Dr Kevin O'Sullivan

Conjoint Senior Lecturer

2017    Doctor of Philosophy School of Psychology, UNSW PhD

2008    Certificate IV in Training and assessment TAA40104

2007    Postgraduate Certificate in Management, RMIT University

1991    Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology, British Psychological Society  Dip Clin Psychol

1988    Bachelor of Science (2.1) University of London, Faculty of Psychology   BSc Hons

1981    Post Graduate Certificate of Education, University of London, Institute of Education  PGCE

1980    Final Diploma (Italian) Institute of Linguists, London MIL

1977    Licence in Philosophy, Gregorian University, Rome PhL

1973    Foundation Studies, University of Madrid, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters

 

 

Science
School of Psychology
Phone
+61-2-6584 1000
Location
Port Macquarie, NSW
  • Edited Books | 2015
    O'Sullivan KR; King A; Nove T, (eds.), 2015, Group work in Australia, Institute of Group Leaders, Sydney, Australia
  • Journal articles | 2022
    O’Sullivan K; Hunter J; Kemp RI; Vines P; O'Sullivan K, 2022, 'Judicial Work and Traumatic Stress: Vilification, Threats, and Secondary Trauma on the Bench', Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 28, pp. 532 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000363
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hunter J; Kemp R; O'Sullivan K; Vines P, 2021, 'A Fragile Bastion: UNSW Judicial Stress Trauma Study', Judicial Officers' Bulletin, 33, pp. 1 - 7
    Journal articles | 2020
    Blatch C; O'Sullivan K; Goodman-Delahunty J; Willis M; Delaney JJ, 2020, 'Effectiveness of a Domestic Abuse Program for Australian Indigenous Offenders.', Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, 64, pp. 1639 - 1673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19900979
    Journal articles | 2018
    O’sullivan K; Williams R; Hong XY; Bright D; Kemp R, 2018, 'Measuring offenders’ belief in the possibility of desistance', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62, pp. 1317 - 1330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X16678940
    Journal articles | 2017
    Blatch C; Webber A; O’Sullivan K; van Doorn G, 2017, 'Cost-benefits of a domestic abuse program for Australian offenders', Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 3, pp. 61 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCRPP-10-2016-0026
    Journal articles | 2017
    O’Sullivan K; Holderness D; Hong XY; Bright D; Kemp R, 2017, 'Public Attitudes in Australia to the Reintegration of ex-Offenders: Testing a Belief in Redeemability (BiR) scale', European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 23, pp. 409 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10610-016-9328-8
    Journal articles | 2017
    O’Sullivan K; Levin C; Bright D; Kemp R, 2017, 'The belief in redeemability – version 2 (BiR-2) scale and its relation to desistance', Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 3, pp. 300 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCRPP-06-2017-0018
    Journal articles | 2016
    Blatch C; O'Sullivan K; Delaney JJ; Rathbone D, 2016, 'Getting SMART, SMART Recovery© programs and reoffending', Journal of Forensic Practice, 18, pp. 3 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JFP-02-2015-0018
    Journal articles | 2016
    Blatch C; O'Sullivan K; Delaney JJ; van Doorn G; Sweller T, 2016, 'Evaluation of an Australian domestic abuse program for offending males', Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 8, pp. 4 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-10-2015-0194
    Journal articles | 2016
    O'Sullivan KR; Williams R; Hong XY; Bright D; Kemp R, 2016, 'Measuring offenders’ belief in the possibility of desistance.', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
    Journal articles | 2015
    O'Sullivan K; Kemp R; Bright DA, 2015, 'Identity, self-story and desistance from crime', Journal of Forensic Practice
    Journal articles | 2014
    O'Sullivan K; Blatch C; Toh M, 2014, 'A Review of the Creative Group Work Training Program for Facilitators', Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 39, pp. 125 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2014.891682
    Journal articles | 2014
    O'Sullivan KR, 2014, 'O'Sullivan, Kevin. British Journal of Community Justice; Sheffield Vol. 12, Iss. 2, (Summer 2014): 82-94', British Journal of Community Justic
    Journal articles | 2002
    Ruddock P; Sultan A; O'Sullivan K; Silove DM; Steel Z; Halasz G; Block M; Petchkovsky L; Cooper H; Achimovich L; Adlard S; Balint E; Blom G; Bruxner G; Carne J; Chazan R; Firestone A; Grant DC; Lancaster J; Lawrence J; Leonard D; Lonie D; Lonie I; McGlade F; New H; Quadrio C; Randles J; Taryan S; Wigg P; Graves D; Van Der Weyden MB; Armstrong RM; Randall HM, 2002, 'Asylum seekers and healthcare (multiple letters)', Medical Journal of Australia, 176, pp. 85 - 87
    Journal articles | 2001
    O'Sullivan KR; Sultan A, 2001, 'Psychological disturbances in asylum seekers held in long term detention: a participant-observer account.', Medical Journal of Australia
    Journal articles | 1994
    O'sullivan K, 1994, 'Dimensions of coping with auditory hallucinations', Journal of Mental Health, 3, pp. 351 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638239408997946

2021 - ARC Discovery Grant DP220100585: Judges’ Workplace and psychological health – A National View

2017 - Emerald Literati Network Award - Outstanding Paper 2017 for "Evaluation of an Australian domestic abuse program for offending males” published in Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research

Judicial Trauma

Desistance from Crime

Group Therapy