Edit 18/04/2020: The Federal Minister for Health has announced that from Monday 20 April, all of the mandated bulk billing restrictions on the Medicare items for COVID-19 telehealth services will be removed, for all psychologists. This means that it is no longer a requirement ...

Published Apr 2020

APS President Ros Knight speaks to the membership about adjusting to the new working conditions under the COVID-19 restrictions. Transcript Good afternoon colleagues. Welcome to my office in Sydney. As you can see I am recording this myself, as travel restrictions...

Published Mar 2020

The APS hosts this activity with the APS Psychology and Ageing Interest Group (PAIG). The impact of prolonged isolation is a common clinical challenge, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Older adults who may be facing setbacks with changes in health status, may be...

Schema Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for Personality Disorders and ‘hard-to-treat’ presentations and problems. Derived from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, schema therapy incorporates and emphasises a number of affect change techniques, such as imagery rescripting a...

In June 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that:  more than 700,000 people die due to suicide every year,  one in 100 deaths is by suicide,  for every completed suicide, there are many more suicide attempts, and  suicide is the ...

The APS hosts this activity with the APS College of Organisational Psychologists.  The world of work is changing and whilst some organisations are constraining their teams by imposing rigid expectations around working together face-to-face back in an office environment, oth...

Any interaction with a client can create misunderstanding that causes worse outcomes. When working with clients from other cultures or language groups, this risk increases significantly. This webinar will introduce a systematic way to approach cross cultural communication t...

Sex and relationship series This webinar is an introduction to the often tricky and complex area of sexuality and relationships support. It aims to increase awareness of the key issues and provide attendees with practical strategies that they can use in their work.  Ann...

Living while female can feel like tiptoeing through a minefield of explosive experiences. The prevalence of violence against women in society, the cultural pressure to be attractive, sexually modest, the primary caregiver, hormonal transitions specific to the female experience...

The APS hosts this activity with the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.  The webinar aims to help psychologists be prepared and understand the potential pitfalls of working with families in dispute within the famiuly law system. It wil provide an overview of: h...