Program developers
Assoc. Prof. Paul Harnett
Assoc. Prof. Paul Harnett
A/Prof Paul Harnett is a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience working with complex families involved with the child protection system. He currently works in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University and is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, UK.
Paul worked as a Forensic Child Clinical Psychologists at the Maudsley Hospital in London before moving to Australia. He has worked as a researcher and clinical psychologist in the field of child protection for over 30 years. In addition to development and evaluation of the PuP program he has an interest in child protection decision making.
He currently works in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Griffith University) after 16 years in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland.
Professor Sharon Dawe
Professor Sharon Dawe
Sharon Dawe is a Professor in Clinical Psychology at Griffith University, Australia and an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Child Protection, UniSA and a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, UK.
Sharon has been working as a researcher and clinical psychologist in the field of substance misuse and mental health for over 30 years at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London (UK), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW and Griffith University as a research intensive Professor. She leads a number of research projects including the evaluation of the Parents under Pressure program, assessment and diagnosis of young children with FASD, and an investigation of the impact of childhood trauma on parenting and child outcomes.
Executive & Research Support
Aramoana Andrews
Aramoana Andrews
Aramoana (Ara) Andrews is from New Zealand and has been in Australia since May 2021. Ara has been part of the PuP team since Feb 2022.
Ara was studying Psychology and Māori Indigenous studies in New Zealand before moving to Australia.
Ara is an experienced administrator and is passionate to provide the best service to clients, customers and our trainer.
Ara loves cooking, playing board games and taking time to visit her family and friends in New Zealand.
Dr. Joe Betts
Dr. Joe Betts
Joe is a registered psychologist and clinical psychology registrar with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
He has completed a PhD (Clinical psychology) at Griffith University. His PhD focused on interventions and the impact of childhood adversity on young children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). As part of his study, he has gained expert knowledge in the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure and different forms of childhood adversity on child functioning. He currently works as a private therapist for children and adults, as a senior research assistant at Griffith University, and runs a small consulting business. He has published academic papers in the area of child functioning, and is a contributing author to The UK Royal College of General Practitioner’s (RCGP) guide to the management of substance misuse in primary care. Joe also has a varied background, having previously worked as a government statistician and fully qualified arborist.
Dr Elizabeth Eggins
Dr Elizabeth Eggins
Elizabeth (Liz) Eggins is a Research Fellow at Griffith University (Australia). She is a registered psychologist with training in Clinical Psychology and Criminology. Liz has a special interest in research that focuses on finding out what works to support vulnerable families. In clinical practice, Liz focuses on neurodevelopmental assessments and is passionate about providing evidence-based treatments to vulnerable families.
Liz has worked worked in research, teaching and clinical roles over the last decade. Her current role at Griffith University focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the impact of early life adversity on development and wellbeing across the life course. She is an Editor for the Campbell Systematic Reviews journal, led by the Campbell Collaboration, a worldwide leader in the synthesis of evidence for social interventions. Liz has expertise in the implementation and evaluation of applied interventions across psychology, criminology, child welfare, and social work disciplines. Her transdisciplinary research has the overall aim of improving outcomes for vulnerable families, preventing crime and crime harms, and advancing evidence-based practice.
Liz is a mum to one amazing little human and an aunt to many others. And these are her most favourite life roles.
Dr Matthew Guillo
Dr Matthew Guillo
Matthew Gullo is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Griffith University, Australia, and an Affiliate Associate Professor at The University of Queensland's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Australia, and a Visiting Senior Clinical Psychologist at the Alcohol and Drug Assessment Unit (ADAU), Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia.
Ned Chandler-Mather
Ned Chandler-Mather
Ned Chandler-Mather is a Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia and a psychologist. He completed his undergraduate and honours programs at The University of Queensland (UQ) before moving to Griffith University to complete his PhD in Clinical Psychology. Ned has experience working across community and outpatient hospital settings. He has experience in working with children and adults with a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, behavioural difficulties, relationship and social difficulties, parenting difficulties, and sleep problems. He had particular experience in conducting neuropsychological assessments with young children who are presenting with concerns related to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Ned's research is currently focused on child development. He has published academic papers focused on factors that influence child development and on ways to intervene to improve developmental trajectories. His PhD research was focused on understanding the causes and consequences of sleep problems in children with FASD. Ned has previously worked in hospitality, events, as a university tutor, and as a bookseller and loves to play guitar in his spare time.
Dr Tania Pomario
Dr Tania Pomario
Tania Pomario is a registered psychologist. She is the director of a private psychology clinic, Wellbeing in Mind Psychological Services, and a research associate at Griffith University.
Tania completed her training in clinical psychology and neuropsychology in South Africa and has been working as a psychologist for over 14 years. She has a special interest in the assessment of individuals across the lifespan to assist with the identification of developmental delay, diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., FASD, Autism), determine functional capacity after brain injury, and monitoring cognitive, emotional, and behavioural functioning in chronic conditions such as epilepsy. She believes that early identification and intervention is key to supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders and allowing them to achieve their full potential. Tania is experienced at working supportively and collaboratively with clients and their families.
Dr Laura Jellins
Trainers
We have a range of experience PuP Trainers in locations around the world. Australia, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Dr. Denise Hatzis
Dr. Denise Hatzis
Dr Denise Hatzis, PhD (Clinical Psychology), BPsy (Hons) BNursing, MAPS Denise Hatzis is the Clinical Director of the Child Development Unit at Griffith University Logan Campus as well as working in private practice.
Her PHD investigated how caregiving in high-risk mothers predicts child developmental outcomes, highlighting the importance of identifying and understanding the mechanisms that impact quality caregiving and child outcomes in high-risk families.
Prior to completing her training in clinical psychology, Denise worked as a Registered Nurse and Midwife in Brisbane. In addition, she worked at Belmont Hospital for three years facilitating parenting groups for women suffering from Post Natal Depression.
Currently, Denise works for Griffith University in both a research and clinical capacity where she is involved in a service providing complex diagnostic assessments for young children (age 3-7) with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Further to this, Denise has conducted cognitive and learning assessment for children struggling at school, which include exploring the possibility of ADHD and Autism diagnoses. Conversely, she has also used cognitive testing to assess for giftedness.
Denise has a passion for working with children and parents where family functioning has been disrupted due to stress and/or trauma. Denise has specialised knowledge about the impact that accumulated stress has on parental caregiving across varied demographic groups. Denise is an accredited Parents under Pressure (PuP) therapist and provides training and supervision to therapists undergoing training in the PuP program.
Dimity Adams
Dimity Adams is a Senior Research Fellow with the School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). She is a registered psychologist with a Masters Degree in Psychology (Clinical) and Post-graduate Certificate in Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Dimity is a practice leader in the assessment and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who commit sexual offences and has considerable experience working in collaboration with Indigenous communities on issues of sexual violence prevention. Dimity is a mother to a 4-year-old girl and a dog mum to two corgi's.
Jenny Carpenter
Jenny Carpenter
Jenny is a UK social worker and systemic practitioner (Institute of Family Therapy, London UK) with 30 years experience in family support practice, management and service development. This has been in statutory and voluntary sector settings, including parental substance misuse. Jenny has been supervising and training practitioners with the Parents under Pressure program since 2013.
A keen area of interest for Jenny is supporting practitioners to use and articulate the Integrated Theoretical Framework with confidence, and to tailor the PuP program to their client base. And to share learning between practitioners across different settings in social care, health, education, addiction and sometimes across different countries, to promote a shared language of family support.
Jenny and her family live in Scotland. She enjoys a mix of online and face to face training projects around the UK, and some further afield that online working has made possible too.
Dr. Carmen Cubillo
Dr. Carmen Cubillo
Dr Carmen Cubillo is a clinical psychologist and Larrakia woman born in the Northern Territory. She has a longstanding interest in child rearing practices in Aboriginal families, and challenges the pathologisation of Indigenous families that further embed racial stereotypes of neglect, abuse and damaged Indigenous children within communities.
Carmen is working closely with the PuP team, Congress and Italk studios to facilitate the production of the PuP animations. Carmen has also joined the PuP Training team, bring expertise in cultural connectedness and trauma to our PuP training team.
Bernie O'Grady
Bernie O'Grady
Bernie O Grady is a PuP trainer in Ireland through the Coolmine training hub. Bernie has a background in Social Work and trained as a PuP therapist in 2017 when she worked with women in the care of Limerick Prison.
In 2020 Bernie became a Team Leader in Coolmine Midwest and has been involved in the development of a gender specific service for women struggling with drug and alcohol misuse. A core focus of this development is the inclusion of PuP as an evidence based response to mothers presenting. In 2023 Bernie has moved into a training and development role for PuP nationally for Coolmine. A vision that Bernie is developing in the Midwest is a 'Community of Practice ' for PuP as interagency bodies are training in the approach.
Dr Jasmine Pang
Dr Jasmine Pang
Jasmine is an endorsed Clinical Psychologist and Board approved Clinical Supervisor who has worked and trained over the past two decades in various government, community and hospital settings internationally including Singapore, Canada, Australia and USA.
She has worked extensively with crisis response services, child protection, foster services, emergency departments and hospital services. She held the position of Adjunct Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore for 10 years and is passionate about training, teaching and supervision. Jasmine has a particular interest in supporting children, adolescents, parents and adults who have experienced traumatic or difficult life circumstances and is passionate about ensuring high quality services be made available to them. Jasmine currently splits her time between private practice at Heartworks Psychology Services, her role as Staff Psychologist supporting leadership, staff and teams in the Metro North Hospital and Health Service (MNHHS), as well as training and supervision both privately and with several Universities.