Injured workers can sometimes face significant psychological challenges. From navigating the Workers’ Compensation System, experiencing isolation or frustration due to an injury, or managing chronic pain, being injured can take a mental toll as well as a physical one. Of course, psychological injury can also be caused as a direct result of events that may have happened at work. Whilst many treating Psychologists may not be familiar with the Workers’ Compensation Scheme, we understand the critical need for experience psychological support to help overcome these obstacles and support a person both back to work and back to life.

Leesa is the Director of the University Psychology Clinics located within the University of Tasmania, and teaches and supervises in the postgraduate psychology programs. Leesa is the Lead Researcher in the Compassion, Health, Intimacy, and Perinatal Research Lab and conducts research in the areas of persistent pelvic pain and endometriosis, emotional and sexual intimacy, compassion focused therapies, and perinatal psychology. Leesa is also a registered Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) approved supervisor, providing supervision to provisionally registered psychologists and psychologists completing their area of practice endorsement (AoPE Clinical) pathway.