In Australia, there are millions of people living with mental health issues who need more care and cannot improve with the current 10 Medicare-rebated session limit. It's time for the government to act.  The APS has joined psychology and consumer agencies across the country...

Last reviewed Oct 2024

In summary:  Liam Harkins, a clinical psychologist and EMDR Institute trainer, explains how he and other EMDR proponents are using the therapy to treat a range of conditions.  EMDR theory posits that all psychopathology stems from traumatic memories.  Those memories ...

Last reviewed Apr 2026

Updating personal details Members can easily change their personal details, including contact details, communication preferences, your directory listings, registration status, and your workplace setting by selecting Update your Details in the My Dashboard area of the websit...

Last reviewed Sep 2024

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

Many APS members attended the very successful International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) which the APS hosted in July 2010 in Melbourne. One major benefit to arise from the success of the Congress was the opportunity to enhance the profile of Australian psychology in ...

Published Aug 2017

National Psychology Week was built on the foundation that psychologists themselves are best placed to promote the discipline of psychology and the variety of roles that psychologists play in their local communities. In 2009, more psychologists than ever embraced the week fr...

Published Jun 2017

Professor Marybeth Shinn is a community psychologist who has conducted research on homelessness in the United States for over two decades. Studies have included longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of risk factors for homelessness, and experimental studies of interventions...

Published Nov 2017

The Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program provides funding for psychological treatment and effectively delivers services to particular communities and hard-to-reach groups. ATAPS received a significant funding increase under the Federal Government’s recent me...

Published Jan 2018

The APS recently provided a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Advertising and Promotion of Gambling Services in Sport and followed this by presenting evidence at the hearing for the inquiry. The submission was based on the APS review paper on the psychology of gambling and...

Published Jun 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