Prof Tinashe Dune is a multi-award-winning researcher, tertiary educator, and Senior Clinical Psychologist with two PhDs and extensive qualifications and experience. As a tri-lingual practitioner (English, Shona, and French), Prof Dune brings a unique, culturally-informed perspective to her work. Her holistic approach to teaching, research, clinical work and clinical supervision draws from various therapeutic modalities and theoretical framewoks tailored to each individuals' or groups' needs.

Prof Dune's expertise includes a focus on complex trauma, disability, sexuality concerns, migrant and refugee populations as well as the experiences of Black, Indigenous and people of colour. Prof Dune has a passion for neurocognitive assessment with a special focus on neurodiversity-affirming assessments for often overlooked groups (eg girls, women and people of colour). Beyond her clinical work, she's an accomplished academic with over 170 scholarly publications. Prof Dune's passion for inclusive, comprehensive care makes her an invaluable leader in our clinic, committed to nurturing wellbeing across diverse communities.

Professional Roles:

• Senior Clinical Psychologist

• Board Approved Clinical Supervisor

• Accredited Yoga Teacher

• Certified Mental Health First Aid instructor (Standard & Older Persons)

• Justice of the Peace for NSW

• Professor in Clinical Psychology

Areas of Expertise:

• Complex trauma

• Relationships and families

• Workplace issues

• Sexual and reproductive health

• Sexual identity

• Minority and people of colour experiences

• Autism and ADHD assessments (specialising in girls, women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ individuals, and trauma survivors)

Therapeutic Approach: 

• Holistic framework incorporating:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing

• Schema Therapy

• Narrative Therapy

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

• Eclectic therapeutic approaches

Qualifications:

• MBA (in progress) - Australian College of Applied Professions

• PhD (Clinical Psychology) - University of Wollongong, 2022

• MPH (Human Sexuality) - Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (USA), 2013

• PhD (Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health) - University of Sydney, 2011

• BA (Psychology with High Honours) - Carleton University (Canada), 2007

Additional Training:

• Neurodiversity Affirming Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (Psychology Training) 2023

• First Aid Training (First Aid Australia) 2023

• 50HR Yoga Therapy Training (Santosha Institute) 2023

• 200HR Yoga Teacher Training (Santosha Institute) 2022

• Mental Health First Aid Instructor Training (Mental Health First Aid Australia) 2022

• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (Psychology Training) 2022

• Emotion Focused Therapy for Individuals, Couples, Families (PsychWire) 2022

• Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment (Project Air) 2021