Publications

Sebastian is an avid researcher and published author in the areas of leadership development and psychotherapy.

Please find below a summary of Sebastian’s main publications.

  • Book
Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-Performing Organisations for an Uncertain World Book Cover

Salicru, S. (2017). Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-performing Organisations for an Uncertain World. John Wiley & Sons.
https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Results-High-Performing-Organisations-Uncertain/dp/0730345378

  • Book Chapters
Business Psychology in Action Book Cover

Salicru, S. (2016). Global Leadership Development. In Grant, P. (Ed.) with Association for Business Psychology, Business Psychology in Action: Creating Flourishing Organisations Through Evidence-based and Emerging Practices (pp. 145-167). Leicester, UK. Matador, Troubador Publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/Business-Psychology-co-author-Juliane-Sternemann/dp/1784625485

Leadership 2050: Critical Challenges, Key Contexts and Emerging Trends (Building Leadership Bridges) Book Cover

Salicru, S. (2015). The Global Leadership Psychological Contract Model – Actionable to Shape the Future to 2050. In Sowcik, M. (Ed.) with International Leadership Association, Leadership 2050: Critical Challenges, Key Contexts and Emerging Trends (pp. 159-173). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-2050-Critical-Challenges-Contexts/dp/1785603493

  • Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed)

Salicru S. (2023).  The Healthy Adult in Schema Therapy: Using the Octopus Metaphor. Psychology, 14. 932-951.  https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2023.146050

Salicru S. (2022). How Can Psychiatry Catch Up with the Wave of the Future During the Current Global Mental Health and Addiction Crisis? A Clinician’s Perspective. World Journal of Psychiatry Mental Health Research, 6(1): 1031. https://www.academia.edu/85701539/How-Can-Psychiatry-Catch-Up-with-the-Wave-of-the-Future-During-the-Current-Global-Mental-Health-and-Addiction-Crises-A-Clinicians-Perspective

Salicru, S. (2022). A New Model to Treat Impostor Syndrome and Associated Conditions. American Journal of Applied Psychology,11(1), 17-27.

Salicru, S. (2021). Purpose and meaning: The re-emergence of a timeless cure for depression during COVID-19: A practitioner’s perspective. Clinical Psychiatry, 7(4):101-103.
https://clinical-psychiatry.imedpub.com/purpose-and-meaning-the-reemergence-of-a-timeless-cure-for-depression-during-covid19-a-practitioners-perspective.php?aid=39315

Salicru, S. (2021). A Practical and Contemporary Model of Depression for Our Times—A Timeless Existential Clinician’s Perspective. Open Journal of Depression, 10(2), 54-89.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ojd.2021.102005

Salicru, S. (2020). Retiring Categorical Systems and the Biomedical Model of Mental Illness: The Why and the How – A Clinician’s Perspective. Psychology, 11(8), 1215-1235.
https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2020.118081

Salicru, S. (2020). A new model of leadership-as-practice development for consulting psychologists. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 72(2), 79–99.
https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000142

Salicru, S. (2018). Storytelling as a Leadership Practice for Sensemaking to Drive Change in Times of Turbulence and High Velocity. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 15 Issue: 2.
https://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v15i2.649

Salicru, S., Wassenaar, E., Suerz, E., & Spittle, J. (2016). A Case Study of Global Leadership Development Best Practice. OD Practitioner, 48(2), pp: 12-20.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sSGaqosAAAAJ&hl=en

Salicru. S., & Chelliah, J. (2014). Messing with Corporate Heads? Psychological Contracts and Leadership Integrity. Journal of Business Strategy, 35(3), 38-46.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JBS-10-2013-0096

  • Psychology Today Publications

Salicru, S. (2023, July 11). Understanding the “Healthy Adult” in Schema Therapy…and why your healthy adult is like an octopus. Psychology Today.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-for-a-new-world/202307/understanding-the-healthy-adult-in-schema-therapy

Salicru, S. (2023, January 26). Anger vs. Chronic Anger, and How to Manage Both: Understand and control your anger before it controls you. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/psychology-insights-for-a-new-world/202301/anger-vs-chronic-anger-and-how-to-manage-both

Salicru, S. (2023, January 4). 9 Ways to Empower Yourself and Achieve Your Goals:  Strategies for developing and building self-leadership . Psychology Today.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-for-a-new-world/202301/9-ways-to-empower-yourself-and-achieve-your-goals

Salicru, S. (2022, August 6). Spirituality and Its Contribution to Mental Health: A neglected construct in an age of anxiety, depression, and addiction. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202208/spirituality-and-its-contribution-mental-health

Salicru, S. (2022, May 24). A paradigm Shift With New Windows to Mental Health: A silent revolution is happening in psychology and mental health today. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202205/paradigm-shift-new-windows-mental-health

Salicru, S. (2022, March 8). Manage Negative Emotions Using Written Emotional Disclosure: Write your negativity away and feel better. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202203/manage-negative-emotions-using-written-emotional

Salicru, S. (2022, January 26). A New Way to Address Impostor Syndrome: It starts with an integration of Immunity to Change and Schema Therapy. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202201/new-way-address-impostor-syndrome

Salicru, S. (2022, January 3). How to Reinvent Your Life and Flourish in 2022: Unlock your unique “lifetrap combination code.” Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202201/how-reinvent-your-life-and-flourish-in-2022

Salicru, S. (2021, December 31). Do You Feel Trapped or Boxed In? It could be your schemas or life-traps. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202112/do-you-feel-trapped-or-boxed-in

Salicru, S. (2021, November 21). Responsibility, Freedom, Empowerment, and Mental Health: How to empower yourself by decluttering your mind. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202111/responsibility-freedom-empowerment-and-mental-health

Salicru, S. (2021, October 19). 7 Practices to Become More Authentic: And their corresponding benefits. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202110/7-practices-become-more-authentic

Salicru, S. (2021, September 28). The Power of Purpose and Meaning in Life: How to thrive and celebrate life beyond COVID-19. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/psychology-insights-new-world/202109/the-power-purpose-and-meaning-in-life?eml

  • Conference Presentations

2019. Leadership-as-Practice – Where Do We Go From Here Practicing and Consulting on Leadership-as-Practice Development. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August, Boston, Massachusetts.
https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.11910symposium

Salicru, S. (2017). Storytelling as a Leadership Practice for Sensemaking to Drive Change in Times of Turbulence and High Velocity. International Leadership Association’s 19th Annual Global Conference: Leadership in Turbulent Times’. October 12–15, Brussel, Belgium.

Salicru, S., Wassenaar, E., Suerz, E., & Spittle, J. (2015). Global leadership Development Best Practice: A Case Study at Wärtsilä Corporation. International Leadership Association’s 17th Annual Global Conference: Leading Across Borders and Generations. October 14–17, Barcelona, Spain.

Salicru, S. (2014). A Practical Framework for Executing Leadership Psychological Contracts. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), 8 –13 July, Palais des Congrès de Paris, France.

Salicru, S. (2013). Why Measuring Leader-Follower Psychological Contracts Matter? 10th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP) Conference, 3 – 6 July, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia.

Salicru, S. (2010). Development and Validation of the Alliance Psychological Contract Model and Instrument. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), July 11 – 16, Melbourne, Australia.

Salicru, S. (2009). The Impact of the Psychological Contract in Executive Coaching. 23rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, December 4, Melbourne, Australia.

Salicru, S. (2007). Raising the Bar on Human Capital Reporting. 21st Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, December 4, Melbourne, Australia.

  • Selected Magazines

Salicru, S. (2018). The Four Keys to Building Leadership Capability in the New World, The CEO Magazine, March.

Salicru, S. (2017). Understanding the Leadership Crisis in a World of Complexity, Turbulence, And Continuous Change”. CEOWORLD Magazine, September.

Salicru, S. (2017). Understanding the Leadership Crisis. Governance Directions, Governance Institute of Australia, September.

Salicru, S. (2008). Member Contribution: Alliances-Opportunities for Psychologists. InPsych: The Bulletin of the Australian Psychological Society Ltd, 30(5), 30-31.

You can also access Sebastian’s publications via Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) – a non-profit organization supported by a global community of member organizations, including research institutions, publishers, funders, professional associations, service providers, and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem – as well as his Google Scholar profile.

Sebastian Salicru 
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PTS PSYCHOLOGY Insightful Psychology Results
Canberra ACT 2912
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Featured:
Salicru, S. (2020). A new model of leadership-as-practice development for consulting psychologists. 
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 72(2), 79–99.
https://doi.org/10.1037/cpb0000142