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Australian Health Practitioner
Regulation Agency (AHPRA):
Psychologist with General Registration and Endorsement (Forensic
Psychology) since 19.12.2010.
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Approved Supervisor for the Psychology
Board of Australia (PBA):
Approval in full since 22.05.2013.
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Approved Supervisor of Psychiatric
Registrars (RANZCP):
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
since 2012.
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Victorian Registration Board of Australia:
Full registration since 29.06.2000 (probationary registration
from 15.07.1998).
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Australian Psychological Society
(APS):
Member since 01.06.2009.
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APS College of Forensic Psychologists:
Member since 21.08.2009.
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British Psychological Society
(BPS):
Member from 05.07.2002 - 01.06.2008.
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POST-DOCTORAL
TRAINING
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Dr Gee has received specialist
training in the assessment, formulation, and treatment of
individuals who have committed sexually aberrant and/or
violent behaviours. He also has training in, and experience
using of a number of best-practice Structured Professional
Judgment (SPJ) guidelines/risk management tools including:
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Historical Clinical Risk-20 (HCR-20:v3 & HCR-20:v2/v3)
• Hare Psychopathy
Check List (PCL)
• Sexual Violence
Risk-20 (SVR-20)
• Risk of Sexual
Violence Protocol (RSVP & RSVP:V2)
• Promoting
Risk Intervention by Situational Management (PRISM)
• Short-Term
Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)
• Stalking
Assessment and Management (SAM)
• Suicidal
Behaviours Risk Evaluation (SBRE)
• Spousal Assault
Risk Assessment Guide (SARA: v2/v3)
• Stalking
Risk Profile (SRP)
• Assessment
of Risk & Manageability of Intellectually Disabled Individuals
who Offend (ARMIDILO)
• Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors for violence risk (SAPROF)
• Level of
Service: Risk, Need, Responsivity (LS/RNR)
• Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT/CASIC)
• Trainer for
the Level of Service: Risk, Need, Responsivity (LS/RNR)
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RELEVANT
EMPLOYEMENT
HISTORY |
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2011
- Current: Australasian Psychology Services
Position: Director. |
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2014 - 2022:
Swinburne University of Technology (Faculty of
Health, Arts and Design)
Position: Adjunct Clinical Associate.
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2015 - 2020:
Forensicare - Prison, Community & Hospital Services
Position: Strategic Advisor (Prisons) & Principal
Psychologist.
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2008 - 2020:
Forensicare - Custody Court Report Service
Position: Senior Psychologist.
The role involved writing psychological reports at the request
of the various Courts of Victoria (Magistrates' Court, County
Court, Supreme Court) the Adult Parole Board, and Child
Protection Services - Department of Human Services). Generally,
assessments involve those individuals with more complex
presentations/multiple needs; including cognitive impairment,
acquired brain injury, mental illness, addictions, personality
disorder, and offending behaviour.
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2008 - 2015:
Forensicare - Acute Assessment Unit (AAU)
Position: Senior Psychologist.
The AAU is a 16-bed unit within the Melbourne Assessment
Prison responsible for providing statewide assessment and
acute intervention services for adult male prisoners presenting
with impaired mental functioning in custodial settings.
The unit is also the gateway to/from the adult male forensic
mental health hospital in Victoria. The role includes clinical
(i.e., mental illness, personality disorder, cognitive ability)
and forensic (e.g., offending behaviour, various forms of
deception) assessments, and intervention; both on the AAU,
and through outpatient services to the general prison population.
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2003 - 2008:
Thornford Park Hospital - Priory Secure Services
Position: Chartered Forensic Psychologist.
Thornford Park Hospital is a secure mental health facility
in England that provides inpatient services for men and
women (18+) detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (UK),
whose offending falls on the more extreme end of the behaviour
spectrum. The role included: Psychological assessment, intervention,
and risk management planning; clinical supervision; secondary
consultation with staff around psychological intervention/risk
management; and, staff training. Reports were prepared for,
and evidence presented at, Mental Health Review Tribunals.
Service development included: the construction of a general
risk management tool (B-RAM); developing a proposal around
service provision for sexual offenders with personality
disorders and/or mental illness detained in secure settings;
and, participation in the risk management group within the
hospital.
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2001 - 2002:
Australian Community Support Organisation
Position: Consultant Psychologist (Forensic).
ACSO provides intervention and residential programs/outreach
for: intellectual disabled residents (some of whom have
committed sexual and/or non-sexual offences); clients with
a dual diagnosis (e.g. intellectual disability and mental
illness); and, adolescents who present with challenging
behaviours. Responsibilities included: primary/secondary
consultation of clients, consulting on environmental and
client management within residential units, one-to-one anger
management/ behavioural interventions, and the implementation
of staff training packages.
2001 - 2002: Australian Community Support
Organisation
Position: Project Officer.
Responsibilities included: evaluating the training needs
of employees and developing a staff training package; advising
management on best practice intervention philosophies for
residents and intellectual disabled offenders; developing
an intake assessment protocol; establishing a research focus
within the organization; and, developing a child abuse &
neglect policy.
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1998 - 2000:
Victorian Offender Support Agency
Position: Intellectual Disability Support Officer.
VOSA provided 24-hour, staffed residential services for
clients with intellectual disabilities who had come in contact
with the criminal justice system. The focus was on independent
living skills training, rehabilitation, and relapse prevention.
Responsibilities included: participation in all activities
of daily living and recreation, accompanying residents to
programs, liaising with organizations and agencies involved
with offender populations, and overseeing life-skills programs.
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CONSULTANCY
SERVICES |
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2000 - Current: Professional
consultation in the form of Court reports, Expert opinion
and Supervision relating to forensic psychology/forensic mental
health.
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North Harbour Chambers.
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Investigation Management Consultancy.
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West Auckland Law Office.
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| QUALIFICATIONS |
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1998 - 2000: Doctor of Psychology (Forensic).
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Admitted to the degree of the Doctor of Psychology on 01.12.2001.
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1995 - 1997: Master of Science (1st Class
Honours in Psychology). University of Canterbury, Christchurch,
New Zealand.
— Admitted to the degree of the Master
of Science on 04.03.1998.
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1991 - 1994: Bachelor of Science (major
in psychology). University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Admitted to the degree of the Bachelor of Science on 06.05.1994.
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PUBLICATIONS/
PRESENTATIONS |
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Gee, D. G. (2014). Custodial Mental Healthcare
in Victoria: Extending Services for Adult Male Prisoners.
Presentation at the 5th Annual Correctional Services Healthcare
Summit 2014: Addressing the gaps, promoting multidisciplinary
care & improving the continuum of care into the community.
Novotel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne (VIC), 28-29th August
2014.
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Gee, D. G. & Belofastov, A. (2014). Sex
Crime Linkage: Sexual fantasy & offence plasticity. In
C. Bennell & J. Woodhams (eds.) Crime Linkage: Theory,
Research and Practice. CRC Press/Taylor Francis.
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Gee, D. G. & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2014).
Sentencing Offenders with Impaired Mental Functioning: R
v Verdins, Buckley and Vo [2007] at the Clinical Coalface.
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 21, 1 pp. 46-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2013.774682.
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Gee, D. G. (2013) Court
Reports in the Verdins era. Presentation for the
APS College of Forensic Psychologists: Forensic report
writing - What not to do! Thomas Embling Hospital, Fairfield
(VIC), 5th March 2013.
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Gee, D. G. & Logan, C. (2007). Multidisciplinary
risk management planning: The impacts of group process on
structured professional judgment. Paper presented
at the 7th annual conference of the International Association
of Forensic Mental Health Services. Montréal, Canada
26-28 June 2007.
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Gee, D. G. & Belofastov, A. (2007). Profiling
Sexual Fantasy: Fantasy in Sexual Offending and the Implications
for Criminal Profiling. In R. N. Kocsis (ed.) Criminal
Profiling: International Theory, Practice, and Research.
Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, pp. 49-71.
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Gee, D. G., Ward, T., Belofastov, A. &
Beech, T. (2006). The structural properties of sexual fantasies
for sexual offenders: A preliminary model. J. of Sex.
Aggress. 12, 213-226.
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Gee, D. G., Devilly, G. & Ward, T. (2004).
The content of sexual fantasies for sexual offenders. Sexual
Abuse: Res. Treat. 16, 315-331.
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Gee, D. G., Ward, T. & Eccelston, L. (2003).
The function of sexual fantasies for sexual offenders: a preliminary
model. Behaviour Change, 20, 44-60.
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Gee, D. G. (2001). Fantasy and sexual offending:
A grounded theory analysis. Thesis submitted in partial
fulfillment of the Doctor of Psychology-Forensic program.
Melbourne University, Victoria: Australia. - Supervised by
Prof. Tony Ward.
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Gee, D. G. (1997). Child
Sex Offender Treatment: The effects of voluntary exclusion.
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Psychology
degree. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: New Zealand.
- Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Steve Hudson.
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