Professor Catriona Davis-McCabe

DPsych MPsych BSc(Hons)

  • Professor
Catriona Davis

Research Expertise

  • Transgender and gender diversity
  • ADHD and neurodiversity

Research Supervision

Catriona provides supervision to researchers and research candidates in Cairnmillar’s Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs.

Teaching

Clinical Expertise

Assessment, formulation and diagnosis of psychological problems and complex mental health disorders.

About

Catriona is the immediate Past-President of the Australian Psychological Society. The APS is the peak professional organisation for psychology in Australia. She is a Professor of Psychology at Cairnmillar Institute and has worked as an academic for the last 15 years coordinating postgraduate psychology programs and training future psychologists in both the UK and Australia. Catriona is research active in the psychology field and has published in peer-reviewed journals. She also runs a small clinical practice offering assessment and treatment of psychological problems and complex mental health disorders.

Key Publications

Devenport, S., Davis-McCabe, C., & Winter, S. (2023). A Critical Review of the Literature Regarding the Selection of Long-Term Romantic Partners. Archives of sexual behavior, 52(7), 3025–3042. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02646-y

Burns, S., H. Saltis, J. Hendriks, A. Manafi, C. Davis-McCabe, P. J. M. Tilley, and S. Winter (2022) Australian teacher attitudes, beliefs and comfort towards sexuality and gender diverse students. Sex Education. 23:5, 540-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2087177

Parker, E, & Davis-McCabe, C. (2021) The sibling experience: growing up with a trans sibling. Australian Journal of Psychology, 73(2): 188-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2021.1882269

Davis-McCabe, C., Di Mattia, M., & Logan, E. (2019) Challenges Facing Australia Counselling Psychologists. Australian Psychologist, 54(6): 513-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12393

Winter, S., Davis-McCabe, C., Russell, C., Wilde, D., Chu, T.H., Suparak, P. and Wong, J. (2018) Denied Work: An audit of employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity in Asia. Bangkok: Asia Pacific Transgender Network and United Nations Development Programme.

McCarrick, J.A., Davis-McCabe, C. & Hirst-Winthrop, S. (2015). Men’s experiences of the UK Criminal Justice System following female-perpetrated intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9749-z