Dr. James Collett
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Details
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College: School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
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Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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james.collett@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0003-1790-0390
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr. James Collett is a lecturer in psychology at RMIT University, specialising in compulsive hoarding, attachment, and dimensional approaches to psychopathology.
Dr. James Collett holds a PhD (Clinical Psychology) from Swinburne University of Technology, and has been employed by RMIT University since 2016.
Tertiary learning and teaching, including online teaching; clinical practice in community and hospital settings; development and administration of online psychotherapy programs.
Dr. James Collett holds a PhD (Clinical Psychology) from Swinburne University of Technology, and has been employed by RMIT University since 2016.
Tertiary learning and teaching, including online teaching; clinical practice in community and hospital settings; development and administration of online psychotherapy programs.
Supervisor projects
- Unveiling Hidden Norms: Towards a Comprehensive Scale for Measuring Sexual Double Standards Amongst Young Adults
- 4 Mar 2024
- The Negative Impact of Perfectionism on Workplace Mental Health
- 1 Dec 2023
- Gambling Outside of the Casino: Investigating Problem Smartphone Gambling Post-Pandemic
- 21 Dec 2022
- Prevention of Vicarious Trauma and Burnout in Health Practitioners: An Applied Neuroscience Wellbeing Program
- 19 Dec 2022
- Cross-cultural Personality and Mental Health
- 8 Aug 2022
- Defining and Addressing Research-Level and Therapist-Level Barriers to Virtual Reality Therapy Implementation in Mental Health Settings
- 20 Jan 2022
- Does executive function mitigate theory of mind (ToM) and phenomenal consciousness?
- 13 Sep 2021
Teaching interests
Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Hoarding Disorder, Mood Disorders, Reward Sensitivity, Risky Decision-Making, Personality Psycholology, Psychotherapy for Vindictiveness, Virtual Reality and Video Games
Delivering lectures and tutorials in undergraduate psychology units, supervising PhD candidates, and establishing a research track record centred on dimensional approaches to psychopathology.
Delivering lectures and tutorials in undergraduate psychology units, supervising PhD candidates, and establishing a research track record centred on dimensional approaches to psychopathology.
Research interests
Psychology, Cognitive Science
James' research interests and areas of expertise include:
compulsive hoarding, especially in terms attachment, nostalgia, and boundaries with non-pathological consumer behaviour
dimensional approaches to psychopathology, especially positive and negative valence systems, perfectionism, and shame
reward sensitivity and punishment sensitivity in psychopathology, especially bipolar disorder, eating disorders and impulsive-compulsive disorders (such as hoarding, gambling, smoking)
risky decision-making tasks as a means to measure reward sensitivity
the effect of modern media technologies on mental health and wellbeing
James' research interests and areas of expertise include:
compulsive hoarding, especially in terms attachment, nostalgia, and boundaries with non-pathological consumer behaviour
dimensional approaches to psychopathology, especially positive and negative valence systems, perfectionism, and shame
reward sensitivity and punishment sensitivity in psychopathology, especially bipolar disorder, eating disorders and impulsive-compulsive disorders (such as hoarding, gambling, smoking)
risky decision-making tasks as a means to measure reward sensitivity
the effect of modern media technologies on mental health and wellbeing
