Paula Barrett is a clinician, scholar, researcher and professor in the field of child psychology. She has been recognised as being amongst the top 1 percent of publishers within the field of Psychology and Psychiatry at an international level. Barrett is the author of the FRIENDS Programs, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) based programs, endorsed by the World Health Organization, as best practice for the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression, promoting resilience in families, schools and communities. Barrett is the director of Friends Resilience Pty and is adjunct professor in the School of Psychology at Edith Cowan University.[1]
She has also developed the FOCUS program for working with children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which has demonstrated efficacy for up to 7 years follow-up.[12]
In 2020 and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barrett developed and launched a Family / Community Package,[13] designed to provide coping skills to families during times of adversity. This package has been used globally and receives positive feedback from participants.
^Pahl, Barrett (2007). "The development of social-emotional competence in preschool-aged children: An introduction to the Fun FRIENDS program". Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 17 (1): 81–90. doi:10.1375/ajgc.17.1.81. S2CID42550460.
^Shortt, Barrett, Fox (2001). "Evaluating the FRIENDS program: A cognitive-behavioural group treatment for anxious children and their parents". Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 30 (4): 525–535. doi:10.1207/S15374424JCCP3004_09. PMID11708240. S2CID34373753.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Lizuka, Barrett, Gillies, Cook, Marinovic. "Preliminary evaluation of the FRIENDS for Life program on students' and teachers' emotional states for a school in a low socio-economic status area". Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 40 (3): 1–20.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Barrett, Garrelle, Ollendick, Dadds (2006). "Long-term outcomes of an Australian FRIENDS universal prevention trial of anxiety and depression symptoms in children and youth: An evaluation of the Friends program". Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 35 (3): 403–411. doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp3503_5. PMID16836477. S2CID20508512.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Games, Thompson, Barrett (2020). "A randomised controlled trial of the Adult Resilience Program: A universal prevention program". International Journal of Psychology. 55 (1): 78–87. doi:10.1002/ijop.12587. PMID31313297. S2CID197423809.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Barrett, Healy-Farrell, March (2004). "Cognitive-behavioural family treatment of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder: A controlled trial". Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 43 (1): 46–62. CiteSeerX10.1.1.523.5226. doi:10.1097/00004583-200401000-00014. PMID14691360.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
