Brian Dixon

Registered Clinical Psychologist, MSc DipClinPsych FNZPsS

Brian is a Clinical Psychologist with experience in a variety of areas. He has worked in independent practice since 2000.

Past experience includes having practised as a clinician and manager in the public sector and as a Professional Practice Fellow at the University of Otago, supervising postgraduate clinical psychology students until mid-2019. 

Brian is a Life Fellow of the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) and a founding member of the Institute of Clinical Psychology. From 2018 to 2022, Brian was the Director of Scientific Issues for the NZPsS and then was coopted for two years to the Society’s Executive in the role of Representative for Te Taiao/Environmental Issues. He is the co-chair of the Society’s Climate Psychology Taskforce. 

With his specialist interest in climate issues and psychology, Brian is a representative on several national and international organisations and he enjoys presenting workshops and seminars on climate psychology and community engagement in environmental action. He also has a long-standing interest in professional ethics with 14 years as a former member and convenor of the NZPsS Ethical Issues Committee. 

Brian provides services for clients under our ACC contracts for general psychological services and for those under the ACC Sensitive Claims Service. Brian offers professional and managerial supervision and mentoring as well as group supervision for agency staff. He also provides consultancy services to a number of community agencies. He occasionally provides assessment and treatment services at the request of lawyers and the courts. 

Brian is also an experienced provider of employee assistance services (EAP) and has established contracts with of a number of Dunedin organisations and agencies for Delta Psychology’s EAP services to employees and managers.