Professional practice

May 2022

When your clients are in a close relationship with each otherAs psychologists we are often asked to work with family members, friends or loved ones of our existing clients. Clients who have found therapy with you to be beneficial may want to recommend you to people close to them because they...

May 2022

You’ve probably heard about ‘business insurance’, but you may not know that it can have two meanings. First, business insurance can refer to any insurance which is designed to cover businesses. More commonly, business insurance can refer to a packaged insurance policy designed...

November 2021 | Dr Ari Badaines MAPS, clinical psychologist

A common taboo for clients and therapistsWhy do many clients avoid talking about money issues in therapy?Some clients have asked recently about a temporary revision of fees because of their own financial hardship due to the pandemic. In some ways this is a simple question, but the answer is not...

August 2021

Telehealth may have been around for many years, but it was a global pandemic that catapulted us decades into the future in terms of its adoption. A year on, experts predict that telehealth is here to stay. However, as a psychologist, telehealth may bring with it its own set of risks and...

August 2021

The death of a practising psychologist has many legal, ethical, clinical and personal implications which may have a profound impact on family, colleagues and clients. This is even more likely if the death is sudden and unexpected. Many psychologists will have a will that outlines how they want...

May 2021

The APS publishes resources for a range of audiences, from the public, to practitioners and other professionals, governments, policymakers, academics and researchers. Publications that are free to APS members can be accessed via the membership portal (psychology.org.au).You can apply for...

May 2021

Services Australia has recently announced that all health professionals and their practices will be required to transition to digital bulk-bill claiming in 2021 as they work to remove the manual claiming channel.The APS has been advised in official communications that psychologists who continue...

March 2021

What to do if you have a data breachIn 2018 the Notifiable Data Breaches legislation was established that requires Australian businesses holding personal information to notify the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) should a serious data breach occur. The new legislation...

March 2021

Being COVID safeWith the ever-changing environment that we find ourselves in, there are many additional factors to consider in working as a psychologist. Questions about the regularly shifting requirements to do with face-to-face services and mask wearing mean that we need to be constantly...