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Dr. Priscilla Maria De Netto serves as a Lecturer (Education Focused) in the Department of Psychology at Monash University Malaysia, part of the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from Monash University Malaysia on 29 March 2023, with the thesis titled 'Through Good and Bad Times: The Role of Perceived Responsiveness on Malaysian Relationship Quality Indicators, Satisfaction, and Depressive Symptoms.' Additionally, she holds a Master of Professional Counselling and is a licensed professional counsellor registered with Lembaga Kaunselor Malaysia (registration KB08531) and the Australian Counselling Association (registration PA08126).

De Netto's academic interests center on romantic relationships, focusing on couple communication processes including perceived responsiveness across contexts such as conflicts, adversities, and triumphs, as well as capitalization, accommodation, and self-construal influences on relationship satisfaction. Her research incorporates elements of cultural psychology and positive psychology. A notable publication is 'Communication, the Heart of a Relationship: Examining Capitalization, Accommodation, and Self-Construal on Relationship Satisfaction,' published in Frontiers in Psychology in December 2021 with co-authors Kia Fatt Quek and Karen Jennifer Golden, accumulating 12 Scopus citations. She currently acts as Chief Investigator on the project 'Reflections and Recommendations for Integrating Southeast Asian Indigenous Psychology (SEA-IP) into Undergraduate Psychology Education,' from February 2025 to October 2025. In teaching, she coordinates units like PSY1025 Indigenous Health Psychology: South East Asia and Global Insights, PSY1024 Psychology: Allies in Indigenous Health, and PSY1013 The Science of Thriving. Her counselling practice addresses client issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and career challenges, with experience providing culturally sensitive, trauma-informed care to refugees. De Netto employs integrative modalities such as Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness. She supervises honours and PhD students on topics related to romantic relationship communication, cross-cultural differences, relationship well-being, attachment styles, and mental health impacts within relationships, and is accepting PhD students through 2025.