Dr Catherine Creamer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Society. Catherine is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Chartered Forensic Psychologist, registered HCPC (UK) and AHPRA psychologist.
Catherine has 20 years postgraduate experience, providing psychosocial and clinical interventions to adults and children in clinical and forensic settings; both in-patient and community mental health, community out-reach and providing expert testimony and advice to the Courts, Parole Board and Mental Health Tribunals.
Catherine has extensive international consultancy and training expertise and has developed policy documents, training, risk assessment tools and rehabilitation treatment programmes for the Scottish Police, Scottish Government Employment Vetting Scheme (Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme), UK Home Office, New Zealand Department of Corrections and Australian Government. Catherine has developed several psychotherapeutic training programmes for those working with forensic populations. Catherine has been a Consultant Forensic Expert to the European Union, Council of Europe, since 2009 working on human rights projects relating to risk assessment, rehabilitation, mental health, and counter terrorism. She has been a short-term consultant to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes.
Catherine’s research profile is broad and demonstrates expertise in understanding and preventing the onset of intimate partner stalking/violence, risk assessments and rehabilitation in forensic areas.
Board memberships
- Independent Advisor to the Commissioner for Fair Trading – Working with Vulnerable People
- Traffic Accident Commission, Clinical Panel (2021)
Professional memberships
- Australian Psychological Society
- British Psychological Society
- Asia Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
Awards/Fellowships
- British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist, 1999
- British Psychological Society, Associate Fellow, 2012
- Higher Education Authority (HEA) Associate Fellow, 2022
Potential research projects for HDR and Masters students
- Forensic psychology
- Psychotherapeutic interventions
- Intimate partner violence
- Human Rights
- Risk assessment in forensic contexts
Research grants
|
Grant/Project name |
Investigators |
Funding body & A$ value |
Year(s) |
| Counter Terrorism/Prevention Radicalisation In Western Balkans and Turkey (Screening, Risk/Needs Assessment and Rehabilitation) | Creamer | Council of Europe, 50,000 (Euro) | 2019-2022 |
| Development of Mental Health Protocols, Forensic Psychiatric Facility Bosnia and Herzegovina | Creamer | Council of Europe, 10,000 (Euro) | 2018-2022 |
| Reduction in Pharmacological
Treatments in Mental Health in Azerbaijan |
Creamer | Council of Europe, 5,000 (Euro) | 2017 |
| Horizontal Facility Western Balkans
And Turkey – Strengthening the Protection of the Rights of Sentenced And Detained Persons |
Creamer | Council of Europe, 60,000 (Euro) | 2016-2022 |
| Further Support for Penitentiary Reform in Ukraine (Suicide Prevention) | Creamer | Council of Europe, 5,000 (Euro) | 2018 |
| Investigating inter Ethic Violence in Bulgaria | Creamer | European Union, Norway Grants, 2,000 (Euro) | 2015 |
| Capacity Building of Law Enforcement
Agencies for Appropriate Treatment Of Detained Persons (Macedonia, Georgia and Armenia) |
Creamer | Council of Europe, 7,000 (Euro) | 2014 |
| Design of National Drug including Alcohol Programmes | Creamer, Ashcroft, McGuire, Gilchrist, Forsyth and Houchin | New Zealand Department Corrections, $180,000 (NZD) | 2013 |
| Design of Risk Screening Tool for the
Management of Sexual Offenders in The Community (MAPPA) |
Gilchrist and Creamer | Risk Management Authority (Scotland), 10,000 (UKL) | 2012 |
| Review and Partial Re-write, Youth Offending Programme | Creamer | New Zealand Department Corrections, $10,000 (NZD) | 2011 |
| Case Management Guidelines and
Staff Training – Employment Vetting Scheme) |
Johnstone, Creamer and Gilchrist | Scottish Government (Disclosure Scotland), 20,000 (UKL) | 2010 |
| Critical Incident Response and Hostage Negotiation Training (Romania) | Creamer | European Union, 10,000 (Euro) | 2009 |
| Facilitator Pathway Training | Creamer & Ward | New Zealand Department Corrections, 160,000 (NZD) | 2008 |
| Design of Youth Custody Diversion | Creamer & Atrill | Derby Youth Offending, UK, 10,000 (UKL) | 2003 |
Research areas
- neurobiology of attachment and intimate partner stalking
- intimate partner homicide
- fixated behaviours
- human rights and forensic populations
- assessment ad treatment of forensic populations
Teaching areas
- Counselling and Mental Health
- Psychotherapeutic Approaches
- Research