Dr Nigel Chen, Clinical Psychologist.

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Dr Nigel Chen

Nigel is a clinical psychologist with a passion for helping clients navigate life’s challenges in an eclectic and personalized way. With a warm and approachable demeanour, Nigel strives to create a safe and non-judgemental space for clients to explore their concerns and to work towards individually tailored goals.

Nigel has a combined professional background across both clinical practice and research, which brings together the art and science of mental health support. He works with children (8+), adolescents and adults across a wide range of psychological issues, including but not limited to:

  • Complex trauma and post-traumatic stress
  • Concerns in relation to child sexual harm and child exploitation material
  • Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)
  • Autism spectrum
  • Acculturative stress and cross-cultural concerns
  • Grief and loss
  • Depression, anxiety and self-esteem
  • Chronic pain
  • Men’s issues

Nigel draws from a range of therapeutic approaches including:

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
  • Schema Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing(EMDR)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Circle of Security
  • SafeCare Method

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Fees for therapy: $260

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Nigel's Resume

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Nigel's Publications

Black, M. H., Clarke, P. J. F., Deane, E., Smith, D., Wiltshire, G., Yates, E., Lawson, W. B., & Chen, N. T. M. (2023). “That impending dread sort of feeling”: Experiences of social interaction from the perspectives of autistic adults. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 101, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2022.102090.

Hasking, P., Chen, N. T. M., Chiu, V., Gray, N., Gross, J. J. & Boyes, M. (2022). “Managing Emotion”: Open label trial and waitlist-controlled trial of an emotion regulation program for university students. Journal of American College Health, 1-11.

Craig, B. M., Chen, N. T. M., & Lipp, O. V. (2022). Featural vs holistic processing and visual sampling in the influence of social category cues on emotion recognition. Cognition and Emotion, 36(5), 855-875.

Clarke, P. J. F., Haridas, S. M. P., Van Bockstaele, B., Chen, N. T. M., Salemink, E., & Notebaert, L. (2021). Frontal tDCS and emotional reactivity to negative content: Examining the roles of biased interpretation and emotion regulation. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45, 19-30.

Tang, J. S. Y., Falkmer, M., Chen, N. T. M., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2021). Development and feasibility of MindChip: A social emotional telehealth intervention for autistic adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Rudaizky, D., Bebbington, K., Davis, E. A., Radcliffe, W., MacLeod, C., Hunt, A., Chen, N. T. M., Jones, T. W., & Lin, A. (2021). Selective attention to threat, anxiety and glycaemic management in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 7, 100065.

Chen, N. T. M., Miller, S., Milbourn, B., Black, M. H., Fordyce, K., Van Der Witt, G., Alach, T., Masi, A., Frost, G., Tucker, M., Eapen, V., & Girdler, S. (2020). “The big wide world of school”: Supporting children on the autism spectrum to successfully transition to primary school: Perspectives from parents and early intervention professionals. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, 8, 91-100.

Rezae, M., Chen, N. T. M., McMeekin, D., Tan, T., Krishna, A., & Lee, H. (2020). The evaluation of a mobile user interface for people on the autism spectrum: An eye movement study. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 142, 102462.

Afsharnejad, B., Falkmer, M., Black, M. H., Alach, T., Lenhard, F., Fridell, A., Coco, C., Milne, K., Chen, N. T. M., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2020). Cross-cultural adaptation to Australia of the KONTAKT© social skills group training program for youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A feasibility study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Clarke, P., Marinovic, W., Todd, J., Basanovic, J., Chen, N. T. M., & Notebaert, L. (2020). What is attention bias variability? Examining the potential roles of attention control and response time variability in its relationship with anxiety. Behavior Research and Therapy, 135, 103751.

Ward, B., Thornton, A., Lay, B., Chen, N. T. M., & Rosenberg, M. (2020). Can proficiency criteria be accurately identified during real-time fundamental movement skill assessment? Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 91(1), 64-72.

Black, M. H., Milbourn, B., Chen, N. T. M., McGarry, S., Wali, F., Ho, A. S. V., Lee, M., Bölte, S., Falkmer, T., & Girdler, S. (2020). The use of wearable technology to measure and support abilities, disabilities and functional skills in autistic youth: A scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, 8, 48-69.

Black, M. H., Chen, N. T. M., Lipp, O. V., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2020). Brief report: Complex facial emotion recognition and atypical gaze patterns in autistic adults. Autism, 24(1), 258-262.

Afsharnejad, B., Falkmer, M., Black, M. H., Alach, T., Lenhard, F., Fridell, A., Coco, C., Milne, K., Chen, N. T. M., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2019). KONTAKT© for Australian adolescents on the autism spectrum: Protocol of a randomized control trial. Trials, 20(1), 687.

Hollett, R. C., Morgan, H., Chen, N. T. M., & Gignac, G. E. (2020). Female characters from adult-only video games elicit a sexually objectifying gaze in both men and women. Sex Roles, 83(1), 29-42.

Tang, J. S. Y., Chen, N. T. M., Falkmer, M., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2019). Atypical visual processing but comparable levels of emotion recognition in adults with autism during the processing of social scenes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [ePub ahead of print].

Tang, J. S. Y., Falkmer, M., Chen, N. T. M., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2019). Designing a serious game for youth with ASD: Perspectives from end-users and professionals. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(3), 978-995.

Alvares, G. A., Chen, N. T. M., Notebaert, L., Granich, J., Mitchell, C., & Whitehouse, A. J. O. (2019). Brief social attention bias modification for children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12(3), 527-535.

Tang, J. S. Y., Chen, N. T. M., Falkmer, M., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2019). A systematic review and meta-analysis of social emotional computer-based interventions for autistic individuals using the serious game framework. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 66, 101412.

Basanovic, J., Notebaert, L., Clarke, P. J. F., MacLeod, C., Jawinski, P., & Chen, N. T. M. (2018). Inhibitory attentional control in anxiety: Manipulating cognitive load in an antisaccade task. Plos One, 13(10), e0205720.

Black, M. H., Almabruk, T., Albrecht, M. A., Chen, N. T. M., Lipp, O. V., Tan, T., Bölte, S. & Girdler, S. (2018). Altered connectivity in autistic adults during complex facial emotion recognition: A study of EEG imaginary coherence. 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2752-2755.

Notebaert, L., Grafton, B., Clarke, P. J. F., Rudaizky, D., Chen, N. T. M. & MacLeod, C. (2018). Emotion-in-Motion, a novel approach for the modification of attentional bias: An experimental proof-of-concept study. JMIR Serious Games, 6(4), e10993.

McCade, D., Guastella, A. J., Chen, N. T. M., Lewis, S. J. G., & Naismith, S. L. (2018) Visual processing of emotional faces is preserved in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease [ePub ahead of print].

Clarke, P. J. F., Branson, S., Chen, N. T. M., Van Bockstaele, B., Salemink, E., MacLeod, C. & Notebaert, L. (2017). Attention bias modification training under working memory load increases the magnitude of change in attentional bias. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 7, 25-31.

Chen, N. T. M., Basanovic, J., Notebaert, L., MacLeod, C., & Clarke, P. J. F. (2017). Attentional bias mediates the effect of neurostimulation on emotional vulnerability. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 93, 12-19.

Chen, N. T. M., & Clarke, P. J. F. (2017). Gaze-based assessments of vigilance and avoidance in social anxiety: A review. Current Psychiatry Reports, 19(9), 59. [Invited review]

Black, M. H., Chen, N. T. M., Iyer, K., Lipp, O. V., Bölte, S., Falkmer, M., Tan, T., & Girdler, S. (2017). Mechanisms of facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorders: Insights from eye tracking and electroencephalography. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, 80, 488-515.

Byrow, Y., Chen, N. T. M., & Peters, L. (2016). Time course of attention in socially anxious individuals: Investigating the effects of adult attachment style. Behavior Therapy, 47(4), 560-571.

Chen, N. T. M., Clarke, P. J. F., MacLeod, C., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2016). Aberrant gaze patterns in social anxiety disorder: An eye movement assessment during public speaking. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 7(1), 1-17.

Chen, N. T. M., Clarke, P. J. F., Watson, T. L., MacLeod, C., & Guastella, A. J. (2015). Attentional bias modification facilitates attentional control mechanisms: Evidence from eye tracking. Biological Psychology, 104(0), 139-146.

Chen, N. T. M., Thomas, L., Clarke, P. J. F., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2015). Hyperscanning and avoidance in social anxiety disorder: The visual scanpath during public speaking. Psychiatry Research, 225(3), 667-672.

Chen, N. T. M., & Guastella, A. J. (2014). Eye tracking during a psychosocial stress simulation: Insights into social anxiety disorder. In M. Horsley, M. Eliot, B. A. Knight & R. Reilly (Eds.), Current Trends in Eye Tracking Research (pp. 231-236). Pune: Springer International Publishing.

Chen, N. T. M., Clarke, P. J. F., Watson, T. L., MacLeod, C., & Guastella, A. J. (2014). Biased saccadic responses to emotional stimuli in anxiety: An antisaccade study. Plos One, 9(2), e86474.

Chen, N. T. M., Clarke, P. J. F., MacLeod, C., & Guastella, A. J. (2012). Biased attentional processing of positive stimuli in social anxiety disorder: An eye movement study. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 41(2, Sp. Iss. SI), 96-107. [Invited manuscript]

Clarke, P. J. F., Chen, N. T. M., & Guastella, A. J. (2012). Prepared for best: Readiness to modify attentional processing and reduction in anxiety vulnerability in response to therapy. Emotion, 12(3), 487-494.

Lowe, R., Guastella, A. J., Chen, N. T. M., Menzies, R. G., Packman, A., O’Brian, S., Onslow, M. (2012). Avoidance of eye gaze by adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 37(4), 263-274.

Alvares, G. A., Chen, N. T. M., Balleine, B. W., Hickie, I. B., & Guastella, A. J. (2012). Oxytocin selectively moderates negative cognitive appraisals in high trait anxious individuals. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(12), 2022-2031.

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We all experience periods of stress, anxiety, grief, conflict, and other forms of emotional distress during our lives. Most of the time, we're able to bounce back. Sometimes, we might need a little extra help to do so. Nigel, with an interest in adult and adolescent therapy, trauma and post-traumatic stress, autism spectrum disorder., is ready to help you get back to your best self.

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