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.
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Chair
Mrs Ashley Ristanto
Ashley is a registered psychologist with special interest in health psychology, bariatric surgery psychology - support and research.
Completing her clinical psychology masters at Central Queensland University, she is currently enrolled in the clinical psychology registrar program.
Ashley is also interested in cultural psychology and anthropology with a focus on Australia's First Nations People.
Secretary
Mrs Karen Ott
Karen is a registered General Psychologist and is currently studying Clinical Psychology at UNE. She has a special interest in disaster recovery.
Treasurer
Miss Zoe Swan
Zoe is a registered psychologist. She works in private practice and also corporate psychology.
Committee Member
Dr Helen Mason
Dr Helen Mason is a registered General Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor. She has worked in private practice and the not-for-profit sector since 2008. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS). She is currently Senior Lecturer/Head of Course for the Master of Professional Psychology at CQUniversity and working in private practice on the Atherton Tablelands.
Committee Member
Ms Jessica Woolf
Jessica is a provisional psychologist on the 5+1 pathway, completing her 6th year internship. She has worked in the community services and education sectors in FNQ since 2012.
Committee Member
Mr Hugh Woolford
Hugh completed a Batchelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology at the University of New South Wales in 1984 and after some years of working in community health settings completed his Masters in Clinical Psychology at UQ in 1993 and is an endorsed Clinical Psychologist and a member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists. Over the past 30 years Hugh has worked as a clinician with children, adults and older adults in community, hospital and institutional settings in Australia and England. He has a wide range of interests including end-of-life issues and more complex presentations and believes EMDR is an extremely effective therapy.