Dr Steve Dawson

Dr Steve Dawson is a clinical psychologist with a special interest in the assessment and treatment of ADHD and learning disability in children, adolescents and adults. His assessments include neuropsychological assessments to help gain insight and assist treatment planning for these and other conditions. His treatment emphasises working around the difficulties in attention, memory and executive function often present in these conditions. He also has an interest in social anxiety disorder, depression and issues facing men including seperation/divorce. He has many years experience in the use of cognitive behaviour therapy, insight oriented psychotherapy and, more recently mindfulness based cognitive therapy.

 Following a first degree, Steve completed a Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology) at the Australian National University, gaining First Class Honours. He then began a Masters in Clinical Psychology at ANU before transferring to a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wollongong, graduating in 1994. He worked in full time practice for several years before combining private practice with 5 years part-time work as a clinical neuropsychologist at the Canberra Hospital and NSW Brain Injury Service based at St. John of God Hospital Goulburn. In 2006 he joined the University of Canberra where he lectured in the postgraduate program in clinical psychology for 3 years, also spending time as director of the Pschology Clinic and overall director of the MClinPsych program. During that time his clinical research focused on executive function issues in disorders such as ADHD, dyslexia, psychosis and obsessive compulsive disorder.

In late 2009 Steve moved to Sydney to join the Mindcare Centre. he also runs a private practice at Southern Community Welfare, a not-for-profit organisation attached to Gymea Baptist Church.