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Belle Selkirk

Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist, School of Indigenous Studies

University of Western Australia

Belle Selkirk is a Noongar woman from the southwest of Western Australia. As a Clinical Psychologist, Ahpra Board Approved Supervisor, and researcher, Belle aspires to contribute to the field of Indigenous psychology that amplifies the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Belle is a Research Fellow with the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP) under the leadership of Professor Pat Dudgeon AM. She has led key initiatives in decolonising psychology education and practice, including the AIPEP Community of Practice, Listening More: Embedding Cultural Safety in Supervision resources, the Indigenous Knowledges in Psychology collection with the Australian Journal of Psychology, and Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding 4e – the only psychology textbook that embeds Indigenous perspectives throughout each study area in psychology. Belle is also the co-chair of the Ahpra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Strategy Group for Psychology. Her main areas of focus are Indigenous psychology, social-emotional-wellbeing, culturally informed therapeutic practice, and cultural safety in psychological practice. In 2024 Belle was awarded the Indigenous Allied Health Australia Excellence in Cultural Responsiveness Award. She is an active member of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA).

Sessions

Day 1

11.50

Understanding Deep Yarning

Deep Yarning is a practice-based evidence approach of psychological therapy based on Indigenous standpoints and relational processes 


Mary Goslett, Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist; Professional Practice Fellow, University of Western Australia; Director, AIPA

Belle Selkirk, Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia

Day 1

1.40

Decolonising Neuropsychology

Looking towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led Practice Framework   


Jody Kamminga, Clinical Neuropychologist/PhD Candidate, University of NSW

Belle Selkirk, Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist, School of Indigenous Studies University of Western Australia

Stacey McMullen, Interim Deputy Head, Wollotuka Institute of Indigenous Education and Research, University of Newcastle

Shannon McNeair, Clinical Psychologist, McNeair Aboriginal Psychological Services; Director, AIPA

Day 2

4.00

Panel: Honouring Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing through reflexivity

  • Empowering and amplifying the diverse and evolving needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and contexts

  • Understanding “who we are” in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spaces

  • Reflecting on the action and change needed to address injustice produced and sustained through coloniality


Belle Selkirk, Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist, School of Indigenous Studies University of Western Australia

Jody Kamminga, Research Fellow, Clinical Neuropsychologist, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia

Shraddha Kashyap, University of Western Australia

Rama Agung-Igusti, University of Western Australia

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