Clinical Psychologist/Professor at the University of Waikato. Past President, NZ Psychological Society. Mauriora ki te ao whānui.

New Zealand
Joined August 2015
We said goodbye to this amazing human being. AProf Damian Scarf. The kindest, toughest, most gentle person. We will miss him dearly, and I know he would want us to continue the amazing mahi he started of ending racism and oppression. Moe mai. @otago
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Abstracts submission extended till the 11th Nov. For those of us, like me, to appreciate the extra week. ivvy.com.au/event/6HQTOW/spe…
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Keynote speakers for the WERO conference, 9-12 February, 2025
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Abstracts are open till the end of the month. Nau mai, haere mai.
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WERO: A pānui for tauira Māori in psychology. A revisit of the early 1990s pānui edited by Stephanie Palmer, Linda Nikora and Maynard Gilgen. wero.ac.nz/wp-content/upload…
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youtube.com/watch?v=zy92d1Z3… The very amazing Regan Balzar doing some mahi for WERO research in Toronto with @jeffreyansloos
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Will the international community of psychologists call out Israel for the genocide in Gaza? Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to boycott and expulsion, and clear positioning against Russia. What is psychology if a genocide occurs while we are silent?
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Good mental health and wellbeing is a human right. When mental health is compromised it is unhelpful to healing to criticise and condemn. The 'higher standard' test applies to everyone. Compassion and support is needed not a pile on. #golrizghahraman
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Thank you to the BPS for this special issue. And this chapter by Joris Lechêne on decolonising autism. @NZPsS @LowitjaInstitut bps.org.uk/psychologist/deco…
In print, via bps.org.uk/psychologist or in The Psychologist app, we hope you are enjoying this very special guest edited issue, on neurodivergence.
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Let the calm be widespread.
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If you have something to say about solutions to racism and oppression in psychology. Nau mai, we are accepting expressions of interest.
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When a child gets a hold of a party pamphlet that was stuck on our fence, this is what they do to it. Hoping that National comes next, then Act then the other lesser known facist parties.
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