Lea has over 25 years of experience as a psychologist across the clinical, management and training sectors. In her private practice she works predominantly in the area of trauma, in particular with survivors of partner abuse and sexual assault. Lea is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Tasmania and her research is focused on the earliest warning signs of intimate partner abuse.

Hello! I am the new convenor of the DFV Prevention Interest Group committee and a Member for the Women & Psychologist Interest Group for 2025-2026. Whilst I'm an early career psychologist working in private practice, I have an extensive career in child protection and supporting families affected by domestic and family violence, including engaging in men who perpetrator violence and partnering with women and children to be safe. I also have a second role as a DFV homicide researcher for the government. I look forwarding to seeing psychologists doing more in this really important area, and I hope this Interest Group can be a part of this movement forward.

I am a community and counselling psychologist with more than thirty years’ experience in community health and higher education, as well as a decade within the APS National Office as Manager of Public Interest. I am currently an Honorary Fellow at Victoria University. The focus of my work over that time has been on maximising psychology's contributions to community wellbeing and social justice. I have a keen interest in supporting a new generation of feminist and community psychologists.