Year | Citation |
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2022 |
Reynolds, N. L., Cole, A. M., Walmsley, B. D., & Poulos, C. J. (220812). Australian inpatient cancer rehabilitation as seen by patients receiving care pre and post intervention: Insights into unmet needs in the cancer and rehabilitation journey. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE, 31(6), doi: 10.1111/ecc.13681 |
2022 | Walmsley, B., Poulos, R. W., & Poulos, C. J. (220101). Arts on Prescription for Older People: The Professional Artist s Facilitation of Psychological Well-Being. The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 12(1), (103-118). |
2020 | Walmsley, B. D., & McCormack, L. (201117). Dementia families: Relinquishing home care to aged care services: Guilt, traumatic loss and growth. DEMENTIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 20(5), (1814-1831). |
2019 |
Reynolds, N. L., Cole, A. M., Walmsley, B. D., & Poulos, C. J. (190930). Multidisciplinary healthcare providers' experience of working in an inpatient cancer rehabilitation unit in Sydney, Australia. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE, 28(6), doi: 10.1111/ecc.13162 |
2018 | Walmsley, B., & McCormack, L. (181008). Dementia: Aloneness, Social and Relational Engagement, and Psychological Growth in Families. OBM Geriatrics, 2(4), (1-1). |
2018 | Walmsley, B., & McCormack, L. (180101). Moderate dementia: relational social engagement (RSE) during family visits. AGING & MENTAL HEALTH, 22(8), (954-963). |
2017 | Walmsley, B., & McCormack, L. (170101). Severe dementia: relational social engagement (RSE) during family visits. AGING & MENTAL HEALTH, 21(12), (1262-1271). |
2016 | Walmsley, B. D., & McCormack, L. (161101). Stigma, the medical model and dementia care: Psychological growth in senior health professionals through moral and professional integrity. DEMENTIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 15(6), (1685-1702). |
2016 | Walmsley, B., & McCormack, L. (161101). Shame, hope, intimacy and growth: Dementia distress and growth in families from the perspective of senior aged care professionals. DEMENTIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 15(6), (1666-1684). |
2014 | Walmsley, B. D., & McCormack, L. (140901). The dance of communication: Retaining family membership despite severe non-speech dementia. DEMENTIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 13(5), (626-641). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- IPA and Qualitative research
- Complex Trauma and Posttraumatic growth
- Dementia and Aged Care
- Ageing and Ageism
- Infertility and Third-Party Assisted Reproduction
Available to supervise research students
Not available for media queries
About Bruce Walmsley
Bruce is a practising clinical psychologist and a Senior Lecturer. He is a qualitative researcher in the field of trauma and posttraumatic growth across the life span. Bruce teaches in clinical psychology and offers supervision to students and clinicians.
Bruce's research explores how individuals find posttraumatic growth after a struggle with adversity or trauma, especially traumatic health events or challenging life transitions. This includes the individual themselves, and also their family and healthcare providers who walk alongside. For example, life circumstances of:
- infertility, and creating a family through friends and family
- LGBTQIA+ families, creating an authentic life
- cancer rehabilitation, and putting life back together
- living with dementia, family trauma and growth
- relinquishing home care to aged care
- ageism and inclusivity for wellbeing.
Currently, Bruce is involved in emerging research on infertility and family formation through third-party assisted reproduction, such as in vitro fertilisation or IVF, donor conception, and surrogacy. He is especially interested in finding new ways to use Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis or IPA and other phenomenological approaches.
Qualifications
- PhD (Psychology), University of Newcastle, Australia, 2017
- MClinPsych, University of Canberra, Australia, 2012
- Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, Victoria University, Australia, expected graduation 2024
Key publications
Bruce has over 14 publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Bruce's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Journal article (showing 10 of 14)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Not available for media queries
Teaching activities & experience
Bruce convenes and teaches in postgraduate psychology with a focus on clinical practice. For example:
Professional memberships
- Registered Clinical Psychologist and Endorsed Supervisor, Psychology Board of Australia
- Registered Clinical Psychologist, The Health and Care Professions Council UK
- Member, Australian Psychological Society
- Member, College of Clinical Psychologists
- Provisional Member, Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association