Speaker
Dr. Gwladys Demazure
Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales
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Biography
Gwladys Demazure is a clinical psychologist specialized in children and adolescents. She worked as a clinical psychologist in Child Welfare Services structures with adolescents and unaccompanied minors (URMs) from 2014 to 2020. Since then, she has been working in a structure that supports children with behiavoral difficulties and special educational needs. Gwladys also has a PhD in clinical psychology and psychopathology from the University of Grenoble-Alpes, France. Her thesis focused on therapeutic treatments to be provided to URMs to improve their mental health. Her research explored the mental health of URMs, the effectiveness and efficacy of therapeutic interventions with URMs, their perceptions of mental health and mental health professionals, mental health professionals’ own perceptions when working with this specific population, and the organization of the mental health care for URMs. She also teaches clinical psychology and health psychology for students in physical therapy and occupational therapy schools.