Dr Matthew Condie is an Australian-trained and based clinical psychologist and board-approved supervisor with a Doctorate education in Sport and Performance Psychology in the United States. Matt is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant and member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. He is currently undertaking his Master in Educational Neuroscience through CQUniversity.
Matt has held several key roles in clinical and sport psychology as well as leadership. These include child protection, youth mental health with headspace, public sector adult mental health, emergency psychiatric services, perinatal and infant mental health and refugee mental health both in Australia and abroad. His treatment approach includes CBT, ACT, DBT, Schema Therapy and principles of Positive Psychology. Matt uses a combination of clinical, sport and performance principles and framework to support students, athletes, teams and other clients. He has worked with a range of diverse populations
Matt works with athletes from community level to collegiate and Olympic level athletes and teams. He has consulted developing and reviewing mental health and social policy legislation in developing countries as part of his commitment to community and capacity development in a cross-cultural context.
Matt sees his mission to explore and challenge the status quo regarding human performance, functioning, and coping through the lens of reflective practice, innovation, positive psychology, achievement and motivation, mindfulness, and a commitment to lifelong learning. Together with his clinical knowledge and experiences, Matt's passion is to promote the integration of well-being and mental wellness theoretical and applied principles to support graduate students, athletes and to be self-aware, balanced, resilient, well-rounded and consistently high performers. Matt’s drive is to apply authentic, relatable and sustainable education and skills to developing practitioners, clients, athletes, coaches, teams, and organisations to live and perform with purpose, meaning, growth and fulfillment. Matt's areas of research interests range from mental health in sport, the athlete identity, resilience and mental toughness in sport, well-being, leadership and practitioner development in sport and clinical psychology.
With any individual he works with, Matt balances autonomy with accountability, with a focus on respecting the relationship, education, skill acquisition and reflective practice to foster self-awareness, self-management and resilience. Of particular interest to Matt is developing competent, equipped, and resilient practitioners into the fields of clinical and sport psychology. His research interests include, self-care, positive psychology, mental toughness and resilience, leadership, the athletic identity and managing transitions in sport.
Matt was born and raised in regional Victoria. He grew up playing as many sports as possible and had a successful high school career in athletics, hockey and squash. Matt attended undergraduate and honours at the University of Ballarat (now Federation University) prior to relocating to South Australia to complete postgraduate Clinical Psychology. Matt worked in several clinical roles before embarking on education in the United States while working fly-in-fly-out work to a refugee camp in the central Pacific. Matt still enjoys sport and currently plays hockey and is an avid F45 (functional training) member. He is driven by his family and friends, enjoys music and new experiences.
University of Western States
University of South Australia
Member: Diversity & Inclusion: Association for Applied Sport Psychology
Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC®): Association for Applied Sport Psychology
Member: Cluster for Resilience and Wellbeing: Central Queensland University
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
Psychology - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Psychology - Personality, Abilities and Assessment
Psychology - Sport and Exercise Psychology