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InPsych 2018 | Vol 40

February | Issue 1

InPsych 2018 | Vol 40

Membership news

The DGPP Award 2017

The DGPP Award 2017

The Division of General Psychological Practice (DGPP) Significant Contribution Award encourages excellence and highlights the achievements of registered psychologists. 

Robyn Fowkes MAPS

Robyn has worked in a variety of mental health settings over a period spanning decades. She has been a member of the Australian Psychological Society since 1984 and registered as a psychologist since 1990. Robyn has had a part-time private practice in Cootamundra for 29 years and has developed positive professional relationships with general practitioners and medical services in Cootamundra and the surrounding region. Prior to retiring from the Department of Education in 2002, Robyn worked as a senior school psychologist, supervising teams of psychologists, intern psychologists and counsellors, for 16 years.

In her various work roles, Robyn has coordinated team meetings across agencies and facilitated multidisciplinary training opportunities, as well as providing training to various organisations, including in trauma-response counselling. In 2013, Robyn was invited to teach at Charles Sturt University and was involved in assessment of students in the developmental stream. After many years of practice, Robyn remains “avidly interested and enthusiastic about the practise and profession of psychology.”

Ronita Neal MAPS

Ronita has been a psychologist for 25 years and an APS member for 23 years. She has worked in many different settings including the Commonwealth and State Public Service, the private sector, higher education, the insurance industry, the health sector, and in private practice. She has held various positions across these settings and delivered services to a diverse range of client groups. Ronita is currently running a private practice in Ipswich providing treatment to a range of clients as well as training and coaching to the corporate, Government and small business sectors. She has also contributed to a number of research publications.

Ronita has been a member of the APS Professional Practice Advisory Group (2007–2010) and the APS Division of General Psychological Practice Forum (DGPP) (2012-present) which has provided an opportunity to contribute to APS policies that impact on psychologists, especially members of the DGPP. She has co-facilitated the Mental Health Professions Network (2 years) and the Peer Support Network (5 years) in her local area and acted as APS representative to West Moreton and Oxley Medicare Local in 2014 and 2015.

Dr Shameran Slewa-Younan MAPS

Shameran is Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Mental Health, University of Melbourne; and a board member of South Western Sydney Local Health District. Shameran has been practising as a cross-cultural bilingual psychologist since 2001 when she joined the NSW Transcultural Mental Health Service, Currently, she practises in Fairfield, Sydney, an area of high need with high numbers of refugees.

Since 2014 Shameran has gained a reputation as one of the leading scholars on the mental health literacy of refugees and other cross-cultural populations, evidenced by her significant research output and collaborations with multiple institutions both domestic and international. In her capacity as Senior Lecturer, Shameran supervises and mentors psychologists undertaking higher degree research studies who wish to focus on refugee mental health. Her success as a supervisor is reflected by her student’s achievements and awards such as a Cross Cultural Public Health Research Award in 2015, a Mental Health Matters Commendation in 2016 and a Mental Health Matters Award in 2017.

 

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