Current Positions
Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Clinical Psychology Unit, Sydney UniversitySenior Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Westmead.
Honorary Associate, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Macquarie University
Executive Board Member (Secretary), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
Assessor, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
Accredited Non-RANZP Supervisor (Royal and New Zealand College of Psychiatry)
Credentialed Supervisor of Queensland Health
Private practice: Paul Rhodes Family Therapy Consultation, Training and Supervision
Credentialed Supervisor Psychology Registration Board
Professional Awards
2005 Quality Service Award, Children’s Hospital at Westmead for development of the Eating Disorders Family-Based Treatment Team.2003 National Research Prize, Australasian Society for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability.
Current Research
Does inpatient weight restoration prior to outpatient family therapy improve outcomes in adolescent anorexia nervosa? A randomised control trialNHMRC Research Grant, $528,000 awarded October 2006
Study Commenced July, 2007
A Systemic Consultation Model for group homes for clients with developmental disability and challenging behaviour.
Current research in association with Statewide Behavioural Intervention Service, Department of Ageing, Disability and Homecare.
A multi-site randomised control trial of first-order and second-order family therapy reflecting teams
Current Research in Collaboration with The Department of Psychological Medicine and Adolescent Medicine Unit, Children's Hospital Westmead and The Systemic Consultation Practice, Perth
The effect of family therapy internships on the relational life of the Clinical Psychology Intern
Current Research in Collaboration with The Department of Psychological Medicine and Adolescent Medicine Unit, Children's Hospital Weatmead
Mechanisms of change in the Maudsley Model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa
Current Research Collaboration with The Department of Psychological Medicine and Adolescent Medicine Unit, Children's Hospital Weatmead
Publications
Rhodes, P. (2008) Challenging Behaviour and Change: Families, Family Therapy and the Wider System. The Clinician (Manuscript accepted for publication)Rhodes, P., Wallis, A. Nge, C. (2008) Can You teach Compassion? Context, 53:5, 44-55.
Rhodes, P. (2008) Amplifying Deviations in Family Interactions: Guidelines for Trainees.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 29:1, 34-39.
Rhodes, P., Madden, S., Brown, J. & Baillie A. (2008) Parent to Parent Consultation in the Maudsley Model of Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomised Control Trial. Journal of Family Therapy; 30: 92-104
Rhodes, P., Madden, S. & Brown, J. (2008). Parent to Parent Consultation in the Maudsley Model of Family-Based Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: A Qualitative Study Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (in press)
Rhodes, P., (2008) Family therapy for anorexia nervosa: History, Current Practice and Future Directions. Book Chapter (in press)
Rhodes, P., Sponiar, M., & Madden, S. (2008) Life threatening food avoidance in two nine year old girls: Re-thinking the Maudsley model. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (Submitted for Publication)
Guest Editor (2007), Special Research Edition, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 28: 4
Rhodes, P. (2007) Editorial: Research, Finding a Home in Family Therapy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 28: 4, 3-4.
Wallis, A., Rhodes, P., Kohn, M. & Madden, S. (2007) Five-Years of Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: The Maudsley model at the Childrenís Hospital, Westmead. International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health; 19 (3): 277-83
Rhodes P. (2005) Researchers in family therapy: Deviants or deviations worth amplifying. Victorian Association of Family Therapists News, 27(5)
Rhodes, P. (2005) Anorexia Suite. Journal of Poetry Therapy Vol.18 No.2
Rhodes, P., Gosbee, M., Madden, S. & Brown, J., (2005). Communities of Concern in the Family-Based Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: Towards a Consensus in the Maudsley Model. European Eating Disorders Review, 13, 392-398
Dossetor, David R; Santhanam, Radhika; Rhodes, Paul; Holland, Tony J; Nunn, Ken P.(2005). Developmental Neuropsychiatry: A New Model of Psychiatry for Young People With and Without Intellectual Disability? Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Vol 10(3), 277-30
Rhodes, P., Brown, J., & Baillee, A., (2005). The Parents Versus Anorexia Scale: A brief measure of parental efficacy in the family-based treatment of anorexia. European Eating Disorders Review, 13, 399-405
Rhodes, P. & Madden, S (2005). Scientist practitioner family therapists, post-modern medical practitioners, and expert parents: Second order change at the Eating Disorders Program, Childrenís Hospital at Westmead. Journal of Family Therapy, 27, 171-182 (2 Citation)
Rhodes, P. (2003) The Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: theory, practice and empirical support. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 24 (4), 191-198
Rhodes, P. (2003) Behavioural and family systemic intervention in developmental disabilities: Towards a contemporary and integrative approach. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 28 (1), 51-64 (citation)
Rhodes, P. (2002) Mainstreaming intellectual disability into the history of family therapy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 23 (4), 211-214 (1 citation)
Rhodes, P. (2002) Dancing with depression; Sequences and circular questions in family therapy. The Clinician, 2 (1), 51-5
Rhodes, P. (2001) Anxiety Disorders: Can they be a childís way of protecting the family? The Clinician, 2 (1), 51-56
Conference Papers
Life-threatening eating disorders in two nine-year old girls: Rethinking the Maudsley model. Australia and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, 2007Parent-to-parent consultation in the Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia: A qualitative and quantitative study. The Academy of Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders, Barcelona, Spain, 2006.
Invited Speaker. Parent-to-parent consultation in family therapy for anorexia nervosa: Results of a qualitative study. Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, 2005.
The Implementation and Clinical Outcomes of Manualised Family Therapy at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia. The Academy of Eating Disorders International Conference on Eating Disorders, Montreal, Quebec, 2005 (Madden S., Wallis A., Rhodes P., Le T., Kohn M.)
Systemic organisational prerequisites for the implementation of the Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Australasian Academy for Eating Disorders Conference, 2005.
Family-Based Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: Clinical Outcomes at 18 Months. Australasian Eating Disorders Academy Conference, 2004.
Scientist-Practitioner Family Therapists, Post-Modern Medical Practitioners, and Expert Parents: Second-Order Change in the Eating Disorders Program at the Children’s Hospital, Westmead. Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, 2004.
Family therapy for Eating Disorders. Redbank Family Therapy Conference 2004
The Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: Theory, practice, and empirical support. Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, 2003.
Family-based treatment of anorexia nervosa. NSW Adolescent Counsellors Conference, 2003.
Mainstreaming intellectual disability into the history of family therapy. Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, 2002.
Applying Post-Milan systemic therapy in developmental disabilities: A case series. Psychologists in Developmental Disabilities Conference, 2001.
Stories of hope and change: Family therapy through the life-span in
developmental disability. Social Workers in Developmental Disability Conference, 1999.
Family therapy in developmental disability: From the communicative to the homeostatic function of challenging behaviours. Psychologists in Developmental Disability Conference, 1998
Contextualising the treatment of self-injurious behaviour in residential group
homes: A case study. NSW Programming Conference, 1996.
A peer support model for adults with intellectual disability and significant emotional and behavioural disturbance. Australian Society for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability Conference, 1991