Rate My Professor Lisa Warren

Dr. Lisa Warren is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Social Science), Graduate Diploma (Applied Psychology), Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology), and Doctor of Philosophy. As a clinical and forensic psychologist, her research interests lie at the intersection of psychology and the law. Her work on threats to kill is internationally acclaimed, alongside studies on the association between homicide and suicide—including the complex interconnection between risk to others and risk to self—patterns of persistent harmful behaviours, professional ethics, victim/survivor experiences in family violence and coercive control, and prevention of victim blaming. She has coordinated units such as CMH5011: Contemporary Research and Practice in Family Violence.

Dr. Warren's career includes serving as Clinical Director of Code Black Psychology, Founding Manager of the Problem Behaviour Program at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), Founding President of the Asia Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (APATAP), Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Australian Psychological Society for two years, and member of the inaugural senior editorial board of the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management. She regularly provides lectures and keynote addresses throughout Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Europe. Her 27 publications have garnered over 300 citations and 25,000 reads. Key publications include "Mortality Among Offenders Convicted of Threatening Violence: A Population-Based Study" (2023), "The Invisible Cage: Psychology's Role in the Criminalisation of Coercive Control" (2021), "A Clinical Study of Those Who Utter Threats to Kill" (2011), "Threats to Kill: A Follow-up Study" (2008), "The Problem Behavior Model: The Development of a Stalkers Clinic and a Threateners Clinic" (2005), "Confidentiality in Domestic Violence Situations" (2019), and "Special Section: Campus Threat Management" (2016). Dr. Warren is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (2021), Fellow of the College of Clinical Psychologists, and Fellow of the College of Forensic Psychologists.