Melbourne

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

Position vacant

Secretary

Position vacant

Treasurer

Mr Lyndon Medina
Lyndon is a Counseling Psychologist, Psychodramatist and an AHPRA Approved Supervisor.

He currently holds a position of a Senior Coordinator at the RMIT University Counselling & Psychological Services and has been with RMIT since 2003. Prior to working at the university, he worked with children, young people and families for seven years.

Lyndon also works part-time in private practice; provides individual supervision to psychologists and non-psychologists; group supervision for an organisation; and delivers personal & professional development workshops.

Committee Member

Ms Michele Glassenbury

Committee Member

Mr Aiden Tran
Aiden is a General Member of the APS Melbourne Branch Committee and National Social Media Representative for the College of Clinical Psychologists. He is currently a Psychologist with Peninsula Health, and a Clinical Supervisor with the Masters of Counseling Program at Monash University.

Committee Member

Dr Stephanie Smyrnios

Committee Member

Mr Stanley Cheng
Stanley Cheng is an educational and developmental psychologist, and an AHPRA Board approved supervisor; with experience working in the public school system, state government, non-government organization, and private practice settings. He also has experience working as an academic and supervisor in training clinicians undertaking postgraduate psychology degrees from various tertiary educational settings. His special interests are in assessing and supporting individuals with a range of learning and developmental difficulties, enhancing the mental well-being of young people, as well as promoting inclusive education on a system level. He is passionate about contributing his expertise to support the capability building for psychologists, educators, young people, and parents; on both individual and system levels.

Committee Member

Dr Monica O'Kelly

Committee Member

Dr Edward Tipton
Dr.Tipton is a USA citizen and licensed both there and in Australia as a Clinical Psychologist. He has been in practice over 20 years, specializing in clients with OCD, Hoarding Disorder, and mood disorders, although he often works with relationship issues. He focuses on individual adult clients over age 17 and prefers not working with chemical dependency issues. He practice is home based; however, much of his experience is with in vivo work, travelling to where the client experiences his/her issue such as at home, in lifts, cemeteries, hospital settings, etc. He has experience both face-to-face as well as using telehealth.

Committee Member

Dr Janelle Armstrong
Janelle holds a Doctorate of Psychology (Forensic) and is currently a Director and Principal Practitioner of Cathartic Consulting. She is a General Member of the Melbourne Branch Committee and the Treasurer of the Victorian College of Forensic Psychologists. She has 15 years’ experience as a Psychologist providing risk assessment, treatment and management of general, violent and sexual offenders. This has also involved assessments for Court in civil and criminal matters. She has also been involved in program development, employed in senior management role, has many years’ experience teaching at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels at Deakin University and is a board approved primary and secondary supervisor for provisional psychologist and forensic registrars. Janelle also has considerable experience in the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders with a particular focus on trauma work. She is trained in and utilises Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.