Lucy Tan

Associate Professor Lucy Tan is an Australian registered Clinical Psychologist with previous appointments in academia, public and private health industries. She has worked in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. She is an accredited Federal Family Court report writer, clinical expert assessor for Queensland Health Ombudsman and Psychology Board clinical supervisor (Clinical Psychology endorsement).

Her research has focused on improving our understanding of the ways in which psychological processes develop, mental health conditions and the mechanisms of change processes in the treatment of these conditions. Bridging the evidence-practice divide that exists is also an area of research passion, such as exploring factors influencing learning, work readiness of clinical psychology graduates and the transfer of knowledge to real-world clinical practice applications; thus, making her a true clinician-researcher. She has successfully translated and commercialised research; and is passionate about making a difference bringing real-world applications to both her research and teaching.

She teaches post-graduate Clinical Psychology course, provides effective clinical supervision and consultancy. Lucy has four decades of clinical practice and is available for collaborative research, research supervision and clinical consultations. She is accepting Higher Degree by Research (PhD) students. Currently, she is both primary and secondary PhD advisor to several students in JCU and overseas, primary advisor to Master of Clinical Psychology and undergraduate Honours Psychology students.

She has a personal guiding dictum: “interest grabs one’s attention (but we all know this can be fleeting), motivation sustains the interest, but action - the glue that makes it all stick.” Lucy enjoys a smorgasbord of outdoor activities including running, intrepid travels and has recently pivoted to container gardening.