Dr Jim Malcolm

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Selected Publications
• Professional Affiliations
  
• Contact Details

Biography

I teach a number of individual course work units focussed on the development of knowledge and skills in psychological interventions and clinical psychology practice to students enrolled in both the Master of Psychology (Clinical) and the Master of Psychology (Forensic). I also provide research supervision to students enrolled in both Honours and the postgraduate course work programs.

I was the Director / Course Advisor for the Master of Psychology (Clinical) program from 1999 - 2009 and participated in the original design of this course and the initial accreditation process by the Australian Psychological Society. I led the curriculum development and accreditation process for the award on two successive iterations and reaccreditation rounds.

As part of my responsibilities in the Master of Psychology (Clinical), I developed the UWS Psychology Clinic and acted as its Director from 1999 to 2006. The UWS Psychology Clinic was developed to provide both in-house practicum training for students enrolled in the Master of Psychology programs at UWS and as a community engagement initiative of the School of Psychology.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Teaching focus: Interventions for emotional disorders in clinical psychology practice.
Research focus:
Sexual identity, stigma managment and mental health outcomes.
Threat identification and management processes in emtional disorders.

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Selected Publications

Bouzianis, B., Malcolm, J.P. & Hallab, L. (2008). Factors Associated with Sexual Identity Disclosure in the Workplace: A Couples Study. GLIP Review vol 4, no. 3, pp 166-175.

Malcolm, J.P. (2000) Sexual identity development in behaviourally bisexual married men - implications for essentialist theories of sexual orientation. Psychology Evolution and Gender, 2, 263-300.

Malcolm, J.P. (2002) Assessment of life stress in gay and bisexual men with the Gay Affect and Life Events Scale. Journal of Homosexuality, 42(4) 135-144

Malcolm, J.P. (2008). Heterosexually married men who have sex with men: marital separation and psychological adjustment. Journal of Sex Research, 45 (4) , 350-357).

McKnight, J. & Malcolm J.P. (2000). Is Male Homosexuality Maternally linked? Psychology Evolution and Gender,2, 229-240 (2002)

Rowen, C. & Malcolm, J.P. (2002). Correlates of internalised homophobia and homosexual identity formation in a sample of gay men. Journal of Homosexuality, 43(2), 77-92

Schriener, I. & Malcolm, J.P. (2008). The benefits of mindfulness meditation: changes in emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress. Behaviour Change vol 25, no. 3, pp 156-168)

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Professional Practice

I am currently engaged in clinical psychology practice focussed on the assessment and treatment of adult clients with anxiety and mood disorders primarily referred under Mental Health Care Plans prepared by General Practitioners as part of the Medicare funding under the Commonwealth Government’s Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative. This external consultancy is conducted in a busy central Sydney medical practice.

Professional Associations

Registered Psychologist (NSW) PS0011825
Member: Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists
Member: Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD)

Journals

Associate Editor: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Psychology Review (GLIP Review)

Reviewer: AidsCare; Journal of Sex Research; Journal of Health Psychology

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