Associate Professor at Murdoch University and one of the first Australians to achieve MAPS certification for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy (2023). Currently the lead therapist on an MDMA-assisted psychotherapy clinical trial and part of the therapy team on a psilocybin trial. Researcher with approximately 36 publications on trauma, PTSD and resilience.
Associate Professor Petra Skeffington is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice and an academic at Murdoch University in Perth. Her research and clinical expertise centres on psychological trauma and recovery, including resilience to trauma, prevention of post-trauma pathologies, and innovative approaches to treating psychological trauma. She was one of the first Australians to achieve MAPS certification for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy in early 2023, is a lead therapist on a clinical trial investigating MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy, and is part of the therapy team on a clinical trial investigating Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy.
Psychedelic research
Trauma & resilience research