Dr Pene Schmidt is a dedicated Clinical and Health Psychologist with a wealth of experience who is passionate about empowering people to lead bold, meaningful and compassionate lives.
Australian Clinical Psychologist Dr Pene Schmidt has served as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies; Schools; Medical Organisations and Government-owned organisations. She received her doctorate from The University of Melbourne and completed her internship in health promotion at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Qualifications: BA, BSci (Hons), Grad Dip Ed (Sec), DPsych (Uni Melb)
Speciality: Clinical psychology, health psychology, school psychology
Areas of interest: Clinical and health psychology; chronic pain; adolescent mental health and wellbeing; positive psychology; education psychology and leadership; post-traumatic growth; psychology of physical and mental health and illness; health communications; social marketing and health promotion.
Dr Pene’s extensive clinical background includes her most recent role as the director of pain management programs/senior psychologist at University Hospital, and as a school psychologist at the Geelong Grammar School. She is a casual academic, having lectured in positive psychology, clinical psychology and pain medicine at several Australian universities. Dr Pene lives in regional Victoria with her family.
