Take Action Child Handout Workbook (Take Action Program)

Dr Allison Waters Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist BSS(Psych), BA(Hons), PhD(Clin), MAPS, MCCP Dr Waters is Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at Griffith University. She completed a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) at The Queensland University of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts (with first class honours) and her PhD in Clinical Psychology at The University of Queensland in 2002. She also completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles between 2002 and 2004 prior to commencing at Griffith University in 2004. Dr Waters is the Director of the Childhood Anxiety Disorders Research Program at Griffith University through which more than 450 anxious children have been assessed and treated using the Take Action group program. Her research focuses on the cognitive-neuroscience of childhood anxiety disorders and translating these research findings into clinical practice using current generation treatments and novel interventions. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed book chapters and journal articles in this area, and her research is funded by the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Financial Markets for Children, Australian Rotary Health, Queensland Health and Griffith University. She supervises the research projects of PhD, Doctorate, Masters and Honours level students, teaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in clinical psychology, and supervises the clinical work of postgraduate students on clinical placement at Griffith University. She is Associated Editor of the Australian Journal of Psychology and also of Psychopathology Review. Dr Waters also resides on the Research Advisory Committee of the Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute. The quality of her research is recognised through an Australian Psychological Society Early Researcher Career Award, Griffith Health Institute Research Awards, and keynote addresses at national conferences. In addition to her research and academic roles, Dr Waters has a small private practice through her partnership with Dr Groth. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists and the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.