CURRICULUM VITAE of
CHRISTOPHER EDMOND THORNTON
Date of Birth: 01.06.69
Degrees Awarded
Batchelor of Science 1991
Macquarie University
Batchelor of Science (Honours) 1992.
Macquarie University
Master of Clinical Psychology 2002
Macquarie University.
Registration as Psychologist: 1995 (PS0034515)
Clinical Positions:
2000 -
Principle Clinical Psychologist
Chris Thornton &
Associates.
2010 -
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Hills Clinic Eating
Disorders Unit
2005 - 2009
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Peter Beumont Centre for
Eating Disorders.
1999 - 2005
Clinical Director; Eating Disorder
Day Programmes
Wesley Private
Hospital/Peter Beumont
Centre for Eating
Disorders
1997 – 1999 Program Coordinator; Eating
Disorder Day Programme
The Northside
Clinic
1992 – 1997
The Northside
Clinic
Psychologist; Eating Disorders
Inpatient Unit
Member:
Australian Psychological Society
College of Clinical Psychology
ABN: 58 104 857 139
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Australian Association for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Australian & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Research Society
Committee Membership:
2009 -
President Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating
Disorders.
2007 – 2009 Vice President: Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating
Disorders.
2005 - 2008 Working Committee for Psychological Guidelines for Adolescent
Eating Disorders for CAMHSNet.
2005 - 2006 Advisory Committee – Centre for Eating Disorders and Recovery
Support (CEDARS)
2004 - 2007 Secretary Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders
2003 - 2004 Executive Committee of the and New Zealand Academy for Eating
Disorders
2002:
Initiating Committee of the and New Zealand Academy for Eating
Disorders
2000-2001: Co-chairperson of the committee charged with the development of
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Psychological Treatment of
Anorexia Nervosa.
Teaching Positions
2004 -
Macquarie University School of Linguistics and Psychology
Honoury Clinical Associate
2002 -
The University of Sydney School of Clinical Psychology
Honoury Clinical Associate
2000 -
Casual Lecturer Macquarie University Doctorate/Masters of
Clinical Psychology Programme.
2000 - 2002
Casual Lecturer University of Sydney Doctorate/Masters of
Clinical Psychology Programme.
2000 – 2001
GP Shared Care Programme
1995 – 2000
Casual Lecturer The NSW Institute of Psychiatry
Books:
Hutchings, M. & Thornton C.E. (2001) How to Recover from Anorexia and Other
Eating Disorders. Hale & Iremonger: Sydney
Publications in Scientific Journals:
Thornton, C.E., Beumont, P.J.V., & Touyz, S.W. (2002). The Australian
Experience of Day Programmes for Patients with Eating Disorders.
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 32: 1 – 10.
Thornton C.E., Paxton, S., Austin, S., Ball, J., Hamilton, A., Rieger, E.,
Sheridan, M., & Touyz, S.W. (2001) Draft – Clinical Practice Guidelines for
Psychological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. Available:
www.ranzcp.org/cpg/an_psychological.pdf
Thornton, C., Russell, J., & Hudson, J. (1998). Does the Composite
International Diagnostic Interview Underdiagnose the Eating Disorders.
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 23, 341-345.
Thornton C. & Russell, J. (1997). Obsessive compulsive comorbidity in the
dieting disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 21, 83-87.
Dean, H.Y., Touyz, S.W., Rieger, E & Thornton C.E. (2007). Group
Motivational Enhancement Therapy as an adjunct to inpatient treatment for
eating disorders: A preliminary study. European Eating Disorders Review, 15,
1 – 12.
George, L., Thornton, C., Touyz, S.W., Waller, G., & Beumont, P.J.V.
(2004). Motivational enhancement and schema-focused cognitive behaviour
therapy in the treatment of chronic eating disorders. Clinical Psychologist, 8
(2), 81-85.
Touyz, S., Thornton, C., Rieger, E., George, L., Beumont, P. (2003). The
incorporation of the Stages of Change Model into the Day Hospital Treatment
of Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
12, 65-71 (Supplement 1).
Zipfel, S., Reas, D.L., Thornton, C.E., Olmsted, M.P., Williamson, D.,
Gerlinghoff, M., Herzog, W. & Beumont, P.J.V. (2002). Day Hospitalization:
A Systematic Review of the Literature. International Journal of Eating
Disorders, 31 (2), 105-117.
Brown, L., Russell, J. & Thornton, C. (1999). The process of disclosure in
abused eating disordered patients: A preliminary survey of hospital
experiences. European Eating Disorders Review, 7, 179-192.
Brown, L., Russell, J., Thornton, C., & Dunn, S. (1999) Dissociation, abuse
and the eating disorders: Evidence from an Australian population. Australian
and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 33, 521-528.
Griffiths, R.A., Beumont, P.J.V., Russell, J., Schotte, D., Thornton, C.,
Touyz, S.W. & Varano, P. (1999). Sociocultural attitudes towards appearance
in dieting disordered and nondieting disordered subjects. European Eating
Disorders Review, 7, 193-203.
Griffiths, R.A., Beumont, P.J.V., Giannakopoulos, E., Russell, J., Schotte, D.,
Thornton, C., Touyz, S.W. & Varano, P. (1999). Measuring Self-Esteem in
Dieting Disordered Patients: The Validity of the Rosenberg and Coopersmith
Contrasted. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 25, 227-231.
Griffiths, R.A., Gross, G., Russell, J.D., Thornton, C.E., Beumont, P.J.V.,
Schotte, D., & Touyz, S.W. (1998). Perceptions of bed rest by anorexic
patients. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 23, 443-447.
Brown, L., Russell, J., Thornton, C., & Dunn, S. (1997). Experiences of
physical and sexual abuse in Australian general practice attenders and an
eating disordered population. Australian and New Zealand Journal of
Psychiatry, 31, 398-404.
Touyz, S., Jackson, C., O’Kearney, R., Thornton, C., Russell, J., & Beumont,
P. (1996). Dreams of Death in patients with Eating Disorders. European
Eating Disorders Review, 4, 206-216.
Warren, W.G., Jackson, C.C., Thornton, C., Russell, J., Touyz, S.W., &
Beumont, P.J.V. (1994). A study of the relation between eating disorder and
death concern. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 28, 463468.
Jackson, C., Beumont, P.J.V., Thornton, C., & Lennerts, W. (1992). Dreams
of Death: von Weizsacker’s Dreams in so-called Endogenic Anorexia: A
Research Note. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 13, 329-332.
Book Chapters:
Thornton, C.E., Touyz, S.W., Willinge, A. & La Puma, M. (2009) Day
Hospital treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa: evidence and practice.
In Paxton S. & Hay P. (eds) Interventions in Body Image and Eating
Disorders. Pp140 – 156.
Thornton, C.E., George, L., & Touyz, S.W. (2005). The Wesley Hospital
Eating Disorder Day Programmes: Matching Day Programme Treatment to
the Patient
Stage of Change. In G.D. Burrows, P Bosanac, & P.J.V.
Beumont (eds).
Selected papers from the 1st Asian Pacific Eating
Disorders Congress.
Thornton, C.E., Touyz, S.W., Beumont, P.J.V., & George, L. (2004). The
development of day program treatment of anorexia nervosa using the stages of
change approach. In. Swain, P.I. (ed) Focus on Eating Disorder Research .
Nova Publishing: New York.
La Puma, M., Touyz, S.W., Dean, H., Williams, H., and Thornton C.E. (2009)
To hospitalize or not to hospitalize patients with anorexia nervosa? In Paxton
S. & Hay P. (eds) Interventions in Body Image and Eating Disorders PP. 95 –
118.
Coelho, J., Thornton, C.E., Touyz, S.W., Lacey J.H., & Corfe, S. (2007).
Eating Disorders and Drug and Alcohol Problems. In. Baker A. & Vellerman,
R. (eds) Clinical Handbook of Co-existing Mental Health and Drug and
Alcohol Problems. Routledge: London
Surgenor, L., & Thornton, C.E. (2000). Eating Disorders and Disturbed
Body Image: A View from Psychology. In D. Gaskill & F. Saunders (Eds.)
The Encultured Body: Policy Implications for Healthy Body Image and
Disordered Eating Behaviours. Brisbane: Queens land University Press.
Thornton C.E. (2000). The Specialist Skills of a Psychologist. In: Beumont
P.J.V., & Marks, P. (Eds.) The New South Wales Eating Disorder Shared
Care Project 2000 – GP Curriculum Diploma in Shared Care Psychiatry
(Eating Disorders). The University of Sydney Press: Sydney.
Thornton C.E. (2000). What to expect from a day programme. In: Beumont
P.J.V., & Marks, P. (Eds.) The New South Wales Eating Disorder Shared
Care Project 2000 – GP Curriculum Diploma in Shared Care Psychiatry
(Eating Disorders). The University of Sydney Press: Sydney.
Thornton C.E., & Marks, P., Fostering Healthy Lifestyles. In: Beumont
P.J.V., & Marks, P. (Eds.) The New South Wales Eating Disorder Shared
Care Project 2000 – GP Curriculum Diploma in Shared Care Psychiatry
(Eating Disorders). The University of Sydney Press: Sydney.
Conference Workshops & Presentations:
Thornton C.E & Basten C. (2011) The psychological treatment of Eating
Disorders in Adults and Older Adults.
Newcastle.
Canberra
Sydney
Thornton C.E & Basten C. (2010) The psychological treatment of Eating
Disorders in Adults and Older Adults.
Wollongong.
Newcastle
Thornton C.E & Basten C. (2010) The psychological treatment of Bulimia
Nervosa. (2009) Sydney.
Thornton C.E. (2004) Motivational Enhancement in the Eating Disorders.
Invited Presentation to the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour
Therapy. August 2004.
Thornton C.E. (2003) Day Patient programmes have replaced the need for
inpatient units in the treatment of anorexia nervosa? Paper presented to the
Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders Conference.
October 2003. Sydney.
Thornton C.E. & George, C.L. (2003) Working with resistance in eating
disorders: Using the stages of change model to optimise the psychological
treatment of eating disorders – A Clinical Workshop. Workshop Presented
at the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Adolescent Health Conference.
October 2003. Sydney.
Walton, C., Thornton, C.E., & Dyer, S. (2009) Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. Presentation to
the NSW Eating Disorders Breakfast Meeting. Sydney February 2009.
Buttin V. & Thornton, C.E. (2007). Art Therapy as a complimentary
approach to the treatment of eating disorders: An illustration from the
Peter Beumont Centre for Eating Disorders Day Program. Paper presented
at “Looking to the Future: Clinical Developments in Eating Disorders: 5th
Annual ANZAED Conference. August 2007.
Hill, S., Touyz, S.W., Thornton. C, Clarke, S., Kohn, M., & Beumont, P.J.V
(2003). Maladaptive schema in eating disorders. Australia and New Zealand
Academy of Eating Disorders Meeting, Westmead Hospital, Sydney Australia.
Taylor, J., Touyz, S., George, L., Thornton, C., & Beumont, P. (2003).
Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Can CBT plus exposure prevent a fall? Paper to be
presented to the European Council of Eating Disorders - Budapest
Taylor, J., Touyz, S., George, L., Thornton, C., & Beumont, P. (2003).
Cognitive Behavioural treatment of body image disturbance in anorexia
nervosa.
Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Academy
for Eating Disorders Conference, Sydney Australia.
Thornton C., & George, C.L., (2002). When One Day Programme is Not
Enough: Matching Day Programme Treatment to the Patients Stage of
Change. Workshop presented to the Asian Pacific Eating Disorder Congress.
November 2002. Melbourne, Australia.
George C.L. & Thornton C. (2002)Patients with Long Term Eating
Disorders: Treatment Approach and Ethical Dilemmas. Workshop presented to
Themes in Eating Disorders Conference, September, 2002, Brisbane.
Australia.
Thornton. C. (2002). Changing the Paradigms of Treatment of Eating
Disorders: A Comprehensive Stages of Change Treatment Programme. Paper
presented to the Themes in Eating Disorders Conference. September 2002.
Brisbane, Australia.
Thornton. C. (2002) Changing the Paradigms of Treatment of Eating
Disorders: A Comprehensive Stages of Change Treatment Programme. Paper
presented to the THEMS conference August 2002. Sydney, Australia.
Thornton C., George, C.L., & Touyz, S.W. (2001) Changing the paradigms
of treatment of eating disorders: A comprehensive stages of change treatment
programme for patients with Body Mass Index from 12 to 25. Paper presented
to the 24th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive
and Behaviour Therapy, September. Sydney.
George, C.L., Thornton C., & Touyz, S.W. (2001). The group treatment of
chronic anorexia nervosa using readiness and motivational therapy and schema
focused cognitive therapy: Progress to date. . Paper presented to the 24th
National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and
Behaviour Therapy, September. Sydney.
Thornton C. (2001) Day Programme Treatment in Eating Disorders.
Workshop for the N.S.W. Child & Adolescent and Family Psychology Interest
Group. Sydney.
Touyz, S.W., Thornton, C.E., George, C.L., McNair, B., & Beumont, P.
(2001). A Stages of Change Intervention Programme. Workshop presented to
the 5th London International Conference on Eating Disorders.
Thornton, C.E. (2000). Anorexia Nervosa and the Obsessive Compulsive
Disorders. Invited Paper to the National Conference on Anxiety Disorders,
Sydney, May 2000.
Thornton, C.E., & Surgenor, L. (2000) Treatment Dilemmas: Body Image
Disturbance & Bulimia Nervosa. Invited Paper presented to Body Image and
Eating Disorders Forum, Queensland University of Technology, October
2000.
Thornton, C.E. & Russell, J.D. (1995). Evaluation of an Integrated Eating
Disorders Day Program. Paper presented to the 2nd London International
Conference on Eating Disorders.
Thornton C. & Russell, J. (1995). Obsessive compulsive comorbidity in the
dieting disorders. Paper presented to the 2nd London International Conference
on Eating Disorders.
Posters
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Short Term Stability of an Innovative
Australian Day Patient Program. Willinge, A., Touyz, S., & Thornton C.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australia and New Zealand
Academy of Eating Disorders; Brisbane, 2009.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Can CBT plus Exposure Prevent a Fall? Taylor, J.,
Touyz., S., George, L., Thornton, C., & Beumont, P. Poster presented at
Eating Disorders Research Society Meeting, Italy.
Has CBT lost its way? Identifying and examining the development of
maladaptive schema – Preliminary Results. Hill, S., Touyz, S., Thornton, C.,
Clarke, S., Kohn, M., & Beumont, P. (2003). Poster presented the Eating
Disorders Research Society Meeting, Italy.