Craig Gonsalvez

MA, MPhil in Medical Psychology, PhD (Clinical)

Position:

• Associate Professor

Research Interests:

• Clinical supervision processes and outcomes
• Psychophysiology of psychological disorders (anxiety, gambling, OCD)
• Psychopathology and treatment outcome in anxiety disorders
• Event-related brain potentials as a indices of information processing

Research Groups:

• Brain & Behaviour Research Institute
• Illawarra Institute of Mental Health

Affiliations:

• Member, Australian Psychological Society (MAPsS)
• Member, Clinical College of Australian Psychological Society
• Member, Australasian Society for Psychophysiology
• Member, Australian Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Therapy (AACBT)

Awards:

• Winner of APS College of Clinical Psychologists’ Award of Distinction for 2009.

Some Recent Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.

• Wilkes, B., Gonsalvez, C. J., Blaszczynski, A. (2010). Capturing SCL and HR changes to win and loss events during gambling on electronic machines. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 78, 265-272.
• Gonsalvez, C.J., & Milne, D. (2010). Clinical supervisor training in Australia: A Review of current problems and possible solutions: Australian Psychologist, 45, 233-242
• Thomas, S. J., Gonsalvez, C. J., & Johnstone, S. J. (2009). Sequence effects in the Go/NoGo task: Inhibition and facilitation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 74 (3), 209-219.
• Bannon, S., Gonsalvez, C.J., & Croft, R. (2008). Processing impairments in OCD: It’s more than inhibition. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 689-700.
• Gonsalvez, C. J., Barry, RJ., Rushby, J., and Polich, J. (2007). Target-to-Target Interval, Intensity and P300 from an Auditory Single-Stimulus Task. Psychophysiology, 44, 245-250.
• Gonsalvez, C. J. & McLeod. H. J. (2008). Toward the science-informed practice of clinical supervision: The Australian Context. Australian Psychologist, 43, 79-87.
• Gonsalvez, C. J., Barry, RJ., Rushby, J., and Polich, J. (2007). Target-to-Target Interval, Intensity and P300 from an Auditory Single-Stimulus Task. Psychophysiology, 44, 245-250.

Major Research Grants:

• ARC_Linkage: Gonsalvez, CJ, Blaszczynski, A., Clarke, A.R. Problem Gambling: Can subtle physiological reactions to wins and losses help identify the problem gambler? $106,881. (2008-2011) Project ID: LP0776836;
• ALTC Grant: Gonsalvez, C. J., Bushnell, J., et al. (2010-2011). The vignette-matching procedure: An innovative approach to assess student competencies in psychology and clinical practicum.  July 2010. $105,000.  PP10-1624:

Interests:

• Family activities, table tennis and cricket, photography

Email: craig_gonsalvez@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 3674
Office: B41.128