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].
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.
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.