Dr Gavin Sullivan - Full list of Publications

Journal Articles - Published

Fedszyn, I., & Sullivan, G. B. (2007). An ethical re-evaluation of contemporary treatments for anorexia nervosa: Is an aspirational stance possible in practice? Australian Psychologist, 42, 198-211.

Sullivan, G. B. (2007). Wittgenstein and the grammar of pride: The relevance of philosophy to studies of selfconscious emotions. New Ideas in Psychology, 25, 233-252.

Sullivan, G. B. (2007). A critical psychology of pride. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 4, 66-89.

Sullivan, G. B. (2007). What is the status of theoretical psychology in Australia and New Zealand? A qualitative investigation of contemporary teaching and research issues. Australian Psychologist, 43, .

Sullivan, G. B. (2005). Forensic patients' accounts of risk: The case for qualitative research within a sociocultural framework. Australian Psychologist, 40, 1, 31-44

Sullivan, G.B. (2005). Fright Club?! A critique of contemporary anxiety treatment programs. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 14, 8-30.

Sullivan, G. B., & Strongman, K. T. (2003). Vacillating and mixed emotions: Exploration of a conceptual-discursive perspective through examples of pride. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 33, 2, 201-224.

Sullivan, G.B. (2002). Reflexivity and subjectivity in qualitative research: The utility of a Wittgensteinian framework. Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 3(3). [Date of access: Month, Day, Year].

Sullivan, G.B. (2000). Millennial musings: A personal commentary on the diverse pathways, contrasting voices and future directions of critical psychology. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 1, 165-168.

Marshall, S., Adams, M., Cameron, A. & Sullivan, G. (2000). Academics' perceptions of their professional development needs related to leadership and management: What can we learn? The International Journal for Academic Development, 5, 1, 42-53.

In progress

Sullivan, G. B., Hall, M., & Grenyer, B. (Resubmitting). A Conceptual and Empirical Review of Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Hassed, C., de Lisle, S., & Sullivan, G. B., & Pier, C. (Under Review). Enhancing the Health of Medical Students: an outcome study on the Monash undergraduate mindfulness and ESSENCE lifestyle program.

Sullivan, G. B. (Draft completed). Reflexivity and psychology Part 1: Wittgenstein's philosophy as a framework for clarifying and "working through" forms of self-referentiality.

Sullivan, G. B. (Draft completed). Reflexivity and psychology Part 2: Wittgenstein's philosophy and reflexivity in the practices of psychology

Sullivan, G. B., & Bosanac, Z. (Draft completed). The experience and expression of pride: A qualitative exploration of social and relational features.

Sullivan, G. B. (Draft completed). A qualitative investigation of experiences of risk in medium secure forensic patients.

Sullivan, G. B. (In preparation). Pride and culture: A qualitative study of chinese students: Culture, politics, embodiment and experience.

Sullivan, G. B., & Lindner, R. (In preparation). Giving until it hurts? An exploratory study of the relationship between charitable giving and well-being

Sullivan, G. B., Moir, S., & Hall, M. (In preparation). The self and modal auxilliaries in psychotherapy. An examination of the two cases of successful psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Hassed, C., de Lisle, S., & Sullivan, G. B., & Pier, C. (In preparation). A six-month follow-up of the Monash undergraduate mindfulness and ESSENCE lifestyle program

de Lisle, S., Sullivan, G. B., & Hassed, C. (Draft completed). Psychological issues in a medical education program. Evaluating issues related to the effectiveness of mindfulness.

Books

Sullivan, G. B. (In preparation). Wittgenstein's Philosophy and Psychology. A History of Relevance and Limits. Kluwer Press.

Sullivan, G. B. (In preparation). The personal and cultural significance of pride.

Sullivan, G. B. (In preparation). Conversational Model Psychotherapy: An introduction to theory and practice.

Book chapters

Sullivan, G. B. (2005). Wittgenstein and the conversational model. In Meares, R., & Nolan, P. (Eds.), The Self in Conversation Vol. IV. ANZAP Books: Sydney.

Sullivan, G. B. (2005). Theorizing psychology and the future: New horrors and pleasures. In Gülerce, A., Hofmesiter, A., Staueble, I., Saunders, G., Kaye, J. Contemporary Theorizing in Psychology: Global Perspectives. Concord, Ontario: Captus Press.

Sullivan, G. B. (2004). Language and Change. In Meares, R., & Nolan, P. (Eds.), The Self in Conversation Vol. III. ANZAP Books: Sydney.

Meares, R., & Sullivan, G. B. (2004). Two forms of human language. In Williams, G. & Lukin, A. (Eds.), Language Development: Functional Perspectives in Evolution and Ontogenesis. Continuum: London.

Marshall, S. J., Adams, M. J., Cameron, A., & Sullivan, G. B. (2003). Leading Academics: Learning about their Professional Needs. In Kydd, L., Anderson, L., & Newton, W. (Eds.), Leading People and Teams in Education. Sage: London.

Sullivan, G. B. (2003). Vacillating emotions in everyday life and psychotherapy. In Meares, R., & Nolan, P. (Eds.), The Self in Conversation Vol. II. ANZAP Books: Sydney.

Sullivan, G.B. (2000). Wittgenstein and Social Constructionism: "Methods of social poetics" or "Knots in our thinking"?. In Morss, J., Stephenson, N., & Van Rappard, H. (Eds.), Theoretical Issues in Psychology. Proceedings of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology 1999 Conference. Kluwer: Dordrecht.

Conference Presentations

Presentation on Mindfulness Stress Reduction Training in Medical Students submitted with student Steve de Lisle and Dr. Craig Hassed to international medical education conference in USA in 2007

Presentation to Narratives as Research conference on Reflexivity in Qualitative Research in 2006.

Presentation to Discourse and Society conference at Monash University on The public discourse of pride in 2005

Presented two papers at the ISTP conference in Cape Town on An integrated account of self-conscious emotions and Theoretical Psychology in Australasia.

Presented paper on Deleuze and the social ethics of forensic mental health to the International Critical Psychology Conference in Durban in 2005.

Paper on pride as a neglected therapeutic focus in work with borderline patients presented at the 2003 ANZAP conference.

Paper on Qualitative work with forensic patients: A reflexive account of risks, methods and results presented to the Australian Qualitative Research conference in Sydney, July 2003.

Presented two papers for the International Society for Theoretical Psychology conference in Istanbul in June 2003. The topics were the history of Wittgenstein's philosophy and psychology as well as theorizing the future of psychology.

Paper "Modal auxilliaries and the self: the language of moment-to-moment co-construction in psychotherapy" presented at ANZAP Conference, September 2002

Paper on "The natural history of pride" presented in December 2001 at the Brain, Cognition and Culture conference in Sydney.

Paper on "Traumatic Conversations" and Borderline Personality Disorder presented at the International Society of Theoretical Psychology conference in Calgary in June 2001.

Paper on "Accounts of Risk in the Everyday Lives of Forensic Patients" presented at the First Australian Psychological Society Forensic Psychology conference in February 2001.

Paper with Professor Colin Holmes on "Deliberate Self-Harm: The importance of conceptual clarity for clinical practice in correctional settings" presented at the First Australian Psychological Society Forensic Psychology conference in February 2001.

Presented a paper on the topic "Measuring Mental Health Outcomes in Forensic Settings: Preliminary Results of a Field Trial of the Behavioural Status Index (BSI)" at a psychiatric rehabilitation conference organized by Cumberland Hospital, Western Sydney Area Health Service.

Poster on Reflexivity Reconsidered. Wittgenstein's Relevance presented at the International Society of Theoretical Psychology conference in Calgary in June 2001.

Attended international conference on anxiety disorders and their treatment organized by the NSW Association of Mental Health in May 2000.

Paper entitled "Risk in the Everyday Lives of Forensic Patients" presented at the Risk and Everyday Life Conference in April 2000.

Paper entitled "Western culture and emotional 'self-medication'" presented at the biennial international conference of the Discursive Construction of Knowledge Group in Adelaide in February 2000.

Paper entitled "Assembled reminders of pride and the cultural importance of 'moral autonomy'" presented at the annual conference of the Cultural Studies Association of Australia in December 1999.

Presented a paper entitled "Wittgenstein and Social Constructionism: Methods of 'Social Poetics' or 'Knots in our Thinking'?" at the International Society of Theoretical Psychology Conference in April 1999.

Presented two papers at the Postmodernism in Practice Conference in Adelaide in February 1998. Titles of the papers are "Postmodern psychology in practice: a Wittgensteinian perspective" and "Wittgenstein's notion of a surview and its contemporary relevance: the example of a comprehensive survey of pride".