Mitch Masters

Mitch is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, and an Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS). He has completed a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours, and is a current PhD Candidate (Clinical).

The focus of Mitch’s PhD research has been to develop a measure for assessing the ways in which children and adolescent’s regulate their emotions in response to stress, and to use this information to identify the patterns of emotion regulation that place young people at the greatest risk for internalising disorders. Mitch has also been invited to present his research at a number of international conferences, including the Society for Research on Adolescents (SRA) and the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD). His research has also been published in the international Journal of Early Adolescence (JEA).
Mitch is actively involved in the assessment of children with early developmental difficulties. He is passionate about evidence-based practice, and has extensive experience working with children and families from complex backgrounds.
Mitch’s special interests include, but are not limited to:
• Trauma/Abuse
• Childhood development and attachment
• Elimination disorders (enuresis and encopresis)
• Mood and Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Emotion regulation difficulties
• Behavioural problems
• Assessment (ages 3+; Thinking and reasoning, Cognitive, Achievement, Autism, Psychosocial)