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Matthew is a clinical psychologist and the director of Talkingpoint, a
clinical psychology practice located in New Plymouth New Zealand.
Matthew completed his Masters Degree in Psychology at Massey
University studying pain and the impact that people’s perception of
control had on their experience. He later completed the Post Graduate
Diploma in Clinical Psychology through Massey University in
Wellington. He started working as a Psychologist at Taranaki District
Health Board in 1999. He primarily worked with clients experiencing
depression, focusing on the benefits of early intervention but also
worked in general outpatients with elderly and adults experiencing a
wide range of psychological problems. After a short locum in Australia
in 2004 working in first episode psychosis at the Alfred Hospital, he
returned to continue working at Taranaki District Health Board. He
developed the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry service working in the
ICU maternity, orthopaedics and emergency departments.
Matthew was involved in the establishment of the multidisciplinary
pain service at Taranaki District Health Board. In 2006 Matthew left
New Zealand to work in the United Kingdom. He worked at the Royal
Hospital for Neuro-disability in an inpatient transitional living ward
specialising in acquired brain injury. He then worked at the West
Ealing (London) Specialist Rehabilitation Service with forensic
clients and treatment resistant schizophrenia.
Matthew returned to New Zealand in November 2007 and now is solely in
private practice. He has since started a private pain clinic involving
Dr Mike Butler (Auckland) and several physiotherapists in new
Plymouth. He is the secretary for continuing education for a large
group of psychologists and counsellors in Taranaki and has developed
Myhealth, a stress monitoring program for businesses.
Since 2009 Matthew has been involved in the assessment of mental
injury arising from both physical accidents and sexual abuse. He is
an avid follower of research in these areas and is conducting his own
research into how best to assess mental injury in a reliable, valid
and consistent manner. He has attended training specific to sexual
abuse assessment and treatment and has presented on this topic.
Matthew is a member of the New Zealand Pain Society, the International
Association for the Study of Pain, the Institute of Clinical
Psychologists, New Zealand Psychological Society and is a Registered
Clinical Psychologist. He has varied clinical interests including
neuropsychological rehabilitation, stress related health problems,
chronic pain and of course helping individuals achieve their best!
Outside of work Matthew enjoys golf, running, gardening and the odd bit of DIY.
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