International experts on fear and anxiety disorders, attentional control theory and language impairment are among keynote speakers who will address the 47th Annual APS Conference, to be held in Perth in September this year. The Conference, scheduled from Thursday 27 to Sunday ...

Published Jun 2017

A schema-focused approach to the military-to-civilian transition As a clinical psychologist, I have spent the past 10 years exploring how service life impacts soldiers and what this means for their military-to-civilian transition (MCT). Transition from the Australian Defenc...

Published Dec 2021

Exploring the model in practice Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a non-pathologising, powerfully transformative, evidence-based model of psychotherapy which has taken the therapy world by storm in the past decade. Developed in the 1980s by Dr Richard Schwartz, the IFS model...

Published Jun 2022

Nominations are now open for the APS Interest Group awards 2011 More information A number of APS Interest Groups offer awards each year that encourage and recognise excellence in the psychological area relevant to the Interest Group. Gay And Lesbian Issues And Psychology...

Published Jul 2017

Stephen Provost was the recipient of the 2010 APS Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Education Award and has a particular interest in enhancing the educational experience of psychology students in rural and regional Australia. The importance of laboratories for pract...

Published Jul 2017

The damage done to the unborn child by the mother’s consumption of alcohol during pregnancy has been long known. In 1725 the Royal College of Physicians of London referred to the consumption of alcohol as “too often the cause of weak, feeble and distempered children.” Since ab...

Published Jul 2017

The floods across the Eastern States, particularly in areas such as Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley in Queensland - with their heavy toll on life and property - will leave thousands deeply affected. The extent of devastation has been such that, for many, it will be a long tim...

Published Jul 2017

The APS confers a range of awards and prizes each year to honour outstanding achievements in psychology. The recipients of the 2011 APS awards are profiled below. The Award recognises distinguished contributions to Australian psychology by psychologists at later career stag...

Published Dec 2017

The APS Colleges offer a range or awards and prizes each year that encourage and recognise excellence in psychology across the specialist fields. The 2013 recipients are profiled below. APS College Awards of Distinction The APS College Award of Distinction recognises the...

Published Jun 2017

Psychology meeting society’s challenges 30 September – 3 October 2014, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart Join us on the picturesque waterfront in historic Hobart for this wonderful opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge, hear about the latest developments in psycholog...

Published Jun 2017