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
Dr Anna Badcock
Anna is a Clinical Psychologist who currently works in private practice on the Eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania. Anna obtained a combined Masters/PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Western Australia with a thesis focusing on the interplay between loneliness and suicide. Anna previously worked in public mental health roles across WA and TAS, including an inpatient mental health unit, specialised DBT program, and community mental health team. Anna holds an endorsement in clinical psychology and is a AHPRA board-approved supervisor. Anna has a wealth of clinical experience in working with complex presentations including Personality, trauma-related, Mood, Eating, and Psychotic Disorders, and neurodivergence. She incorporates strategies from DBT, Schema Therapy, and further cognitive-behavioural approaches. Anna strongly believes in the science-practitioner approach to psychology, and creating a safe, collaborative environment both in therapy and within health-care teams.