Rate My Professor Tinashe Dune

Professor Tinashe Dune serves as Professor/Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology within the Psychology discipline of the Faculty of Health at Charles Darwin University. She possesses two PhDs: a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wollongong awarded in 2022, with a thesis on mental health care providers’ constructions of non-White people and implications for cultural competence; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health from the University of Sydney in 2011, focused on making sense of sex with people with cerebral palsy. Her additional qualifications include a Master of Public Health in Human Sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in the USA in 2013, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with High Honours from Carleton University in Canada in 2007. As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, Board Approved Clinical Supervisor, and Member of the Australian Psychological Society, she is also pursuing an MBA at the Australian College of Applied Professions. Professor Dune is a tri-lingual practitioner fluent in English, Shona, and French, bringing a culturally informed perspective to her work.

Her research interests encompass complex trauma, disability, sexuality concerns, migrant and refugee populations, experiences of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour, neurodiversity-affirming neurocognitive assessments particularly for girls, women, and culturally diverse groups, relationships and families, workplace issues, sexual and reproductive health, sexual identity, and minority experiences including autism and ADHD assessments for specialized populations. With over 170 scholarly publications comprising 74 articles, 16 book chapters, and 13 review articles, key works include 'Australian mental health practitioners’ racial and ethnic blindness' (2026), 'Western Sydney Migrant and Refugee Youths’ Perspectives about Access and Use of Contraception in Australia: A Qualitative Study' (2026), 'Navigating Layered Exclusion: Workplace Dynamics and Inter-Migrant Discrimination Among African Professionals in Australia' (2025), and 'Migrant and Refugee Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Gender Comparison of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Experiences' (2025). Her contributions align with UN Sustainable Development Goals such as good health and well-being, gender equality, reduced inequalities, and quality education. Professor Dune supervises postgraduate research in health-related fields, employs holistic therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Schema Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and is recognized as a multi-award-winning researcher with 14 press/media mentions.