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Vivienne Lewis

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Accepting PhD Students

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Within the areas of body image and disordered eating

1999 …2026

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Biography

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.

External positions

Eating Disorder Interest Group Network coordinator , Eating Disorder Interest Group Mental Health Professional's Network

20202025

Chair Elect ACT College of Clinical Psychologists, The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.

Nov 2019Nov 2021

Treasurer ACT College of Clinical Psychologists, The Australian Psychological Society Ltd.

Nov 2017Nov 2019

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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