzeHogendoorn @AurinaArn and Nahain Chowdhury! Stay tuned for details on the awards ceremony and AGM to be held Oct 14th.
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“Navigating the path back from isolation - HDR style”. Looking forward to working with our @UTAS_ RHD students as part of this workshop next week. Still a few spaces left. Register via link in bulk email sent to you utas email.
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Guys! You should seriously apply for this PhD! #sojealous #phdlife
Tim Silk (@silk_tim) profile pictureTim Silk@silk_tim1 Jul 2020
Interested in doing a PhD in epigenetics/neuroimaging & cognition in Australia? Scholarship available deakin.edu.au/courses/fees-s…. Contact me for details. Potential postdoc available too.
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Finally, insomnia explained. – at Melbourne, Victoria
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My #ACNS <3. @ACNS_Official #phdchat #phdlife #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #covid19australia
Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (@ACNS_Official) profile pictureAustralasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society@ACNS_Official9 Jun 2020
An open letter from #ACNS to Australian and New Zealand Universities. COVID-19 has greatly impacted research. Please help by sharing this and help support the research community. #AcademicTwitter #ecrchat #phdchat @ABPS2021 @ACNS_ECR
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Dr @ManaBiabani's MBI seminar is on TODAY at 1.30pm! 'Assessing cortical properties using TMS-EEG' Zoom: monash.zoom.us/j/96010241221 Or monash.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 960 1024 1221 @BrainPark @NSB_Lab @turnerinstitute @NIFAus @MonashUni @Monash_FMNHS @NigelRogasch
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Rachel Prozac@rachelz9 Jun 2020
One of my undergrads just sent me this, and said it sums up Semester 1 quite nicely. 😢
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I don’t know who needs to see this right now, but you’re welcome. 😂🤣😂🤣
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This is important, y’all. Help do science and add to our understanding of mental health in these crazy times. 🤙
The COLLATE Project (@collateproject) profile pictureThe COLLATE Project@collateproject30 Apr 2020
Please complete and share this important mental health survey! @Swinburne @AUMentalHealth @TallpoppiesAIPS @CarersAustralia @CarersWA @CarersTas @CarersVictoria @CarersNSW @Carers_SA @CarersQLD @SOBRNetwork @wadekelly @NeuroGem @laila_hugrass @DisinhibitNeuro @JABaldock
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Just been on the radio with a male Dr. I am a female Prof. He was thanked as Dr X. I was thanked as Susan. #EveryDaySexism
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Dr. Rebecca Hirst@HirstRj24 Apr 2020
Never has anything been more real.
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I feel so fortunate to have a primary supervisor that genuinely has my back. In the time of COVID-19 it makes all the difference. #gratitude #AcademicChatter #phdchat #phdlife
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#BrainSTIM2020 will now take place on May 19–20, 2020 with Twitter as its main platform. Video talks will be published on YouTube, posters will be presented in our online poster hall, and oral discussions will take place in Zoom. brainstim-meeting.org #brainstim #brainimaging
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