Dr Elizabeth Knock is a clinical psychologist leading an allied health team of counsellors at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Alcohol and Drug Service Outpatients and Stimulant Treatment Program. She provides assessment and psychological interventions for individuals with problematic methamphetamine use, and is responsible for ongoing service development to ensure that treatment is delivered to a high standard, and that it is flexible and responsive to the presenting needs of clients and a growing knowledge and evidence base in this area.
As a clinical psychologist working in substance use treatment for many years, Liz sees daily the benefits of psychosocial interventions and the obvious positive impact these can have when working with the psychological and physical signs of methamphetamine dependence. She also sees the significant gaps and failings in the treatments available particularly for individuals seeking assistance with problematic methamphetamine use and the fast growing need for innovative treatments for both stimulant users seeking assistance for the first time, and those who have tried treatment many times without success. She is particularly interested in investigating how current evidence based psychosocial interventions can be expanded on and integrated alongside other treatment modalities to increase effectiveness.
