Speaking and education
Speaking & education.
Brydan Xavier speaks on trauma, neurodivergence, identity and minority stress, and, for a different audience, on organised crime, intelligence and corruption prevention. A psychologist and criminologist who has worked both sides of the system.
Who you'd be booking.
Same person who runs the clinic day to day. There is no separate speaking persona, and no agency in between.
Brydan Xavier
Director and Principal Psychologist
Director and Principal Psychologist. Adults navigating complex trauma, neurodivergence, gender and sexuality — mostly therapy, including EMDR, alongside Autism, ADHD and WPATH-aligned assessments.
How I work: slowly at first. I'll ask what you already know about yourself before I ask anything else.
About the speaker
The short version.
- Now
- Registered psychologist; Director and Principal Psychologist of The Liminal Clinic, Melbourne/Naarm; Council Member, Asian Professional Association for Transgender Health (AsiaPATH)
- Before
- More than a decade in intelligence and corruption prevention at Victoria Police, IBAC and the Australian Taxation Office; named Most Valuable Intelligence Practitioner of his Victoria Police cohort
- Academic
- Lecturer and tutor in criminology and psychology at Deakin University, 2015 to 2024; contributing author, Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective (Routledge, 2020); PhD on intersectional identity stress commencing
- Lived experience
- A member of the LGBTIQASB+ community and AuDHD. He speaks from inside the communities he talks about, without making the session about himself
- Where
- Based in Melbourne/Naarm. In person across Australia and overseas, or online. Travel, accommodation and transfers are quoted with the fee
- Formats
- Keynotes, workshops and professional training, panels and moderation, guest lectures, clinical education, podcasts and media
Next
AsiaPATH 2026, Bangkok.
The 1st Asia Professional Association for Transgender Health conference, “Mapping the Future of Gender-Affirming Care Across Asia”. Brydan is an invited International Speaker, panellist and session moderator.
- When
- 30 September to 2 October 2026
- Where
- The Berkeley Hotel Pratunam, Bangkok, Thailand
- Role
- International Speaker, panellist and session moderator
- Listing
- Official speaker page
The published programme
Thursday 1 October
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9.45–11.15Mayfair Ballroom A
Plenary 3: Country Perspectives on Gender-Affirming Care in Asia-Pacific, Session I
Panellist for Australia, alongside colleagues from Thailand, Taiwan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Singapore
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15.45–16.15Mayfair A
Utilising Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for Identity-based Trauma
Presenter. Session S16, Identity-based Trauma Therapy
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16.15–17.15Jubilee A
S19: Mental and Gender Identity
Session moderator. Papers on dissociation and gender, and on mental health across treatment stages in Hong Kong
Friday 2 October
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14.45–15.45Mayfair A
The Importance of Screening for Neurodivergency when Preparing for Gender Affirming Surgical Treatment
Presenter. Session S29, Mental Health and Neurodiversity
Times are Bangkok local time and come from the conference's tentative programme as published in September 2026; check the official programme on the day. Programme pages are reproduced with the conference's own images, linked to full size.
What Brydan speaks on
Two audiences, two bodies of work.
Most events draw on one stream or the other. A few, such as forensic psychology and the human side of justice, sit in the overlap.
For psychology and mental health audiences
Complex trauma and neurodivergence
Where trauma and neurodivergence meet, and why the usual protocols often miss. Includes EMDR, EMDR 2.0 and Schema Therapy in practice.
Minority stress and intersectionality
Discrimination-based trauma, within-group minority stress, and what it costs to belong to a community that does not quite hold all of you.
Gender- and sexuality-affirming care
Affirming assessment and therapy, WPATH-aligned practice, and screening for neurodivergence ahead of gender-affirming surgical treatment.
Twice- and thrice-exceptionality
2e, 3e and multi-exceptionality: how giftedness and disability mask one another, and what that does to identity and support.
Men's mental health, eating and body image
Disordered eating and body image in men, masculinity and help-seeking, and sexual health and intimacy in clinical practice.
Trauma from crime and institutional abuse
Working with victims and survivors, first responders, military personnel and justice-involved people, and the professionals who support them.
For criminology and intelligence audiences
Organised crime and network analysis
How criminal networks are enabled and how they are mapped, drawn from operational work and from two chapters of a Routledge title on the subject.
Corruption and misconduct prevention
Building models that detect, categorise and prevent serious misconduct, and what a strategic corruption assessment actually involves.
Careers in criminology
Where the degree actually leads: intelligence, integrity agencies, policy, research and beyond. A regular guest lecture at Deakin University.
The human cost of the work
Burnout, moral injury and systemic complexity in intelligence and law enforcement, from someone who left the field and now treats the people still in it.
Formats
However your event is built.
Run time, depth and interactivity are all adjustable. Tell us the audience and the slot, and Brydan will shape the session to fit it.
- 01
Keynote or conference talk
A single, well-shaped argument for a plenary or breakout session. Typically 20 to 45 minutes plus questions.
- 02
Interactive workshop or professional training
Half-day or full-day, built around practice rather than theory, with case material and room to work through it together.
- 03
Panel contribution or moderation
As a panellist or moderator. Brydan moderates sessions at international conferences and is comfortable holding a difficult room.
- 04
Guest lecture
University or professional audiences. Nine years of teaching criminology and psychology at Deakin, and still a regular guest lecturer.
- 05
Clinical education, in-service or supervision
For teams and services who want to work more confidently with neurodivergent, trauma-affected or gender-diverse clients.
- 06
Podcast or media interview
Remote or in studio. Happy to work from a brief, and to flag in advance anything better handled carefully on air.
Selected
Other engagements.
- Invited guest lectures in Criminology, Deakin University, Melbourne. Several occasions, most recently 2026 (Careers in Criminology, pictured below).
- Guest lecturer and tutor, Criminology and Psychology, Deakin University, 2015 to 2024.
- “Ethics and Practice with LGBTI Clients”, professional development presentation, Melbourne.
- Contributing author, Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective, Routledge, 2020, chapters 5 and 6.
- Council Member and contributor, Asian Professional Association for Transgender Health (AsiaPATH).
- Student representative, APS Psychology of Diverse Bodies, Genders and Sexualities Interest Group.
A speaker kit with bios in several lengths, approved headshots, a spoken introduction for your MC and the clinic logo is sent with every confirmed booking.
Recent speaking
Careers in Criminology, Deakin University.
A guest lecture for criminology students in 2026 on where a criminology degree can actually take you, drawn from a decade in intelligence and corruption prevention before psychology. Photos from the day.
Booking
How to book Brydan.
- 01
Send us the brief
Date, audience, run time, format and setting, plus any accessibility needs. If you have a theme you are building the program around, tell us that too.
- 02
We confirm the fit
We come back with a proposed session, an outline, and a fee. Speaking fees depend on format, preparation and travel, and are quoted per engagement. Slides, handouts and recordings are quoted separately if you want them.
- 03
We send the speaker kit
Bios in several lengths, approved colour and black-and-white headshots, a spoken introduction for your MC, and the clinic logo for co-branding.
Ready when you are
Make a speaking enquiry.
The more of this you can fill in now, the faster Brydan can say yes, or point you to someone better suited.
Sent to hello@liminalclinic.com.au and read by a person. How we handle what you send.
Tell us about your event.
We will come back to you with a proposed session and a fee. If it is not the right fit, we will say so and, where we can, suggest someone who is.