Dr William Saunders (Psychologist)
- Name
- Dr William Montgomery Saunders
- Qualifications
- Master of Philosophy
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupation
- Psychologist
- Gender
- Male
Dr Bill Saunders is a registered Clinical Psychologist who works in full time private practice at Abbotsford Psychology.
He is also Head of Psychotherapy at The Abbotsford Private Hospital where he is an accredited group psychotherapist. Bill is also an accredited clinical psychology and psychotherapy supervisor.
Bill has a BA (Hons) degree and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Keele (UK) and a Masters degree in Psychological Medicine from The University of Glasgow. Prior to becoming involved in full time private practice Bill was an academic working as a Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Studies and Director of the Alcohol Studies Centre at the University of Paisley (Scotland) and then an Associate Professor and Head of Addictions Studies at Curtin University (Perth, WA). Finally, Bill was also head of the Clinical Psychology program at Curtin University. As an academic Bill published extensively and has also consulted for a wide range of agencies including the World Health Organisation and the United Nations.
Bill has extensive clinical experience. He has been a Senior Psychologist in an Alcohol and Drug unit in Glasgow, a consulting Clinical Psychologist to a private hospital in Perth, the Director of an Alcohol and Drug treatment agency in the Channel Islands (UK) and the Clinical Director of a co-occurring drug and mental health disorders unit at Graylands Hospital, Perth. He specialises in the management of adult psychopathology, addictive behaviours, the co-occurrence of both and the impact of childhood trauma on adult psychological functioning.
Bill also provides a range of workshops on topics such as motivation, psychotherapy, personality disorders, psychopharmacology, the management of depression and the impact of childhood trauma.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Abbotsford Psychology
Practice Locations
WA
- Abbotsford Psychology
- Address
- Unit 2-4 / 6 Abbotsford St
West Leederville WA 6007
Australia
- Phone
- (08) 9200 6024
- Fax
- (08) 9200 6281
