Q and A

August 2015

Psychologists frequently choose to use their psychological skills on a pro bono or voluntary basis for a variety of reasons, such as wanting to ‘give back’ to the community, assisting those less fortunate, or to enhance their retirement. Examples of pro bono psychological services...

June 2015

The psychological services provided by psychologists to their clients frequently involve complex dynamics within an inherent power differential and amid discussion of sensitive and emotionally-laden material. For this reason, Australian psychologists’ services are governed by the APS Code...

April 2015

There are a number of ways in which psychologists may become involved in providing psychological services in response to a disaster, such as through direct service provision to disaster victims, mentoring other health professionals, training and debriefing emergency service staff, or consultation...

February 2015

Working with multiple clients is common across all areas of psychology, where in the delivery of a psychological service there is more than one party or client involved. The obvious example is where there is more than one client receiving the service, such as a couple seeking relationship...

August 2014

Psychological practice can present a number of complex scenarios that make it difficult for psychologists to determine from whom and in what form they should gain informed consent for the services they provide. Associated with informed consent is the whole area of disclosure of confidential...

June 2014

The use of social media has grown exponentially over the past decade and social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, blogs and Twitter have become commonplace in business and personal life. Social media can be used to support psychologists in their practices, but there are a number of...

April 2014

Psychologists from time to time may find themselves working with clients where there is a risk of serious harm to others, such as threatened acts of violence, sexual assault, stalking, intimidation and harassment. This is more likely to occur in settings such as forensic facilities, domestic...