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Dr Shaun Halovic is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Sydney Medical School's Education Office at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health. He holds a BHSc, BPsych (Hons), and a PhD. His research focuses on psychophysics, non-verbal communication in psychotherapy, and the efficacy of therapeutic models like Conversational Model Therapy (CMT). He has received the 2023 Western Sydney Local Health District Allied Health Researcher of the Year award and leads a current grant exploring emotional facial expressions in psychotherapy dyads.
Dr Halovic's educational background includes degrees in health science, psychology, and a doctoral focus on expressed emotions. His research spans ethics in psychotherapy, kinematic analysis of emotion expression, and graphic medicine applications using media like Naruto. He has published extensively on psychotherapy adherence scales, trauma treatment, and cross-cultural mental health challenges.
His recent work emphasizes patient experience in e-therapy transitions and the role of non-verbal cues in therapeutic dynamics. Key contributions include developing the CoMTAS adherence scale and analyzing gender impacts on emotion perception through point-light displays.