Overview

The College of Clinical Psychologists (Victorian State Branch) is delighted to invite you to the event AI in Clinical Psychology: From digital note takers, chat bots to AI assisted report writing.

The use of AI in Clinical Psychology has evolved exponentially in recent years. At its core, AI can increase efficiency and reduced administrative burden, aid in consistency and reduction of clinician bias in some assessments and enhance clinical insights from large datasets. There are however risks, ethical considerations and at times reluctance by practitioners to adopt these methods.

This webinar will explore how emerging AI technologies are transforming clinical practice, assessment and treatment within psychology. The webinar will discuss current applications, potential benefits, risks, ethical considerations, and the future role of AI‑assisted tools in supporting effective, evidence‑based mental health care.

This webinar will involve a panel discussion with the experts in the provision of AI Psychology tools; Sally-Anne McCormick (Founder and CEO ANSTA), Dr. Ben Condon (Clinical Director – Heidi) and Dr Ben Buchanan (Co-founder and CEO NovoPsych). The webinar will explore how AI is currently being used across different stages of clinical practice, including documentation and note taking, assessment and psychometric tools, report writing, symptom monitoring, and AI-assisted systems designed to support clients between sessions with clinician visibility and review.

It will also discuss the risks, limitations and ethical issues, including privacy, confidentiality, and data security, together with appropriate compliance with the AHPRA Code of Conduct.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this webinar, participants will:

• Have a greater understanding of some of the current applications of AI within clinical psychology, including digital note-taking, assessment tools, report‑writing support, symptom monitoring, and client-facing AI systems used between sessions.
• Have a greater understanding of the potential benefits of AI-assisted tools in psychological practice, such as improved efficiency, reduced administrative burden, enhanced consistency, and insights derived from large clinical datasets.
• Identify key risks, limitations, and ethical considerations associated with AI in mental health settings, including issues relating to privacy, confidentiality, data security, transparency, and potential algorithmic bias.
• Have an appreciation go the difference between various commercially available AI tools (e.g., ANSTA, Heidi, Novonote) and understand their roles, features, and constraints within different stages of the therapeutic process.

Presenter(s)

Facilitator/Host: Assoc Prof. Glen Hosking

Presenters: Ms. Sally-Anne McCormack, Dr. Ben Bucannan, and Dr. Ben Condon

About the presenter(s)

Sally-Anne McCormack is a Clinical Psychologist and the founder and director of ANTSA Pty Ltd. Sally-Anne has over two decades experience working with clients across the lifespan. In 2021, Sally-Anne reflected on how she could continue to support her clients outside scheduled appointments. This reflection lead to the development of ANTSA, a digital mental health platform that designed to help practitioners remain connected with clients, assign therapeutic tasks, track mood, and streamline workload in a clinically sound and effective way. ANSTA includes psychoeducation resources, automated homework tasks, an AI therapy chatbot, and an AI scribe.

Dr. Ben Bucannan is a Clinical Psychologist and co founder and director of NovoPsych Pty Ltd. NovoPsych uses technology to deliver clinical mental health tests. In 2024 NovoPsych launched NovoNote AI Scribe, designed specifically for the needs of the mental health sector. Combining structured data via psychometrics with natural language processing, NovoNote aims to delivers efficiency in clinical documentation.

Dr. Ben Condon is a medical doctor dedicated to leveraging innovation and system‑level reform to expand access to high‑quality healthcare. He is passionate about designing and scaling sustainable solutions that improve equity, enhance care delivery, and drive meaningful health outcomes. Ben is Clinical Director at Heidi Helath, an AI powered medical scribe and administrative assistant designed to reduce paperwork for clinicians. It uses ambient AI to record, transcribe, and generate clinical notes, summaries, and documents in 110+ languages during consultations.

Notes

Target Audience

This event is aimed at psychologists interested in understanding the benefits, risks and considerations when using AI in their clinical practice.

Please note:

• This is a Member Groups event. All communication will be sent to the registrants’ registered email address. This includes event reminders with details (such as Zoom link) and any pre-event or post-event resources, if provided by the facilitators.
• A post-event email will be sent within two weeks of the event’s completion to each registrant’s registered email address. This email will include the CPD certificate, event recording and any additional resources shared during the session.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

Cancellations by Event Registrants

• Up to 28 days prior to the event you are registered to attend will receive a full refund.
• Cancellations 27-15 days prior will receive a 50% refund.
• Cancellations received 14 days or less prior to the event will not be refunded, other than for 'exceptional, unforeseeable circumstances', however, you may nominate someone to attend in your place.
• Registrations are not transferable between events.
• All cancellations must be provided in writing to the event organiser

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

The information in this presentation has been prepared in good faith and for educational purposes only. Therefore, the information is general in nature and should not be relied upon in the treatment of any condition and you should seek your own independent professional and/or legal advice concerning any specific issue. The APS accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions or decisions relating to the information. The content should not be reproduced without permission or unless permitted by law.

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