Dr Peter Baldwin is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology in Swinburne’s Department of Psychological Sciences, as well as a conjoint Senior Research Fellow at Black Dog Institute and UNSW Sydney.
He began his career in clinical psychology at Black Dog Institute (BDI) as a postdoctoral research fellow and clinical psychology registrar, overseeing national digital mental health trials, including a NASA-led trial evaluating digital mental health care for astronauts deployed in space. He then co-led a national blended mental health care service for health professionals during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic before taking up leadership roles in BDI’s Clinical Research and Policy Research teams.
Today, he is a clinical teaching and research academic, supervising clinical psychology trainees and conducting research into the cognitive and neural mechanisms of mental illness. He is also a practicing clinical psychologist and board-approved psychology supervisor specialising in CBT, ACT, Exposure, Behavioural Activation and Family Systems Therapy for anxiety, OCD, hoarding, trauma and psychotic disorders.
