I earned my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Deakin University where I wrote my dissertation on the impact of autobiographical memory on self-harm. Trained in the standard cognitive therapies (i.e., CBT, ACT, DBT), I quickly realised that there is more to individuals than our thoughts, and continued my clinical training in Schema Therapy to become an accredited Schema therapist. Although Schema Therapy worked well with Borderline Personality Disorder, I became increasingly aware of its aversive and triggering effect on the more complex trauma related presentations including c-PTSD and dissociative disorders. I therefore continued my professional development in EMDR therapy, the Theory of Structural Dissociation of the Personality (amongst others), and specialised training on how to combine the two and adapt EMDR for working with complex and dissociative presentations

I worked in the public and community mental health sectors as well as in a private psychiatrist hospital. As a result, I am skilled and experienced – and deeply enjoy – working with PTSD and complex trauma related presentations including c-PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder and dissociative disorders. I also enjoy working with treatment resistant presentations such as persistent depressive disorder(s), chronic anxiety related conditions and complicated grief

My humble spiritual journey continuously helps me to further and deepen my understanding of the human body-mind mechanism through the teaching of spiritual teachers such as Sadhguru, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Wim Hoff, David R Hawkins Phd (amongst others). It shapes how I perceive us, human beings, and in this context my clients as unique, perseverant, and determined individuals who lived through stressful and traumatic life events that negatively influenced how they relate to themselves, others and the world – rather than as a set of symptoms or psychiatric conditions. I am particularly passionate about helping others (clients and consultees) understand the impact that traumatic life and childhood experiences have on the nervous system and personality organisation in relation to symptoms and biopsychosocial triggers

Boganin, C. (2018). The Role of Autobiographical Memory in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury. (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation)

Skouteris, H., McGillivray, J., Rinehart, N., & Boganin, C. (2018). Parental and parenting factors of obesity in children with a disability: update of the literature. Manuscript submitted for publication in Obesity Reviews.

McGillivray, J., Gurtman, C., Boganin, C., & Sheen, J. (2015). Self‐Practice and Self‐Reflection in Training of Psychological Interventions and Therapist Skills Development: A Qualitative Meta‐Synthesis Review. Australian Psychologist, 50(6), 434-444.

McGillivray, J., McVilly, K., Skouteris, H., & Boganin, C. (2013). Parental factors associated with obesity in children with a disability: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews [Impact Factor: 7.995]

Hooley, M., Skouteris, H., Boganin, C., & Satur, J. & Kilpatrick N. (2012). Parental influences on the development of dental caries in children aged 0-6 years: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Dentistry. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdent.2012.07.013 [Impact Factor: 3.109]

Hooley, M., Skouteris, H., Boganin, C., & Satur, J. & Kilpatrick N. (2012). Body mass index and dental caries in children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature published 2004-2011. Systematic reviews, 40 (11), 873-885.

Conferences

Boganin, C., Sharman, S., & Mildred, H. (2017 November). Autobiographical Memory Specificity in Individuals Who Engage in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury. Paper presented at the Memory Studies Association, Copenhagen.

Gurtman, C.G., McGillivray, J.A., and Boganin, C. (2013). The Impact of Reflective and Self-Practice on Cognitive Therapy Competence in Clinical Psychology Trainees. 43rd Annual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies Congress, Marrakech, Morroco