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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS


  • 2011 | Masters in Clinical Psychology | Honours Class 1 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia [Professional Qualification:Clinical Psychologist, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency] 


  • 2008 | PhD in Psychology | The University of New South Wales (UNSW) | Sydney, Australia | Experiential Features of Intrusive Memories in Depression and the Role of Cognitive Avoidance in Intrusion Maintenance. | Awarded the Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology Award from the Science Academia and Research Advisory Group of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) 


  • 2004 | B.A Honours in Psychology with Distinction | Okanagan University College (now UBC-Okanagan), Kelowna, Canada


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY


  • 2015- |Conjoint Associate Professor | The University of New South Wales | Faculty of Science, School of Psychology | Sydney, Australia
  • 2015 – 2018 (September) | Associate Professor| Utrecht University Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences| Department of Clinical Psychology | Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • 2015 (April-July)| Assistant Professor | Utrecht University Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences| Department of Clinical and Health Psychology | Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • 2010-2015 | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) EC Clinical Research Fellow | UNSW Medicine School of Psychiatry | Sydney, Australia
  • 2013-2015 | Research Director & Clinical Psychologist | Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD) | UNSW at St. Vincent's Hospital | Darlinghurst, Australia
  • 2008-2015 |Lecturer| UNSW Faculty of Science | School of Psychology | Sydney, Australia
  • 2009-2011 |Masters of Clinical Psychology Candidate & Intern Clinical Psychologist | The UNSW Psychology Clinic; Westmead Anxiety Disorders Unit; The Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression 
  • 2006-2010 |Research Associate | UNSW
  • 2008-2009 |Research Associate | University of Sydney
  • 2005-2009 | Research Associate | UNSW
  • 2005-2009 |Academic Tutor| UNSW
  • 2005-2008 |PhD Candidate| UNSW
  • 2004-2005 |Assistant Psychometrician| McGuire Psychological Services | Canada
  • 2003-2004 |Psychology Department Teaching Assistant | OUC | Canada


  AWARDS


  • 2014 | Mental Health Association of NSW Research & Evaluation Commendation Award: This award is given to recognize individuals that have completed ground breaking mental health related research, or evaluations of programs or initiatives, and whose findings have significant implications for the mental health field.
  • 2013 | St. Vincent’s Clinic Foundation Clinical Excellence Award: This award is given to acknowledge the outstanding contribution of individual clinical researchers to the reputation of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney.
  • 2011 | UNSW Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Rising Star Award: This award is given to acknowledge the achievements of early career researchers recognized as part of the Faculty’s talent management program to be outstanding in their field of activity.  
  • 2009 | Science Academia and Research Advisory Group of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology Award: This award is given to acknowledge the scientific quality and impact of the candidate’s research and their 
  • potential for future contribution to the discipline of psychology. 
  • 2006 | 4th Annual International Conference of Memory (ICOM) – Outstanding Student Research ContributionAward
  • 2002 | OUC Margaret Mahon Psychology Scholarship

 

RESEARCH FUNDING


  • 2016-2017 | Serious Game Seed Fund | The Utrecht Center for Game Research | 20,000 Euros | CIs Alishia Williams, Claudi Bockting, Ronald Poppe, Lotte Gerritsen | Gamifying stress-reduction for promoting wellbeing
  • 2015-2016 | Serious Game Seed Fund | The Utrecht Center for Game Research | 7,000 Euros | CIs Claudi Bockting, Ronald Poppe, Alishia Williams | I make you smile: Using automated facial expression software to detect and tackle depression. https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-supermarket-of-treatments-how-the-collaboration-between-clinical-psychology-and-interaction
  • 2014-2017 | NHMRC Project Grant | $907,000 | CIs Jane Gunn, Cathy Mihalopoulos, Kelsey Hegarty, Alishia Williams, Leon Stirling, Patty Chondros, & Sandra Davidson | A randomised trial of a clinical prediction tool for targeting depression care (Target-D). 
  • 2014-2015| UNSW Gold Star Grant | $40,000 | CI Alishia Williams | Cognitive Processing Biases in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  
  • 2013-2014 | Bupa Health Foundation Grant | $88,125 | CIs Alishia Williams, Emily Holmes, Simon Blackwell, & Gavin Andrews | Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression.
    2012-2013 | UNSW Faculty of Medicine Faculty Research Grant | $20,000 | CI Alishia Williams| Development of a remotely-deliverable cognitive bias modification (CBM) training package for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). 
  • 2011-2012 | UNSW Faculty of Medicine Post-Doctoral Faculty Research Grant | $10,000 | CI Alishia Williams | Cognitive bias modification (CBM) as an adjunct to internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for depression and anxiety.
  • 2010-2014 | NHMRC EC Clinical Research Fellowship | $285,000 | CI Alishia Williams | Phenomenology and Status of Compulsive Buying Disorder: Neurocognitive and Emotion Regulation Deficits |Cognitive Processes and Psychopathology. 
  • 2010-2014 | UNSW Faculty of Medicine Fellowship Enhancement Scheme | $72,000 | CI Alishia Williams | Phenomenology and Status of Compulsive Buying Disorder: Neurocognitive and Emotion Regulation Deficits |Cognitive Processes and Psychopathology.
  • 2007-2008 | UNSW Postgraduate Travel Scholarship | $3,000
  • 2005-2008 | Government of Australia Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship issued by UNSW | $72,000 + 


EDITORIAL DUTIES   



  • Editorial Board Member: Behavior Research and Therapy 
  • Associate Editor: British Journal of ClinicalPsychology  
  • Editorial Board Member: Clinical Psychologist                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          



JOURNAL REVIEWS


Acta Psychologica|Addiction Research & Theory |Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | Behaviour Research and Therapy| BMJ| Clinical Psychology Review |Cognition & Emotion | Cognitive Therapy & Research| Depression and Anxiety | Emotion | Journal of Affective Disorders | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry|Journal of Consciousness & Cognition |Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | Journal of Experimental Psychopathology|Journal of Gambling Studies |Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment  | Memory| Plos One| Psychiatry Research | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse | The Australian Journal of Psychology


PUBLICATIONS

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  • Reut Shani, Shachaf Tal, Nazanin Derakshan, Noga Cohen, Philip M Enock, Richard J McNally, Nilly Mor, Shimrit Daches, Alishia D Williams, Jenny Yiend, Per Carlbring, Jennie M Kuckertz, Wenhui Yang, Andrea Reinecke, Christopher G Beevers, Brian E Bunnell, Ernst HW Koster, Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Hadas Okon-Singe. (2025). Machine learning meta-analysis identifies individual characteristics moderating cognitive intervention efficacy for anxiety and depression symptoms, npj Digital Medicine, 8, 65.  

  • Reut Shani, Shachaf Tal, Nazanin Derakshan, Noga Cohen, Philip M Enock, Richard J McNally, Nilly Mor, Shimrit Daches, Alishia D Williams, Jenny Yiend, Per Carlbring, Jennie M Kuckertz, Wenhui Yang, Andrea Reinecke, Christopher G Beevers, Brian E Bunnell, Ernst HW Koster, Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Hadas Okon-Singe. Personalized cognitive training: Protocol for individual-level meta-analysis implementing machine learning methods. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 138, 342-348.

  • Toshi A. Furukawa et al. (2021). Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8.

  • Fu, Z., Brouwer, M., Kennis, M.,  Williams, A.D.,  Cuijpers, P., & Bockting, C. (2021). Psychological factors for the onset of depression: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. BMJ Open, 11.

  • Fu, Z., Zhou, S., Bockting, C., & Williams, A.D. (2020). Psychological interventions for depression in Chinese university students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 262, 440-445.

  • Brouwer, M.,  Molenaar, N., Burger, H., Williams, A.D., Albers, C., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M., &  Claudi LH Bockting, C. (2020). Tapering Antidepressants While Receiving Digital Preventive Cognitive Therapy During Pregnancy: An Experience Sampling Methodology Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11.

  • Nina M Molenaar, Marlies E Brouwer, Huibert Burger, Astrid M Kamperman, Veerle Bergink, Witte JG Hoogendijk, Alishia D Williams, Claudi LH Bockting, Mijke P Lambregtse-van den Berg. Preventive cognitive therapy with antidepressant discontinuation during pregnancy: results from a randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 81. 

  • Kennis, M., Gerritsen, L., van Dalen, M., Williams, A. D., Cuijpers, P., & Bockting, C.L.H. (2019). Prospective biomarkers of major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry, 25, 321-338.

  • Brouwer, M., Williams, A.D., Kennis, M., Fu, Z., Cuijpers, P., & Bockting, C.L.H (2019). Psychological theories of depressive relapse and recurrence: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 74.

  • Adrián Pérez-Aranda, A., Feliu-Soler, A., Montero-Marín, J., Andrés-Rodríguez, L., Williams, A.D., &  Luciano, J.V. (2019). Ten years controlling unwanted thoughts: A systematic review of the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ). Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01446

  • Molenaar, N. M., Brouwer, M. E., Kamperman, A. M., Burger, H., Williams, A. D., Hoogendijk, W.J.G. Bockting, C.L.H., & Lambregtse-van den Berg, M. (2019). Recurrence of depression in the perinatal period: Clinical features and risk factors in an observational cohort. Plos One.

  • Brouwer, M., Williams, A.D.,van Grinsven, S., Cuijpers, P., Lambregtse-van den Berg, M., PhD; Burger, H., & Bockting, C.H.L. (2018). Offspring outcomes after prenatal interventions for common mental disorders: A meta-analysis. BMC Medicine.

  • Brouwer, M., Williams, A.D., Forand, N., DeRubeis, R., & Bockting, C.L.H (in press). Dysfunctional attitudes or extreme response style as predictors of depressive relapse and recurrence after mobile cognitive therapy for recurrent depression.

  • Murzyn, K.,&Williams, A.D. (2018). Face forward: Effects of image reprocessing using wearable cameras on memory recall and rumination in social anxiety. mHealth. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2018.06.04

  • Karyotaki, E., Ebert, D. D.,  Donkin, L., Riper, H., Twisk, J., Burger, S., Rozental, A., Lange, A., Williams, A. D., Zarski,  A. C., Geraedts, A., van Straten, A., Kleiboer,  A., Meyer, B., Ince, B. Ü., Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Snoek, F. J., Andrews, G., Andersson, G., Choi, I., Ruwaard, J., Klein, J. P., Newby, J. M., Schröder, J., Laferton, J. A. C., van Bastelaar, K., Imamura, K., Vernmark, K., Boß, L., Sheeber, L. B., Kivi, M., , Berking, M., Titov, N., Carlbring, P., Johansson, R., Kenter, R., Perini, S., Moritz, S., Nobis, S., Berger, T., Kaldo, V., Forsell, Y., Lindefors, N.,  Kraepelien, M. , Björkelund, C., Kawakami, N., & Cuijpers, P. (2018). Do guided Internet-based interventions result in clinically relevant changes for patients with depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 63, 80-92. 

  • Williams, A. D.(2018). True technology enabled mental health care. When will we trust the computers and robots?mHealth, 4, 10, doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2018.04.0

  • Mahoney, A., Hobbs, M., Newby, J., Williams, A.D.,& Andrews, G. (2018). The mediating relationship between maladaptive behaviors, cognitive factors and generalized anxiety disorder symptom severity.  Behavior Change, 35, 123-138.                                 

  • O’ Moore, K., Newby, J., Smith, J., Hunter, D., Andrews, G., & Williams, A. D.(2018). Internet cognitive behaviour therapy for depression in older adults with osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial. Arthritis Care Research, 70, 61-70.

  • Mahoney, A., Hobbs, M., Newby, J., Williams, A.D.,& Andrews, G. (2018). Psychometric properties of the worry behaviors inventory: Replication and extension in a large clinical and community sample. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 46, 84-100.

  • Mahoney, A., Hobbs, M., Newby, J., Williams, A.D.,& Andrews, G. (2018). Maladaptive behaviors associated with generalized anxiety disorder: An item response theory analysis. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 46, 479-496.

  • Dekker, M.R., & Williams, A.D.(2017). The use of user-centered participatory design in serious games for anxiety and depression.Games for Health, 6, 327-333.

  • Wong, S.F., Williams, A.D., & Grisham, J.R. (2017). Distrust of the senses and its association with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 57, 189-197. 

  • Smith, J., Newby, J., Burston, N., Murphy, M., Michael, S., Mackenzie, A., Kiln, F., Loughnan, S., A. O’Moore, K., Allard, B.J., Williams, A. D., & Andrews, G. (2017). Help from home for depression: a randomised controlled trial comparing internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy with bibliotherapy for depression. Internet Interventions, 9, 25-37. 

  • Bockting, C. L. H., Williams, A. D., Carswell, K., & Grech, A (2016). The potential of low intensity interventions and online interventions for depression in low and middle-income countries. Global Mental Health, 3, 1-5.

  • Mahoney, A., Hobbs, M., Newby, J., Williams, A.D., Sunderland, M., & Andrews, G (2016). The Worry Behaviors Inventory: Assessing the behavioral avoidance associated with generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 203, 256-266.

  • Erfani, T., Keefe, F., Bennell, K., Chen, J., Makovey, J., Metcalf, B., March, L., Williams, A. D., Zhang, Y., & Hunter, D. J. (2015). Psychological factors and pain exacerbation in knee osteoarthritis: A web based case-crossover study. Rheumatology: Current Research, S6. 

  • Williams, A. D., O’Moore, K., Blackwell, S., Smith, J., Holmes, E. A, & Andrews, G. (2015). Positive imagery cognitive bias modification and internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 178, 131-141.

  • Andrews, G., & Williams, A. D.Up-scaling internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for depression: A model for dissemination into primary care. (2015). Clinical Psychology Review,41, 40-48. 

  • Williams, A. D., O’Moore, K., Mason, E., & Andrews, G. (2014). The effectiveness of internet cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT) for social anxiety disorder across two routine practice pathways. Internet Interventions, 1, 225-229.

  • Grisham, J. R., & Williams, A. D. (2014). Long term outcomes of young people who attempted suicide. JAMA Network, 312, 2277-2278. 

  • Andrews, G., Williams, A. D. (2015). Internet-based CBT and the future of personalized medicine. Depression and Anxiety, 31, 912-915.

  • Andrews, G., Newby, J., & Williams, A. D. (2014). Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety disorders is here to stay. Current Psychiatry Reports, 17:533. 10.1007/s11920-014-0533-1

  • Mahoney, A., Mackenzie, A., Williams, A.D., Smith, J., & Andrews, G. (2014). Internet cognitive behavioural therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 63, 99-106.

  • Williams, A. D.,Pajak, R., O’Moore, K., Andrews, G., & Grisham, J. R. (2014). Internet-based cognitive bias modification for obsessive compulsive disorder: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 15,193. 

  • Newby, J., Williams, A. D., & Andrews, G. (2014). Reductions in negative repetitive thinking and positive metacognitive beliefs during internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for mixed anxiety and depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 59, 52-60.

  • Grisham, J.R., Becker, L.,Williams, A.D., Whitton, A.E. & Makkar, S.R. (2014). Using cognitive bias modification to deflate responsibility in compulsive checkers. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 38, 505-517. 

  • Williams, A. D., Blackwell, S., Mackenzie, A., Holmes, E., & Andrews, G. (2013). Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression: A randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive bias modification and internet-CBT for depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 793-799.

  • Williams, A.D., Blackwell, S., Holmes, E., & Andrews, G. (2013). Positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) and internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) versus control CBM and iCBT for depression: Study protocol for a parallel-group randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open.doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004049

  • Newby, J., Mewton, L., Williams, A. D., & Andrews, G. (2014). The effectiveness of transdiagnostic internet cognitive behavioural (iCBT) treatment for anxiety and depression in primary care. Journal of Affective Disorders, 165, 45-52.

  • Williams, A.D., & Grisham, J. R. (2013). Cognitive bias modification (CBM) of obsessive compulsive beliefs. BMC Psychiatry,13:256. doi:10.1186/1471-244X-13-256

  • Williams, A. D., Thompson, J., & Andrews, G. (2013). The impact of psychological distress tolerance in the treatment of depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51,469-475.

  • Williams, A. D& Andrews, G. (2013). Effectiveness of internet cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for depression in primary care: A quality assurance study. PLOS ONE, 8:e57447.

  • Newby, J., Mackenzie, A., Williams, A. D., McIntyre, K., Watts, S., Wong, N., & Andrews, G. (2013). Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for mixed anxiety and depression: Results from a RCT and effectiveness in primary care settings. Psychological Medicine, 43, 2635-2648. 

  • Watts, S., Mackenzie, A., Thomas, C., Griskaitis, A., Mewton, L., Williams, A.D., & Andrews, G. (2013). CBT for depression: A pilot RCT comparing mobile phone vs. computer. BMC Psychiatry, 13, 1-9.

  • Grisham, J. R., & Williams, A. D.(2013). Responding to intrusions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: The roles of neuropsychological functioning and beliefs about thoughts. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 44,343-350. 

  • Williams. A. D., Lau, G., & Grisham, J. R. (2013). Thought-action fusion as a mediator of religiosity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 44, 207-212.

  • Williams, A. D. (2012). Are compulsive buyers more impulsive? Evidence of poor response-inhibition and delay discounting. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 3, 794-806.

  • Williams, A. D. (2012). Comparison of emotion regulation deficits and impulsivity in pathological gamblers and compulsive buyers. Gambling Research, 23, 3-16.  

  • Williams, A. D. Evaluation of the mood repair hypothesis of compulsive buying. (2012). Open Journal of Psychiatry, 2, 83-90.

  • Williams, A. D. (2012). Distress tolerance and experiential avoidance in compulsive acquisition behaviours. Australian Journal of Psychology, 64, 217-224. 

  • Williams, A. D. (2012). Quality of life and work impairment in compulsive buying: Symptom severity as a function of acquisition behaviours. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53,822-828.  

  • Williams, A. D., & Grisham, J. R. (2012). Impulsivity, emotion regulation, and mindful attention focus in compulsive buying. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 451-457.

  • Williams, A. D.,Grisham, J. R., Erskine, A., & Cassedy, E. (2012). Deficits in emotion regulation associated with pathological gambling. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51, 223-238.

  • Moulds, M. L., Williams, A. D., Grisham, J. R.,& Nickerson, A. A (2012). A comparison of retrieval vantage perspective of positive and negative intrusive memories. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. Special Issue on Mental Imagery, 3, 168-177.

  • Grisham, J. R., Flowers, K., Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2011). Reappraisal and rumination during recall of a sad memory. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 276-283.

  • Grisham, J. G., Norberg, M. M., Williams, A. D., Certoma, S. P., & Kadib, R. (2010). Categorization and cognitive deficits in compulsive hoarding. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 866-872.

  • Williams, A. D.,Moulds, M. L., Grisham, J. R., Gay, P., Lang, T., Werner-Seidler, A., et al. (2010). A psychometric evaluation of the thought control ability questionnaire (TCAQ) and the prediction of cognitive control. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32, 397-405. 

  • Moulds, M. L., Yap, C., Kerr, E., Williams, A. D.,& Kandris, E. (2010). Metacognitive beliefs increase vulnerability to rumination.Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 351 – 364.

  • Grisham, J. R., Henry, J. D.,Williams, A. D., & Bailey, P. E. (2010). Socioemotional deficits associated with obsessive-compulsive symptomatology. Psychiatry Research, 175,256-259.

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2010). The impact of ruminative processing on the experience of self referent intrusive memories in depression. Behavior Therapy, 41, 38-45.

  • Grisham, J. R., & Williams, A. D.(2009). Cognitive control of obsessional thoughts. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 395-402.

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2008). Manipulating recall vantage perspective of intrusive memories in depression.Memory, 16,742-750.

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2008). Negative appraisals and cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories in depression. Depression and Anxiety, 25,26-33.

  • Moulds, M. L., Kandris, E., Williams, A. D., Lang, T., Yap, C., & Hoffmeister, K. (2008). An investigation of the relationship between cognitive reactivity and rumination. Behavior Therapy, 39,65-71.  

  • Moulds, M. L., Kandris, E., & Williams, A. D., & Lang, T. (2008). The use of safety behaviours to manage intrusive memories in depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46,573-580. 

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2007). Cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories: Recall vantage perspective and associations with depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 1145-1153. 

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2007). An investigation of the cognitive and experiential features of intrusive memories in depression. Memory, 15, 1-9. 

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2007). The impact of ruminative processing on the development of intrusive memories.Behaviour Change, 24, 55-69. 

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M. L. (2007). Investigation of the indulgence cycles hypothesis of suppression on experimentally-induced visual intrusions in dysphoria. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2780-2788. 

  • Moulds, M. L., Kandris, E., & Williams, A. D.(2007). The impact of rumination on self-referent encoding. Memory, 15, 814-821. 

Book Chapters

  • Grisham, J.R. & Williams, A.D. (2014). Assessing Hoarding and Related Phenomena. In R. Frost & G. Steketee (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Hoarding and Acquiring. Oxford: Oxford University Press.  

  • Grisham, J. R., Williams. A. D., & Kadib, R. (2011). Hoarding as a Behavioral Addiction. In B. A. Johnson (Ed). Addiction Medicine: Science and Practice. Springer.

  • Williams, A. D.,& Moulds, M. L. (2010). The Content, Nature, and Persistence of Intrusive Memories in Depression. In J.H. Mace (Ed.) Act of Remembering: Toward an Understanding of How We Recall the Past. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, England.


SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (chronological order)


  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M.L. (July, 2006). Vantage point of intrusive memories in depression. Poster presented at the 4th International Conference on Memory (ICOM-4), Sydney, Australia. (Awarded UNSW Faculty of Science Postgraduate research prize for most outstanding poster presentation by an Australian postgraduate student).

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M.L. (October, 2006). Paper presented as part of the symposium "Memory Processes Across Clinical Disorders" at the 29th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Sydney, Australia. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M.L. (July, 2007). Cognitive avoidance of intrusive memories in depression.Poster presented at the 5th World Congress of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (WCBCT) Barcelona, Spain. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M.L. (July, 2007). Indulgence cycles hypothesis of suppression in dysphoria.Paper presented at the 5th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Barcelona, Spain. 

  • Williams, A. D., & Moulds, M.L. (September, 2007). Vantage perspective of intrusive memories in depression. Poster presented at the UNSW Brain Sciences Symposium, Sydney. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M.L. (October, 2007). The impact of ruminative processing on the development of intrusive memories. Paper presented at the 30th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Brisbane, Australia.

  • Moulds, M.L., Kandris, E., & Williams, A.D.(September, 2007). The influence of rumination on self-referent memory in depression.Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘From the Laboratory to the Clinic: Experimental Findings Informing Treatment Innovations Across Clinical Disorders’ at the 35th Annual Conference of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), Brighton, England, UK. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M. L. (November, 2007). Suppression and cognitive avoidance in depression.Poster at the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research & the World Psychiatric Association International Congress (APRS & WPA), Melbourne, Australia. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M. L. (July, 2008). The role of recall vantage perspective in depression.Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Developments in the Understanding of Memory in Depression’ at the 36th Annual Conference of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), Edinburgh, Scotland. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Moulds, M.L. (September, 2008). Manipulating recall vantage perspective of intrusive memories in dysphoria. Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Depression and PTSD: Shared Cognitive and Memory Processes’ at the 31stNational Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Adelaide, Australia. 

  • Yap, C., Moulds, M.L., Kandris, E., Williams, A.D, & Kerr, E. (September, 2008). Metacognitive beliefs increase vulnerability to rumination following a stressful event. Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Rumination and Worry as Transdiagnostic Processes’ at the 31st National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Adelaide, Australia.

  • Moulds, M.L., Yap, C., & Kerr, E., Kandris, E., & Williams, A.(July, 2009). Metacognitive beliefs increase vulnerability to rumination following a stressful event. Paper presented at the Society of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Kyoto, Japan.

  • Moulds, M.L., Lang, T.J., Holmes, E.A., Williams, A.D., & Kandris, E. (September, 2009). Transdiagnostic cognitive processes across emotional disorders: Repetitive negative thinking and intrusive memories. Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Repetitive Thinking in Clinical Disorders’ at the 32nd National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Perth, Australia.

  • Williams, A.D., & Grisham, J. R. (September, 2009). Rumination and obsessional thoughts.Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Repetitive Thinking in Clinical Disorders’ at the 32nd National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Perth, Australia.

  • Williams, A.D., & Grisham, J. R. (June, 2010). Working memory capacity and thought suppression in OCD.Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Processing of threatening information in obsessive-compulsive disorders’ at the 6th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Boston, USA. 

  • Williams, A.D., & Grisham, J. R. (June, 2010). Deficits in planning and categorization associated with compulsive hoarding. Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Recent Advances in Exploring the Psychopathology of Hoarding’ at the 6th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Boston, USA.

  • Williams, A. D., Grisham, J. R., Erskine, A., & Cassedy, E. (July, 2011). Emotion regulation deficits associated with pathological gambling. Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Cognitive and Affective Processes in Psychological Disorder’ at the 39thannual conference of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Guilford, UK. 

  • Williams, A. D. (October, 2011). Panel Chair of the symposium Cognitive Processes across Disorders presented at the 34th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT), Sydney, Australia.

  • Williams, A. D., Newby, J., Mackenzie, A., & Andrews, G. (September, 2012). Targeting repetitive negative thinking via an internet based CBT program for MDD and GAD. Invited paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Worry, rumination and post-event processing: New developments in theory, practice, and assessment’ at the 42ndannual European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EACBT). Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Williams, A. D. (July, 2013).Symposium Chair Advances in research and treatment approaches for depression at the 7thannual World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Lima, Peru.

  • Williams, A. D., Blackwell, S., Mackenzie, A., Holmes, E., & Andrews, G. (July, 2013). Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression: A randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive bias modification and internet-CBT for depression. Paper presented at the 7th annual World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Lima, Peru.

  • Hunter, D. J., Bennell, K., Makovey, J., Metcalf, B., Chen, J., March, L., Keefe, F., Williams, A. D., & Zhang, Y. (April, 2014).  Psychosocial factors and pain exacerbation in knee osteoarthristis: A web based case-crossover study. Paper presented at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) World Congress, Paris, France. 

  • Williams, A. D. & Andrews, G. (September, 2014). Mental health care: From bench to virtual bedside.Digital presentation at the 2ndBiennial Australian Implementation Conference, Sydney, Australia. 

  • O’Moore, K., Williams, A. D., Blackwell, S. E., Holmes, E. A., & Andrews, G. (December, 2014). Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst. Boosting Internet CBT with cognitive bias modification. Paper presented at the Society for Mental Health Research (SMHR) Annual Conference, Adelaide, Aus.

  • Williams, A. D., O’Moore, K., Blackwell, Holmes, & Andrews. (July, 2015). Can we boost the effects of iCBT for depression with positive imagery CBM? Invited paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Imagery across anxiety and depression’ at the annual conference of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), Warwick, UK.

  • Williams, A. D.  (September, 2016). 'A connected health framework for mental health research’ at 4th Conference of the European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII), Bergen, Norway.



SELECTED INVITED TALKS & (GENERAL)/MEDIA


  • October, 2016 | Invited Keynote Talk   'Harnessing the quantified self-movement for optimal mental health and wellbeing’ at the Lifelogging Tools and Applications (LTA 2016) @ the ACM Multimedia Conference, Amsterdam. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2983585

  • 2016 | Invited talk  - Utrecht Centre for Serious Game Research (Health Domain) | ‘Serious games principles in mental health research’

  • 2015 | Invited talk  – Narrative Academic & Industry Conference | ‘Wearable cameras and mental health’

  • 2015 | Invited pre-conference lecture Bockting, C. L. H., & Williams, A. D.  ‘Exploiting images and technology to improve mental disorders’. Invited lecture at the International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (CAiP), Malta.

  • 2014 | Invited talk - Vancouver Coastal Health Regional E-Mental Health Committee | Diamond Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada | ‘The computer will see you now: Guide to internet based CBT’

  • 2013 | Invited colloquium - Melbourne University | School of Psychological Sciences | ‘Translating understanding of basic cognitive processes into novel interventions and clinical outcomes for depression’

  •  2011 | Expert interviewee for ABC national radio broadcast on ‘Compulsive Buying’         

  •  2010 | UNSW School of Psychology Postgraduate Research Funding Workshop                

  •  2010 | Expert interviewee for Channel 7 national television broadcast on ‘Compulsive Buying’         

  •  2010 | St. Vincent’s Hospital Academic Meeting: ‘Compulsive Acquisition: Impulse-Control Disorder?’

  • 2010 | Mental Health Association of NSW | Sydney, Australia | Provided guidance to mental health staff on strategies to facilitate the management of self-help groups for individuals with anxiety disorders in the community. 

  • 2009 | Anxiety Practitioner Network (APN) |Hoarding: Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment           | Sydney, Australia |  with Dr. Jessica Grisham 


RESEARCH/CLINICAL SUPERVISION 


2018

  1. M B, Utrecht University, PhD Candidate 

  2. Z F, Utrecht University, PhD Candidate

  3. A M, UNSW, PhD Candidate 

  4. K M, Utrecht University Research Assistant

  5. J C, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  6. S M, Utrecht University Masters Thesis & Clinical Research Internship

  7. M B, Utrecht University Masters Thesis 

  8. K Z, Utrecht University Masters Thesis & Clinical Research Internship 

  9. A B, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  10. G G, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  11. F DC, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  12. L B, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  13. L S, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship

  14. E W, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship

  15. D S, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship

  16. V P, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis 

  17. K  P, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  18. R P, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  19. S Y, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship

  20. K K, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship

  21. J P, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  22. A Y, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  23. F K, Utrecht University Clinical Internship

  24. M K, Utrecht University Postdoctoral Research Associate  


2017  

  1. S D, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  1. T M, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  2. K M, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  3. S A, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  4. N B, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  5. P U, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  6. W P, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  7. R S, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  8. J C, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  9. P W, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  10. K L, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  11. C R, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  12. T MC, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  13. L B, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  14. F M, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  15. Ö O, Utrecht University Clinical Internship 

  16. R A, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship 

  17. K M, Utrecht University Clinical Research Internship 


2016

  1. J W, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  2. M V, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  3. D G, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  4. H S, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  5. R A, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  6. J N, Utrecht University Masters Thesis

  7. R K Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  8. M L, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  9. T L, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  10. S D, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  11. A L, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  12. N L, Utrecht University Bachelor Thesis

  13. M D, Utrecht University, Research Assistant


2009-2015

  1. Dr K O, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Postdoctoral Research Associate

  2. K W, UNSW, School of Psychology, UNSW, PhD Candidate 

  3. Dr R P, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Postdoctoral ResearchAssociate

  4. A W-S, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Postdoctoral ResearchAssociate

  5. M O, UNSW School of Psychiatry, Research Associate

  6. J T, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Medicine ILP/Honours Student 

  7. N E, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Research Associate

  8. L B, School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Research Assistant

  9. G L, School of Psychology, UNSW, Clinical Masters in Psychology Thesis

  10. M H, School of Psychology, UNSW, Honours in Psychology Thesis



Secondary Assessor: Bachelor/Master/Phd Theses: n= 50

Secondary Assessor: Clinical Internship Placements: n = 32


UNIVERSITY LECTURING


  • Academic Professional: A Scientist Practitioner Approach in Clinical Psychology | Masters of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht | 2017-2018                                                                                                                            
  • Clinical Psychology & Health Promotion | Masters of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht | 2015-2017 
  • Cognitive & Behavioural Therapy| Masters of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht | 2016-2018   
  • Anxiety Disorders| Masters of Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht | 2016-2018                              
  • Experimental and Clinical Psychology 2 | Masters of Clinical Psychology Graduate Program (Psyc7221) | School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia | 2013, 2014                                                                       
  • History, Ethics and Professional Issues | Psychology Honours Course (Psyc4063) | School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia | 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Introduction to Psychological Applications| Psychology Undergraduate Course (Psyc1021) | School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia | 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Psychology and Statistics for Optometry| Psychology Undergraduate Course for BOptom BSci (Psyc4111) | School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Academic Tutor| Personality and Individual Differences | Psychology Undergraduate Course (Psyc3271) | School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia | 2009  
  • Academic Tutor |Psychology and Law| Psychology Undergraduate Course (Psyc3301) | School of Psychology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia | 2006, 2007, 2008  
  • Academic Tutor |Psychopathology| Psychology Undergraduate Course (Psyc2101 &Psyc3201) | 2005-2009
  • Teaching Assistant |Psychopathology and Abnormal Psychology| OUC Department of Psychology, Kelowna, Canada | 2003-2004    
  • Teaching Assistant |Introduction to Psychological Functioning| OUC Department of Psychology, Kelowna, Canada| 2003-2004



COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS (historical)


  • Management Committee Member of the Netherlands: European Network for the Joint Evaluation of Connected Health Technologies (ENJECT), COSTAction TD1405
  • Utrecht University | Internationalisation Committee 
  • Utrecht University | The Future of Psychology Committee 
  • Utrecht University | ‘Evaluation Ambassador’ 
  • Utrecht University | Clinical Internship Committee 
  • South Eastern Sydney Local Health District | The Scientific Review Committee of the Human Research Ethics Committee 
  • UNSW Faculty of Science – School of Psychology | Clinical Advisory Committee
  • National Health and Medical Research Council | Research Translation Faculty
  • UNSW Medicine | Medical Student Intake Interview Committee


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (historical)  



  • Experimental Psychopathology Dutch-Flemish Postgraduate School for Research and Education 
  • ABCT Technology & Behavior Change SIG Group
  • Association for Psychological Science 
  • Association for the Advancement of Behavior Research and Therapy (USA)
  • Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (UK) 
  • Anxiety Practitioner Network (Australia)
  • EACBT Scientific Interest Group - Worry, Rumination and Repetitive Thinking  
  • The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) 
  • Global Mental Health Network
  • European Centre for Women in Technology