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24.01.2022 We have answered our members' frequently asked questions about COVID-19 on the website, including details of the telehealth measures and bulk billing under Medicare. The FAQs are updated daily, please be sure to check back regularly for new information and updates http://ow.ly/EO1n50yNwOV

21.01.2022 COVID-19 has created many challenges, but also many opportunities, such as the ability to check out major virtual conferences from your loungeroom! Check out PSY2020 for more details.

19.01.2022 Self-care is always critical for psychologists particularly now. This free course for APS members (non-members $160) is well worth completing and counts as 1.5 CPD hours http://ow.ly/x7Uw50zp5e8

18.01.2022 Announced today: From tomorrow, Monday 6 April, psychologists will be able to apply their usual billing practices (eg, a co-payment) to services provided to som...e clients. Services provided to clients who are concessional, under the age of 16, or in a vulnerable category (ie at risk of COVID-19) must be bulk billed, but for other clients, the services may be bulk billed or psychologists can choose to charge a co-payment. More information to come.

15.01.2022 The APS has recently released some guidelines for working with intimate partner abuse and violence. These have been developed by a consultative group, led by the Women and Psychology Interest Group. They are now on the APS website at this link: https://www.psychology.org.au//Working-with-clients-who-ha Along with their release, the APS Women and Psychology IG is providing a series of three webinars during October and November. The details can be found at this link... https://www.psychology.org.au/Event/21795 Many of our members will be seeing clients affected by this issue and we recommend you check out these guidelines and webinars to assist you in your practice.

13.01.2022 More details will no doubt follow soon.

12.01.2022 APS EMDR interest group are hosting a free webinar about using EMDR online - might be if interest to members as we are getting quite a few EMDR practitioners in the state now!

12.01.2022 FREE webinar for members about how to manage COVID-19 in your private practice. Register and you have access for 12 months if you can’t make it on the night.

11.01.2022 Are you wanting to learn more about helping your clients manage chronic pain? Check out this FREE online CPD and support opportunity with the Persistent Pain Service in Hobart. PPS Pain ECHO Helping you help people with persistent pain. Learn from the practical experience and knowledge of the Persistent Pain Service (PPS) team and other Tasmanian clinicians and give them the benefit of your experience.... The PPS Pain ECHO sessions involve discussion of de-identified patient cases and short theory presentations. They were designed in consultation with Tasmanian primary health clinicians (thank you to all those who have contributed). The ECHO sessions are online (Zoom). When: 8:30am to 9:30 am, once per fortnight. Start date Tuesday 11 August 2020. Cost: Nil Registration: Visit http://outpatients.tas.gov.au/clinics/pain_management , and click on the link to register for the PPS Pain ECHO (towards the bottom of the page). One registration gives access to all sessions. Also at this site: The calendar for the presentation topics, the Patient Case Presentation form, Project ECHO links and some other resources. Who attends and who can join? The PPS ‘Hub’ includes a Pain Medicine Specialist, a Psychologist, a Physiotherapist, a GP and, occasionally, Guest specialists. The Persistent Pain Service is based at the Royal Hobart Hospital and is the only public Pain Service in Tasmania. Interested Tasmanian clinicians including GPs, allied health and nurses, private or public. Contact: if you have any questions, please email [email protected]

10.01.2022 In light of the coronavirus pandemic, APS psychologists and other experts in loneliness and social isolation have come together to offer Australians advice to d...eal with their feelings of loneliness, isolation and anxiety at this time. Register for this free public event, hosted by the Australian Psychological Society on Thursday 23 April 2020, 8pm AEST. Register now: https://psychology.org.au/Loneliness-socialisolation-event See more

09.01.2022 The APS Perinatal and Infant Psychology Interest Group is hosting a webinar next Wednesday 16th September - 'Evolution, Parenting and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy'. Take this (free!) opportunity to listen to Dr Koa Whittingham, University of Queensland, outline a new basic model, grounded in the wider evolutionary paradigm and connected to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and compassion focussed therapy (CFT). The webinar will also be recorded for later access. To register, please visit this link.

08.01.2022 This webinar is intended as a practical guide for clinical neuropsychologists to better understand how telehealth may be applied to neuropsychological assessmen...t and intervention. In addition to considerations of research evidence and ethical principles, this webinar will cover the key aspects of clinical practice, from evaluating client suitability through to test administration, feedback and delivery of interventions https://www.psychology.org.au/Event/21454?view=true See more

07.01.2022 I hope you’re all keeping well as you navigate these rapidly changing circumstances. A reminder to keep an eye on your emails for information from the APS as it comes to hand. There are lots of resources on the website if you haven’t already looked. https://www.psychology.org.au//Info-sh/COVID-19-Info-Sheet

05.01.2022 Free Online Learning Opportunity for GP’s and Allied Health Professionals: The Psychology of Persistent Pelvic Pain 1.50 CPD hours Overview:... This is a Tasmanian Health Service (THS) run learning opportunity aimed at providing an overview of the psychology of pelvic pain. The webinar will talk about: The psychological impact of pelvic pain Practical assessment and treatment options Utility of mood screening and mental health pathways Presenters: Dr Leesa Van Niekerk (Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lecturer) Private Practitioner / UTAS College of Health and Medicine, School of Psychological Sciences Daisy Aitken (Clinical Psychologist) Persistent Pain Service / Persistent Pelvic Pain Clinic / Royal Hobart Hospital Please Note, this webinar will cover the same content as the persistent pelvic pain training day at the Botanical Gardens in November 2019. Date: Tuesday, 8 September 2020 Time: 5:30pm 7:00pm Venue: Online Webinar via Zoom If you would like to attend, RSVP via email to Daisy Aitken [email protected] and you will be provided with a ZOOM invitation

04.01.2022 The Vic State Committee of the Clinical College is delighted by the overwhelming interest in Psychotropics: The Unvarnished Version being presented by Prof. Jayashri Kulkarni AM. We are pleased to have been able to increase the number of possible registrations. For those who were unable to register due to the event being 'sold out' you now have the opportunity to register and attend: https://www.psychology.org.au/Event/21794 This is a free webinar for APS members.... Date: Wednesday 30th September 2020 Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm AEST Please note: The webinar will be recorded and made available to those registered for up to 12 months after the event . Be sure to register even if you cannot make the event on the day. Please direct your inquiries to Mr David Demmer - Vic Chair of the Clinical College at [email protected]

02.01.2022 Dr Zena Burgess PhD has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the APS. Zena has extensive executive leadership, financial and governance experien...ce and an impressive track record in medical and health advocacy. We are pleased to welcome her to lead the APS in 2020 and beyond. Read more http://ow.ly/7MYW50BddVJ See more

01.01.2022 The Northern Tas Branch is hosting a range of FREE pain-related presentations from Tasmanian and interstate presenters over National #psychologyweek2020. Please share these events far and wide so the public can access this fantastic resource, and mark yourself as going so you get a notification when we go live on Facebook.