Carrie has worked in a variety of mental health care settings for 25 years. Roles included child and adolescent mental health, sexual assault, and rehabilitation in rural and regional settings. Carrie is also a qualified naturopath and nutritionist, with an interest in evidence-based herbal, nutritional and lifestyle interventions for mental health treatment and prevention. Carrie is undertaking a PhD supervised by Distinguished Professor Jon Adams. Her research is looking at psychology/psychologist engagement with client preference for complementary and integrative health care approaches. Past/present committee roles include APS Advisory Council, APS Strategic Leadership Group, Facilitator MHPN, Mental Health Steering Committee, and Student Representative for APS College of Counselling Psychologists. Carrie is based on the Sunshine Coast and works in private practice (endorsed as a clinical psychologist).

Caroline Raphael has been practicing as a psychologist since 2000 and has been an active member of the North Coast Committee and of Psychology and Integrative Mental Health, both of which she has found very enriching and rewarding. She loves the profession of psychology and finds being on the APS Committees a great way to give back and support the development of the profession. She encourages all members to contribute in any way they can, because with us all we can only be greater.