Rate My Professor Karen Ugle

Karen Ugle is a Ballardong Noongar psychologist of Balladong and Bibbulmun descent from southwest Western Australia. She moved to Perth as a mature-age student to study psychology at Curtin University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology and gained full registration as a psychologist in 2007. An Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society and member of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association, Ugle has worked as a therapist and cultural consultant across various departments and organisations. She delivers psychological counselling through full-time employment and private practice. Since July 2024, she has served as a Lecturer in the Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, at Curtin University. In 2025, she completed her PhD in Psychology at the same institution, supervised by Professor Lauren Breen and Kelly Prandl. Her thesis, titled Decolonising Psychology in Practice: Developing a Holistic Model of Psychological Services in Nyungar Country, employed Indigenous research methods to create a holistic model of psychological service delivery relevant to Nyungar people, including 20 recommendations for practice and further research.