Dr Jane Oakes

Nurse, MHSc, PhD

Dr Jane Oakes is a program facilitator and clinical lead. She has previously held senior positions including the Gambling Services Co-ordinator for Turning Point’s National Telephone and Online Services and the Gambling Topic Coordinator and lecturer within the Master of Addictive behaviours at Monash University and Flinders University. She has expertise in using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for the treatment of trauma, anxiety disorders, gambling, alcohol and drug addictions and depression. She has a keen interest in the treatment of gambling addictions and anxiety disorders having published articles and given invited presentations and workshops in this area both nationally and internationally. Jane’s PhD examined relapse in Electronic Gaming Machine Gambling.