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Paula Barrett


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FRIENDS for Life: Activity Book for Children

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Paula Barrett is a scholar and researcher in the field of child psychology. She has been published widely in the area of prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression and the promotion of resilience through the evidence-based FRIENDS programs.

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She Is the Founding Director of Pathways Health and Research Centre in Brisbane and currently holds Adjunct Professorship at Australia National University (School of Psychology), University of Queensland (School of Education), and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (School of Psychology). She has been recognised as being amongst the top 1 percent of publishers within the field of Psychology and Psychiatry at an international level.

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Nationality

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Paula Barrett was born in Angola, Africa and spent a good part of her early life moving around in Mozambique, Macao and other places. In 1986 Paula's family migrated to Australia from Portugal. This international background has been recognised by various bodies in Australia.

Education

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  • Doctor of Philosophy 1995,

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    University of Queensland

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  • Master of Clinical Psychology 1990
  • University of Queensland

  • Licenciatura in Clinical Psychology 1986
  • University of Lisbon

  • Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) 1983
  • University of Lisbon

    Programs

    For over two decades Paula has continued to evaluate and develop the world-renowned FRIENDS programs:

  • Fun Friends
  • Friends for Life
  • My Friends Youth
  • Adult Resilience Program
  • She has also developed the FOCUS program for working with children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which has demonstrated efficacy for up to 7 years follow-up.

    Recent events

  • Paula Barrett was a Keynote Speaker at Connections Conference for the The Australian Association of Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses
  • Paula Barrett was a Keynote Speaker at International Baccalaureate Asia Pacific Annual Conference 2013 (March) in Kuala Lumpur
  • Paula Barrett was a Keynote Speaker at AAIBS Conference 2012 Lifelong Learning (September) Australia
  • Awards

  • 2009 Highly Commended Certificate, Human Rights Medal Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia
  • 2008 Telstra Queensland Business Woman of the Year Telstra
  • 2008 Australian of the Year Award, Queensland, Finalist
  • 1999 Australian Psychological Society, Early Career Award
  • Australian Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Tracey Goodall Early Career Award
  • References

    Paula Barrett Wikipedia