Liam Spicer (he/him) is a multiply neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, Gifted) Psychologist, Academic and Researcher who currently holds a position as a Senior Lecturer at the Cairnmillar Institute coordinating and teaching the Postgraduate Certificate in Trauma Informed Care. Liam is passionate about training, research, and collaboration with other neurodivergent individuals in the Neurodiversity Affirming Space and is a regular presenter at various conferences including the International Society for Schema Therapy Conference in Europe, the EMDR Asia Conference in Cambodia, two years consecutively at the EMDR Australia Conference, and the Australasian ADHD Professionals Network Conference among others. Liam has also delivered guest webinars and trainings for the EMDR Association of Australia, AAPi, Headspace, APS, and other organisations and practices nationally and overseas.
Liam has been a contributor to the Routledge International Handbook of Child and Adolescent Grief where he published a chapter on Youth Suicide from a Global Perspective, and has published in other top academic journals such as Fronters in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychology, and Psychotherapy Research including his recent paper with colleagues on Understanding Early Maladaptive Schemas in Autistic and ADHD individuals which has gained widespread international attention. Liam’s current PHD at Curtin University, Perth is focused on the use of Schema Therapy for Prolonged Grief, where he has published in the ISST bulletin on this topic. Liam has several other current projects underway with other colleagues in the Neurodiversity space, and loves being a part of clinicians gaining new knowledge and being a part of wider social change and inclusion.
