Brad Stolz-Grobusch

About Me Professionally …

I’ve been a nurse for nearly 30 years, primarily working in public and private mental health care, as well as in the alcohol and other drug sector. About 20 years ago, I became a provisionally registered psychologist and gained full registration 15 years ago. Since then, I’ve worked across hospitals, community mental health settings, and private practice. For the past 12 years, I’ve also been a board-approved supervisor for intern and registrar psychologists, providing clinical supervision and leadership coaching to psychologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

I’ve completed a range of qualifications in nursing, psychology, counselling, and theology. My educational qualifications include an Advanced Certificate in Nursing at RMIT, a Diploma of Nursing at Mayfield Education, a Bachelor of Nursing at Central Queensland University, a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology at Deakin University, a Graduate Diploma in Divinity at Tabor College, a Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology and a Master of Psychology in Clinical Psychology at the Australian Catholic University, a Master of Counselling at Monash University, and a Master of Mental Health Nursing at the University of Newcastle. My postgraduate research in psychology focused on dissociation, anxiety, and memory, and I was honoured to receive state and national awards for research excellence in trauma from the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Currently, I am completing a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling and Psychological Studies at Regent University with a concentration in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.

Professionally, I’m a member of several key organisations, including the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS), the Australian Clinical Psychology Association (MACPA), the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (MACMHN), and the Institute of Community Directors Australia (MICDA). I hold fellowships with the APS College of Clinical Psychologists (FCCLP) and the College of Counselling Psychologists (FCCOUNP), and I’m a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse (CMHN) and and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC). I’m also a Certified DBT Clinician through the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification™ (DBT-LBC™), and am an intensively-trained Radically Open DBT (RO DBT) Practitioner through the Radically Open Institute. Plus, I’m also Certified in the Geek Therapy® Model.

My training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) has been extensive. A decade ago, while consulting in a DBT program, I traveled to Seattle to complete an intensive DBT Team-Building course with the treatment’s creator, Marsha Linehan, and her team at Behavioral Tech. Later, I attended a mindfulness retreat with Marsha in Germany at the Benedictine Monastery (Benediktushof) where she first trained. I’ve also undertaken intensive training in DBT Prolonged Exposure for PTSD, DBT for Substance Use Disorders, DBT for Eating Disorders, and DBT team leadership skills to promote treatment adherence. In recent years, I also completed Levels 1 to 3 Radically Open DBT Practitioner Training.

In terms of trauma treatments, I’m trained in Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), as well as Psychological First Aid and Skills for Psychological Recovery. I also volunteer with the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Disaster Response Network to provide support to first responders affected by trauma and critical incident stress.

I’ve also completed training in Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E), and I participate in ongoing supervision with eating disorder experts to maintain my credentialing.

Lately, I’ve been expanding my scope of practice in the area of neurodiversity. I’m currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Autism Diagnosis at the University of Western Australia and have recently trained in adapting psychological therapies, like DBT and CBT, to be more neuroaffirming and better support autistic and other neurodiverse individuals.