Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave

I am a registered clinical psychologist of Tongan descent and hold a Specialist Clinical and Translational Lead role across the Wise Group and Le Va. In my 20 years as a psychologist, I have served the community working for the Psychological Service Department of Justice, Adult community mental health services, Māori community mental health service, and the Child and Adolescent service in Canberra, Australia. I have led the design and development of two national suicide prevention programmes funded by the Ministry of Health- FLO: Pasifika for Life and LifeKeepers. I am currently on the Workforce Futures Assessment Panel, the Mental Health and Addiction National Clinical Network, the Expert Advisory Group for Child and Adolescent mental health study and member of the Professional Psychology Advisory Forum. I am also honoured to chair Pasifikology, which is a national network of Pasifika psychologists in Aotearoa NZ.