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December 2013 | Elisabeth Shaw, Heather Bancroft, Associate Professor Jacques Metzer, Mick Symons

Ethical dilemmas are an inevitable aspect of psychological practice because of the often emotionally-charged context and the central trusting relationship between the psychologist and client that has inherent power inequalities. There will be many situations throughout psychologists&rsquo...

October 2013 | Dr Rebecca Mathews

Psychologists have generally been mindful of the important role of continuing professional development (CPD) to stay up to date with new developments in the field and maintain current skills. With the establishment of the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA), CPD requirements have been...

August 2013

Psychologists prepare reports for a range of purposes and client groups, including for making a diagnosis, reporting outcomes of treatment, in response to medico-legal requests, for organisational planning and for disability funding. Recipients of psychological reports include individuals...

June 2013 | Dr Rebecca Mathews

In many ways psychology is a very ‘private’ profession, given the sensitive and confidential nature of most psychological practice, and psychologists are often reluctant to promote themselves and what they have to offer. However, for those that choose to set up an independent practice...

April 2013

‘Publish or perish’ is a mantra highly familiar to academic and research psychologists, who are expected to undertake research and disseminate their findings to a wide audience through publications. However, for psychologists who want to publish their research but do not have access...