Rachel is a clinical psychologist and lecturer in clinical psychology at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Rachel is passionate about improving access to psychological therapies for people experiencing psychosis and has worked in a number of specialist psychosis services, both in the UK and Australia. Rachel’s research focuses on understanding psychological factors involved in psychotic symptoms and developing and testing empirically derived, targeted psychological interventions for people experiencing psychosis, as well as exploring barriers in implementation of interventions for psychosis in the Australian psychology workforce.

Pauline joined the committee as a student member while studying at Swinburne University of Technology. She is now a Clinical Psychology Registrar working in between private practice and private hospital settings. She has remained a member of the committee, but additional student members would be very welcome.