The Psycho-Social Burdens of Cancer

Jacqui de la Rue, MAPS, FCHP

Senior Psychologist/Team Leader, Psychology Services

Jacqui de la RUE, MAPS, FCHP, has been working as a psychologist for 30 years, having graduated from the University of Southern Queensland with a Masters in Health Psychology.

In addition to skills as a psychologist, Jacqui’s experience also extends to developing service delivery best practice models, resources, presentations, and she has written reports and policy papers for all levels of Government and has been successful in having services re-funded.

Jacqui has provided psychological service in three (3) main areas:

1. Direct service delivery with clients: one-to-one counselling, and group support.
2. Program development and evaluation: developing peer support programs, skillbased group support programs, as well as impact and outcome evaluations.
3. Providing training, and supervision -- to provisional psychologists and psychologists completing endorsement, and other allied mental health practitioners, including nurses, social workers, youth workers, volunteers, and peers.

Her work history includes:

• 11 years in dual diagnosis (complex mental health and a substance misuse).
• 8 years in HIV/AIDS, sexual health and sexuality, women, and LGBTIQA+.
• 7 years in community mental health settings.
• 4 years in cancer and oncology (mental health and cancer treatment).

She has served on:

 

• 2008-2010: Queensland HIV Ministerial Advisory Committee.
• 2016-2022: Brisbane North PHN Child & Youth Mental Health Reference Group
• 2018-2022: Brisbane North PHN Alcohol and Drug Reference Group.
• 2023 onwards: Cancer Council Australia Mental Health Policy Reference Group.

Jacqui is an AHPRA Board Approved Supervisor for health psychology endorsement candidates, as well as clinical and health psychology higher degrees. She has supervised over 40 interns from clinical psychology, health psychology and counselling psychology from University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Griffith University. She has also provided endorsement level supervision to four health psychologists. She is a Member of the APS, a Fellow of the College of Health Psychology, and an Associate Member of the College of Community Psychology.