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Biography
My main area of research and clinical practice is insomnia and sleep disorders in adults. I've worked in the field of Behavioural Sleep Medicine (aka sleep psychology) since 2002.
After completing my masters and PhD at UWA in 2001, I worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Oxford University. During this time I worked on a trial of cognitive therapy for Insomnia and projects investigating and measuring insomnia maintaining processes.
Since moving back to Perth I've worked as a clinical psychologist in hospital and private practice settings. I've established Jeffery&Ree clinical psychologists and Sleep Matters where my team and I provide sleep psychology interventions and conduct training on evidence-based insomnia treatment.
My research involvement has continued, via supervision of postgraduate research projects at UWA, Murdoch and Curtin universities. Projects have included investigating the effectiveness of CBT-Insomnia in the general population, psychiatric population, psychotic illness, and the over 65s. The role of Mindfulness as an adjunct to CBT-I has also been an interest, along with the continued investigation of process variables that affect treatment outcome. An ongoing trial is investigating the impact of medicinal cannabis on insomnia symptoms.
My senior lecturer role at UWA commenced in April 2019 and I'm very much looking forward to further teaching and research the field of behavioural sleep medicine.
External positions
Owner/Clinical Psychologist, Sleep Matters www.sleepmattersperth.com
2015 → …Owner/Clinical Psychologist, Jeffery&Ree Clinical Psychologists
2006 → …Resarch Director, The Marian Centre
2004 → 2019Research expertise keywords
- Sleep and fatigue
- Sleep disorders
- insomnia
- CBT
Industry keywords
- Clinical Trials
- Health
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Research Output
Different patterns of treatment response to Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in psychosis
Waters, F., Chiu, V. W., Dragovic, M. & Ree, M., 18 Apr 2020, In : Schizophrenia Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citation
(Scopus)
Group CBT for insomnia: Establishing effectiveness in a real-world psychiatric setting
Hardman, J., Rees, C., Bonar, D. & Ree, M., Oct 2019, In : Journal of Sleep Research. 28, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract
Effective Insomnia Treatments: Investigation of Processes in Mindfulness and Cognitive Therapy
Lee, C. W., Ree, M. J. & Wong, M. Y., 8 Jun 2018, In : Behaviour Change. 35, 2, p. 71-90 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Sleep profiles and CBT-I response in schizophrenia and related psychoses
Chiu, V. W., Ree, M., Janca, A., Iyyalol, R., Dragovic, M. & Waters, F., 1 Oct 2018, In : Psychiatry Research. 268, p. 279-287 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
7
Citations
(Scopus)
Assessing Sleep
Waters, F., Ree, M. J. & Chiu, V., 2017, Delivering CBT for Insomnia in Psychosis. UK: Routledge-Cavendish, p. 82-96 15 p. (Delivering CBT for Insomnia in Psychosis).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Prizes
Activities
- 1 Business innovation
St John Ambulance Light Therapy Project
Melissa Ree (Coordinator), Liz Pritchard (Advisor), Lisette Kanse (Advisor), Angus Hughes (Advisor)2019 → 2020
Activity: Service and engagement › Business innovation