Research output per year
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Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Within the areas of body image and disordered eating
Research activity per year
Dr Lewis is a Clinical Psychologist and academic at the University of Canberra where she specialises in the treatment of people with body image issues and eating disorders. She runs a private Clinical Psychology Practice in Canberra. She regularly speaks to the media for the University of Canberra on mental health related topics (she writes a weekly mental health column for The Canberra Weekly) and supervises Honours, Masters and PhD students. Dr Lewis has written three self help books (Embracing You. A Pracitical Guide to Body Image and Self-Acceptance (2026); Positive Bodies: Loving The Skin You’re In; No Body’s Perfect. A helper's guide to promoting positive body image in children and young people) to help children, young people and adults who experience body image and eating issues. She also published, through Australian Academic Press, Eating Disorders. A Practitioner's Guide to Psychological Care. This book aims to assist health professionals and traineses, including students, working with people with eating disorders.
Eating Disorder Interest Group Network coordinator , Eating Disorder Interest Group Mental Health Professional's Network
2020 → 2025
Chair Elect ACT College of Clinical Psychologists, The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.
Nov 2019 → Nov 2021
Treasurer ACT College of Clinical Psychologists, The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.
Nov 2017 → Nov 2019
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference (non-published works) › Paper › peer-review
Lewis, V. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Lewis, V. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Lewis, V. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Lewis, V. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
KNIGHT-AGARWAL, C., SALEH, A., DAVIS, D., Lewis, V., BUSHELL, M. & Hooper, M.-E.
24/06/26
1 item of Media coverage
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19/06/26
1 item of Media coverage
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14/05/26
1 Media contribution
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30/04/26
1 Media contribution
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