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Dr Robyn Vertongen BA, MA, PGDipCBT, PGDipClinPsych, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Psychology

Robyn Vertongen is an Academic Senior Clinical Psychologist who has been with ۶Ƶ since 2004. Robyn works with adolescents and adults with various mental health challenges and has been in practice since 1996. Robyn is the Albany Campus Clinical Psychology Programme Coordinator at ۶Ƶ and has served on the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy executive committee board for several years while teaching into the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (PGDipCBT). Areas of interest include mental health and wellbeing, sexuality and diversity, neurodevelopment disorders, and cognitive behaviour therapy.

Professional

Contact details

  • Location: 3.22, School of Psychology
    Campus: Albany

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - ۶Ƶ (1994)
  • Master of Arts - ۶Ƶ (1996)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - ۶Ƶ (2002)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology - ۶Ƶ (2000)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - ۶Ƶ (2023)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Supervisor, ۶Ƶ

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Clinical psychology and inequities in mental health

Consumer perspectives on wellbeing, sexuality and diversity and neurodevelopment disorders

Cognitive behaviour therapy

Research Outputs

Journal

Vertongen, R., van Ommen, C., & Chamberlain, K. (2025). Adolescent Dilemmas About Viewing Pornography and Their Efforts to Resolve Them. Journal of Adolescent Research. 40(1), 226-254
[Journal article]Authored by: Van Ommen, C., Vertongen, R.
Vertongen, R., Chamberlain, K., & van Ommen, C. (2022). Pornography and adolescents: unravelling dominant research assumptions. Porn Studies. 9(4), 430-444
[Journal article]Authored by: Van Ommen, C., Vertongen, R.
Williams, MMW., Haarhoff, BA., & Vertongen, R. (2017). Mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand: Rising to the challenge of the fourth wave?. New Zealand Journal of Psychology. 46(2), 16-22 Retrieved from http://www.psychology.org.nz/
[Journal article]Authored by: Vertongen, R.

Teaching and Supervision

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 1 0
Co-supervisor 5 0

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Jinling You - Doctor of Philosophy
    Adolescents, teachers and parents' perspectives on social media use in China

Co-supervisor of:

  • Sarah Morrison - Doctor of Philosophy
    A Critical Exploration of the Lived Experiences and Context of Self-diagnosis with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
  • Louise Dore - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    What helps to promote healthy sleep for autistic adolescents?
  • Andrew Murray-Brown - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Emotion, practice, and language: A qualitative exploration of the wellbeing of young men
  • Keita Fuller - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Kaupoai ki Aotearoa: The reproduction of cultural knowledge and the potential for enhanced wellbeing for Māori through participation in rodeo.
  • Emma De Lautour - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Surviving strangulation: Cognitive impairment following non-fatal strangulation