Clinical Psychologist; Interim CEO, Board Member

AIPA, Thirrili, The Black Dog Institute

A proud Jaru, Bunuba, and Wakaya woman born and raised on the lands of the Kalkadoon people – Mount Isa, Queensland. Tanja is a clinical psychologist and mid-career researcher with expertise in mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, suicide prevention, and working with persons impacted by trauma and workplaces that are bringing cultural and clinical knowledge together. She brings a combination of academic research, corporate expertise, and clinical experience working with remote, regional communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being, and doing to her Board roles at Thirrili, the Australian Indigenous Psychologist Association, and the Black Dog Institute. She advocates for increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing practitioners in Australia and for upskilling mainstream organisations with an understanding of how to provide culturally appropriate social and emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and individuals.