Fontana Roach is a temporary Lecturer in Psychology at UWI Cave Hill Campus, where she has been teaching part-time since 2022. A Registered Counselling Psychologist, she also works in private practice specialising in adolescent mental health and treating various mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance misuse, trauma, self-harm, and suicidality. Fontana also has extensive experience in crisis intervention. Before her academic and mental health careers, she spent 23 years in the private sector working mainly in marketing and consultancy roles, providing personal and business development services to various organizations.
As a lecturer, her commitment to academic excellence is complemented by her work in mental health, fostering a learning environment that promotes intellectual growth and at the same time ensuring that students are prepared for careers in psychology. Fontana’s mission is to inspire and empower future psychologists to tackle local and regional psychological challenges effectively.
My research interests include the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for mental health and behavioural problems; adolescent mental health and psychosocial development; the relationship between parenting styles and internalising and externalising behaviours across adolescence and adulthood; gender and sports; and the psychological factors affecting female athletes, particularly those participating in track and field.
Developmental, personality, individual differences, gender
