School of Community Health
Helen Van Huet
Position Lecturer, Bachelor of Health Science (Occupational Therapy)
Campus Albury-Wodonga, City
Phone (02) 6051 6746 (with voice mail)
Fax (02) 6051 6989
EMAIL HELEN VAN HUET 
Helen van Huet is a part time lecturer in occupational therapy. She joined CSU permanently in mid 2002 after casual involvement with the course from 1997. She has worked in a variety of clinical practice settings, including psychiatry, orthopaedic and neurological rehabilitation, pain management and vocational rehabilitation. She has a specific interest in neurological rehabilitation, upper limb rehabilitation and chronic pain management.
Helen is currently a PhD candidate with the University of Sydney researching chronic pain and the impact of engagement in occupation.
Helen teaches in technique and practice–related subjects which focus on applying theory to practice.
Areas of Research Interest
Chronic pain management in the community. Narrative methods. Occupational identity.
Publications
van Huet, H., Parnell, T., McLeod Boyle, A., & Mitsch, V. (In-press). Enabling engagement in self-care occupations In M. Curtin, M. Molineux, J. Supyk (Eds.).Occupational therapy and physical dysfunction (6th ed.) Oxford: Elsevier
van Huet, H., Innes, E., & Whiteford, G. (In-press). Living and doing with chronic pain: Narratives of pain program participants. Disability and Rehabilitation.
van Huet, H., & Williams, D. (2007). Self-beliefs about pain and occupational performance: A comparison of two measures used in a pain management program. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 27 (1), 4-12.
van Huet, H., & Innes, E. (2006). Chronic pain stories and reflection on self in occupation. In G. Whiteford (Ed). Voice, Identity and Reflexivity: Proceedings of the Second RIPPLE Qualitative Research as Interpretive Practice Conference, 2005, Australia (pp.201-208).
van Huet, H., & Lyneham, J. (1997) NRS 235- Pain Management, Occupational Therapy Supplement. Bathurst: Charles Sturt University.