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Claire Finkelstein

Clinical Psychologist and PhD candidate, Swinburne University of Technology

Clinical Psychologist and PhD candidate, Swinburne University of Technology Claire Finkelstein is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and Board Approved Supervisor with a particular interest in working with individuals and families across the lifespan who grapple with eating disorders and body image concerns. She engages from a trauma-informed, systemic and emotion-focused framework and is committed to honouring diversity of body shape and size, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity and spirituality. Claire is a PhD candidate at Swinburne University and her research focuses on the emerging area of psychedelic medicine and body image distress. She is currently the trial coordinator and lead therapist on a clinical trial exploring psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy as a potential treatment for body image disturbance.