Alan Ralph is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Principal Research Fellow at the Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of Queensland. He has previously worked at James Cook University in Townsville, and Murdoch University in Perth. His main area of expertise is in the assessment and treatment of behavioural disorders in children and adolescents.

He is the co-author of the Teen Triple P – Positive Parenting Program for parents with teenagers in collaboration with Professor Matthew R Sanders, the founder of Triple P. He conducts research in the area of parenting, family psychology, and the treatment and prevention of behaviour problems in adolescence. Details of his work have been published in a wide range of Australian and international journals and presented at numerous state, national, and international conferences during the last 20 years.

He has served a term as Chairman of the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) National College of Clinical Psychologists and as Editor of the Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy’s Journal, Behaviour Change. He has recently completed a 4-year term as Director of Training and Standards for the APS overseeing the development and implementation of course accreditation at Australian universities, and professional development for APS college members. He currently lives on the Gold Coast with his wife Wendy Pailthorpe with whom he maintains a psychology practice.