Mrs Jeanette Krass Jeanette Krass has a distinguished career as a registered psychologist in Sydney spanning more than four decades. She is the Founder and Director of Workplace Health Services and a member APHRA. Jeanette has wide experience in academic, clinical and c...

Last reviewed Nov 2024

Maintaining secure and confidential records is a cornerstone of psychological practice. Clients can feel comfortable to share information, with the knowledge and assurance that their psychologist upholds these principles of confidentiality and security. With recent news about ...

Published Nov 2022

It can be challenging for people living in rural and remote Australia to access Medicare-rebateable psychological services. While the psychology workforce is better represented in rural and remote Australia than many other mental health professions, we still struggle to meet t...

Published Oct 2017

This article outlines five key things learned through supervision following a complaint to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). We discuss important topics such as “who is the client?”; parental responsibility; Gillick competence; The Privacy Act 1998;...

Published May 2022

Christabel Chamarette FAPS Christabel Chamarette is a registered Clinical Psychologist with over 40 years’ experience in the treatment of violence and sexual problems and adult victims of child sexual abuse. She worked in prisons for 10 years, private pr...

Published Jun 2017

The first ‘do’ is you must write session notes! Taking adequate session notes (or ‘progress notes’) is part of the important review and planning associated with providing an ongoing psychological service, and is one of the ethical obligations of psychologists. Session notes fa...

Published Jun 2017

As well as its support and advocacy for psychologists in private practice, the APS engages in a range of activities to support those who are employed in public sector settings and non-government organisations (NGOs). There is sometimes the perception that the APS works mainly ...

Published Jun 2017

Each year the APS recognises members who have made outstanding contributions to the APS and to the advancement of psychological knowledge or practice by electing them as Fellows of the Society. This year thirteen members were elected as APS Fellows at the 2010 APS Annual Gener...

Published Jun 2017

‘You cannot wipe the tears off another’s face without getting your own hands wet.’ - Zulu proverb As early as the late 1890s, Sigmund Freud reported his own suppression of feelings after his patient's suicide. For many years following, the suicide of a psychiatric patient w...

Published Jul 2019

Family psychoeducation (FPE) interventions have been shown to reduce relapse rates and symptom levels and improve the social participation of people living with severe and persistent psychotic disorders. Although less known amongst psychologists, FPE has a well established evi...

Published Jun 2017