Terry Fleming

My professional background is in youth mental health, originally as a clinical social worker, and later as an educator, team leader, and innovator in service development in underserved communities. I have provided mental health assessments and talking therapies in diverse communities; led and co-led the development of health services in Alternative Education, new services in youth health and justice settings, and training in professional skills for mental health and wellbeing. I am a co-developer of SPARX, a computerized cognitive behaviour therapy program publicly available in New Zealand, and have advised on the development and delivery of digital tools for mental health in Aotearoa and internationally. 

Today, I am an Associate Professor in the School of Health, where my focus is on scalable ways to improve youth health and mental health. 

I co-lead Youth19, the latest iteration of the Youth2000 survey series, and lead the Digital Mental Health Lab at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington and am a director of ISRII, the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions.