Meet the team

Michael Tunnecliffe
Clinical Consultant

Michael Tunnecliffe is a retired Clinical Psychologist with more than 40 years of professional experience. He has worked in senior roles across government and non-government organisations, including serving as Executive Manager of the Police Psychology Unit for Western Australia Police.

Michael has presented at conferences throughout Australia and internationally, with a professional focus on stress, moral injury, and trauma-related education. He also lectured in Trauma Counselling as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame Australia for 10 years.

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Michael’s Role

At Ashcliffe, Michael is a professional advisor with the Ashcliffe team and other mental health professionals. His areas of focus include professional ethics, moral distress and moral injury.

 Michael holds postgraduate qualifications in psychology and philosophy and is a member of the ICP and AAP professional associations.

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Presentations and Training

Michael provides webinars on a range of topics, including:

·      Police Psychology

·      Stress management, resilience and burnout prevention

·      Critical incident response and recovery

·      Moral injury and professional ethics

·      Working memory and procrastination

·      Managing organisational change

When Michael’s not working…

He loves to read philosophy.

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