Gold Coast

Committee Information

Below are details of the current committee and vacancies. The APS is always on the look out for members who are interested in joining a Member Group committee, to help support and promote members, the profession, and the APS. For more information about joining a Member Groups committee, click here.

Have questions? Please feel free to contact committee members via PsyCommunity direct message here or reach out to APS Member Groups via [email protected].

 


 

Chair

Dr Matthew McKenzie

Chair-Elect

Mrs Stacey Hansen
Stacey is APS QLD State Chair and Gold Coast Branch Secretary. She has over 15 years of experience and is the Owner/Principal Psychologist of two psychology clinics in the northern Gold Coast region. She is a Board-Approved Supervisor passionate about supervision and mentoring early career psychologists. Stacey is also passionate about advocating for the mental health rights of vulnerable individuals in the community.

Secretary

Mrs Nina Horan
Nina Horan is a registered Psychologist currently undertaking the Clinical Registrar program and working full-time at the Gold Coast University Hospital. Nina has experience working across the lifespan servicing individuals within both the Mental and Health psychology streams. Her clinical interests include persistent pain, adjustment, health psychology, implementing behavioural intervention programs to families with children exhibiting clinically significant behaviours, and working within interdisciplinary teams to provide holistic patient-centred care. Nina is passionate about making a difference in people's lives by instilling hope where hope is lost and in supporting and empowering individuals to discover answers within themselves. Further Nina aims to reduce suffering and increase psychological wellbeing, by equipping individuals with the most up to date evidenced based tools and strategies to help them live more meaningful lives in line with what they value most.

Treasurer

Mr Michael Lodewyk
Michael is a registered psychologist (B Psych Sci (Hons), M Clin Psych). Michael has clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in a variety of settings including schools, community clinics and rehabilitation centres (drug and alcohol). Michael has an interest in working with various presentations (e.g., anxiety, mood disorders, autism, attention problems, emotion dysregulation, social skills, attachment issues, stress, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and academic difficulties). Michael first joined the APS committee as a Griffith University undergraduate student representative in 2020.

Committee Member

Mr Wesley Simpson

Committee Member

Dr Moyna Glenn Goold
Dr Moyna Glenn-Goold (FAPS) is a well qualified and highly experienced psychologist, whose mature age provides her with a vast amount of life experience. The latter equips her well in her professional roles both as a psychologist and marriage celebrant. She has worked with all age groups addressing wide areas of concern. Previously she was a secondary teacher, and a school counsellor working with teachers, parents and students aged 4 to 18 years.
She was an inaugural professional member of the ACT Psychologist Registration Board and has served many years on branch committees of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
Her methods are eclectic but focus mainly on: CBT, ACT and Mindfulness.
Her special interests are:
• Management of chronic illness/pain
• Geriatric issues
• Veterans’ mental health issues
• Couples counselling
• Lesbian/gay issues
• Anger management
• Adjustment disorder
• Self esteem
• Significant life transitions, and
• Parenting skills

Committee Member

Mr Mark Tang

Committee Member

Ms Yage Kang

Committee Member

Position vacant

Committee Member

Position vacant

Committee Member

Position vacant

Student Representative

Ms Janet Tay

Student Representative

Mr James Hutton
James is currently a Master of Professional Psychology student at Bond University. James' professional background is in the community sector and holds a keen interest in intergenerational trauma, men's mental health, and healthy aging.

Student Representative

Ms Madeleine Graham

Student Representative

Ms Madeleine Armstrong