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James Bennett-Levy is affiliated with Southern Cross University in Australia and works primarily in the field of psychology with a focus on clinical and social psychology. Their research spans several interconnected topics including digital mental health interventions, mental health treatment and access, disaster management and resilience, psychotherapy techniques and applications, as well as counseling practices and supervision.

Bennett-Levy's frequent coauthors include Jo Longman, Gerhard Andersson, Veronica Matthews, Maddy Braddon, and Ross Bailie. Their collaborative works contribute to a multidisciplinary understanding of mental health and therapy.

Primary publication venues for their work feature the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, The Lancet Digital Health, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Recent research papers by Bennett-Levy include:

  • User characteristics and outcomes from a national digital mental health service: an observational study of registrants of the Australian MindSpot Clinic (2020, The Lancet Digital Health)
  • Belonging and Inclusivity Make a Resilient Future for All: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Post-Flood Social Capital in a Diverse Australian Rural Community (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Should personal practice be part of cognitive behaviour therapy training? Results from two self-practice/self-reflection cohort control pilot studies (2020, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)
  • Personal practice in counselling and CBT trainees: the self-perceived impact of personal therapy and self-practice/self-reflection on personal and professional development (2020, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)
  • From Digital Mental Health to Digital Social and Emotional Wellbeing: How Indigenous Community-Based Participatory Research Influenced the Australian Government's Digital Mental Health Agenda (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Their work addresses both the clinical and social dimensions of mental health, exploring how digital platforms enable access to therapy and support. This includes investigations of social capital and resilience in communities affected by environmental disasters and considerations of how personal practice influences the training and development of therapists.

Fields of study connected to Bennett-Levy's research include:

  • Psychology

More specific subfields when examining their publications are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Applied Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

The main topics featured consistently in Bennett-Levy's research are:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision

Best Publications

  • Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy

    James Bennett-Levy;Gillian Butler;Melanie Fennell;Ann Hackmann

  • Therapist skills : A cognitive model of their acquisition and refinement

    James Bennett-Levy

  • Oxford Guide to Imagery in Cognitive Therapy

    Ann Hackmann;James Bennett-Levy;Emily A. Holmes

  • Oxford guide to low intensity CBT interventions.

    James Bennett-Levy;David A. Richards;Paul Farrand;Helen Christensen

  • THE VALUE OF SELF-PRACTICE OF COGNITIVE THERAPY TECHNIQUES AND SELF-REFLECTION IN THE TRAINING OF COGNITIVE THERAPISTS

    James Bennett-Levy;Frederick Turner;Taryn Beaty;Michelle Smith

  • Acquiring and Refining CBT Skills and Competencies: Which Training Methods are Perceived to be Most Effective?

    James Bennett-Levy;Freda McManus;Bengt E. Westling;Melanie Fennell

  • Low intensity CBT interventions: A revolution in mental health care.

    James Bennett-Levy;David A. Richards;Paul Farrand

  • MindSpot Clinic: An Accessible, Efficient, and Effective Online Treatment Service for Anxiety and Depression.

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Lauren G. Staples;James Bennett-Levy

  • MECHANISMS OF CHANGE IN COGNITIVE THERAPY: THE CASE OF AUTOMATIC THOUGHT RECORDS AND BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS

    James Bennett-Levy

  • Cognitive Therapy From The Inside: Enhancing Therapist Skills Through Practising What We Preach

    James Bennett-Levy;Nicole Lee;Katrina Travers;Sonja Pohlman

  • The first 30 months of the MindSpot Clinic: Evaluation of a national e-mental health service against project objectives:

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F Dear;Lauren G Staples;James Bennett-Levy

  • Fear of animals: what is prepared?

    Jamie Bennett-Levy;Theresa Marteau

  • The Subjective Memory Questionnaire (SMQ). An investigation into the self‐reporting of ‘real‐life’ memory skills

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  • Conceptualizing Empathy in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Making the Implicit Explicit

    Richard Thwaites;James Bennett-Levy

  • Acceptability of Mental Health Apps for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: A Qualitative Study

    Josie Povey;Patj Patj Janama Robert Mills;Kylie Maree Dingwall;Anne Lowell

  • Determinants of performance on the Rey‐Osterrieth Complex Figure Test: An analysis, and a new technique for single‐case assessment

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  • Behavioural experiments: Historical and conceptual underpinnings.

    James Bennett-Levy;David Westbrook;Melanie Fennell;Myra Cooper

  • Why therapists should walk the talk: The theoretical and empirical case for personal practice in therapist training and professional development.

    James Bennett-Levy

  • Self-practice and self-reflection in cognitive behaviour therapy training: what factors influence trainees' engagement and experience of benefit?

    James Bennett-Levy;Nicole K. Lee

  • User characteristics and outcomes from a national digital mental health service: an observational study of registrants of the Australian MindSpot Clinic.

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F Dear;Olav Nielssen;Bethany Wootton

  • The Ups and Downs of Cognitive Therapy Training: What Happens to Trainees' Perception of their Competence During a Cognitive Therapy Training Course?

    James Bennett-Levy;Alexis Beedie

  • Experiencing CBT from the Inside Out: A Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Workbook for Therapists

    James Bennett-Levy;Christine A. Padesky

  • Encounters with Anna Thompson: The consumer's experience of neuropsychological assessment

    James Bennett-levy;Mary Anne Klein-boonschate;Jenny Batchelor;Renee McCarter

  • Devising effective behavioural experiments.

    Khadj Rouf;Melanie Fennell;David Westbrook;Myra Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Freda McManus
Freda McManus Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Britt Klein
Britt Klein Federation University Australia
Nickolai Titov
Nickolai Titov Macquarie University
Blake F. Dear
Blake F. Dear Macquarie University
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University
Myra Cooper
Myra Cooper University of Oxford
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Helen Christensen
Helen Christensen University of New South Wales

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