Toby Bartle

Background

About Toby Bartle

A proven ability to employ a biopsychosocial framework to design and implement therapeutic interventions for clients with complex needs, across multiple settings. Demonstrated capacity for high level research output for peer reviewed international outlets and applied clinical settings. Competent provision of services to adults, adolescents and children including risk assessment, psychological and cognitive assessment, therapeutic intervention, treatment planning, crisis intervention, group-based education and training development. Successfully delivered real world outcomes through work with families and carers, community leaders and various stakeholders by engaging clients in on-going therapeutic intervention, administering assessment as required and where appropriate, providing diagnosis to inform on-going treatment planning. An in-depth understanding of the complexities associated with adverse environments, as well as their potential influence on development and well-being. Well versed in culturally sensitive practices and have a high level of experience working with clients from a range of cultural backgrounds, both at an individual level and through broader family/care team or community based interventions. Passionate researcher currently completing an interdisciplinary PhD in behavioural neuroscience at James Cook University. Also actively involved with the Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Research Group at Curtin University in Western Australia. This on-going involvement in research demonstrates an ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines, proactively identify process improvements, deliver clinically relevant training modules and produce peer reviewed academic outputs. This involvement has led to an in-depth level of knowledge on behavioural interventions, maintaining behaviour change and sociocultural influences of key developmental mechanisms like stress, motivation and executive function in child and adolescent populations.