Health Sciences

School of Public Health

Dr George Wills

Contact Details

Email:G.Wills@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9479 2639
International: +61 3 9479 2639
Fax: (03) 9479 1783
International: +61 3 9479 1783
Office: HS1-314

Qualifications

BA Melb., TSTC Melb.Inst. of Ed., DipPsych, MA Melb., PhD La Trobe, FAPS

Interests

George Wills teaches in the masters and doctoral programs in counselling and human services and in counselling psychology. He is also a counsellor in private practice. His approach to both teaching and therapy is experiential and is informed by person-centred principles. His research interests include investigations into process experiential therapy from the points of view of the client and the counsellor. In regard to therapy, he has particular interests in trauma and dissociative disorders. He is also interested in the application of Buddhist principles to psychological practice.

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Publications

Wills, G.H. (2007). The relative merits of CBT and Interpersonal treatments of depression: A review of research and implications for practice. Capa: The Quarterly, 2:1, pp 12-15.

Wills, George H.( 2005). Review of: McLeod, J. 2001. Qualitative research in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology.

Wills, George H, and Geoff Denham. 2004. Editorial. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology 5 (1):2-4.

Wills, George H, Alison Talbot, and Geoff Denham, eds. 2004. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology. Melbourne: Australian Psychological Society.

Wills, G. H. (2004). Review of: Gibney, P. (2003). The pragmatics of therapeutic practice. Melbourne: Psychoz Publications. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology.

Wills, G. H. (2004). Review of: McLeod, J. (2001). Qualitative research in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology.

Wills, G. H. (Ed.). (2003). Co-Editor, The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology (Vol. 3): APS.

Wills, G. H. (2003). Depression: Matters essential to its psychosocial understanding. In C. Walker, C. Peterson, N. Millen & C. Martin (Eds.), Chronic illness: New perspectives and new directions (pp. 172-191). Melbourne: Tertiary Press.

Wills, G. H. (2003). Review of: Gibney, P. (2003). The pragmatics of therapeutic practice. Melbourne: Psychoz Publications. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, 4(2), 17-19.

Wills, G. H. (2003). Working with depression: A case study. In C. Walker, C. Peterson, N. Millen & C. Martin (Eds.), Chronic illness: New perspectives and new directions (pp. 192-205). Melbourne: Tertiary Press.

(2001) Wills, G. and Claydon, L. Instrumentalism in the Egan model: A critique. Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, 2:2, pp.

(2000) A brief oral history of counselling psychology in Australia, 1945-1975. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, 1:1, pp. 21-28.

(1999) Without counselling, there may be no future for psychology. In Psych: The Bulletin of The Australian Psychological Society. 21:3, pp. 27-28

(1998) Post modern therapies and Madhyamika Buddhism. Psychotherapy in Australia. 4: 4 August pp. 44-56.

(1997) Post modern therapies and Madhyamika Buddhism. Psychotherapy in Australia.

(1995) The false memories debate: Implications for therapists. Legalising justice for all women: Proceedings of the National Conference on sexual assault and the law. pp.149-156.