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
Dr Natalie Close
BPsych, PhD, Master of Clinical Psychology.
Committee Member
Mr Andrew Sozomenou
Andrew is a Senior Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years-experience who works from the READ Clinic on the Central Coast of NSW. He is passionate about working with individuals who have experienced trauma and has extensive experience in working with Dissociative Identity Disorder, FND, Personality Disorder’s, treatment resistant Depression and Anxiety.
Andrew is a member of the APS; a board approved supervisor; and member of the Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Association of Australia (EMDRAA).
Before joining the READ Clinic, he had managed the Gaining Ground Program, had worked for the Transcultural Mental Health Centre, and was a School-Link Coordinator. Andrew has appeared on ABC radio; has written brief articles, two books and published over 7 chapters.
Student Representative
Mr Mark Wheatley
BHlthSc (Pre-HospCare), BPsych(Hons), Master of Professional Psychology Candidate
Student Representative
Mr Jake Bright
B.PsycSci Honours Candidate at the University of Newcastle. Passionate about Political Psychology and Social Psychology.