Dr Tamara Ownsworth

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BA (Honours), PhD (Clinical Neuropsychology)

Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology

Dr Ownsworth is a clinical neuropsychologist with over 10 years clinical experience and research in the field.
Broad research interests include rehabilitation and psychological adjustment to neurological disorders such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, and brain tumour.
A specific research interest is metacognition (i.e., self-awareness and self-regulation skills) following acquired brain injury and clinical trials of community-based metacognitive rehabilitation.
- Other current projects include:
- Investigating determinants of successful outcome during the hospital to home transition following brain injury.
- Assessing the supportive care needs and quality of life of individuals with brain tumour.
- Developing and validating a tool to monitor therapy progress in post-acute rehabilitation.

Dr Ownsworth mainly teaches in the area of neuropsychology (i.e., brain-behaviour relationships, neurological disorders, and rehabilitation) and clinical assessment at honours and postgraduate level.
She also teaches foundations of clinical psychology and neuropsychology in various courses across the years of the undergraduate program.
Dr Ownsworth supervises research projects at honours level and as a consultant in the Neuropsychology Clinic she supervises postgraduate students on externship placements.

Gracey, F., Ownsworth, T. (Editors) (in press for December 2008 issue). The self and identity in rehabilitation: A special issue of the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Ownsworth, T. L., Fleming, J., Shum, D., Kuipers, P., and Strong, J. (2008). A randomised controlled trial for facilitating goal attainment and improving psychosocial function following acquired brain injury: Comparison of three intervention formats. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 40, 81-88.
Ownsworth, T., and Clare, L. (2006). The association between awareness deficits and rehabilitation outcome following acquired brain injury. Clinical Psychology Review, 26, 783-795.
Ownsworth, T., Clare, L., and Morris, R. (2006). An integrated biopsychosocial approach for understanding awareness disorder in Alzheimer’s disease and brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Invited paper for special issue on ‘Pathologies of Awareness’)
Ownsworth, T., Fleming, J., Desbois, J., Strong, J., and Kuipers, P. (2006). A metacognitive contextual intervention to enhance error awareness and functional performance following traumatic brain injury: A single case experimental design. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.