Sydney public forum invitation

31 Aug 2016

The Board has released an invitation to attend the 29 September 2016 public forum in Sydney.

Invitation to attend a public forum hosted by the Psychology Board of Australia: "Contemporary issues in psychology practice"

The Chair of the Psychology Board of Australia, Professor Brin Grenyer, invites you to attend a public forum to be held on Thursday 29 September 2016 in Sydney to discuss contemporary issues in psychology practice.

Members of the Psychology Board of Australia will present on a number of topics, using illustrative case studies where relevant, followed by an open discussion with members of the profession and students.

Issues discussed will include:

• Current issues in psychology regulation and workforce reform, including specialist title and expanding scopes of practice, reform of training models and international benchmarks
• Social media and online communication with clients, including issues in e-therapy; advertising your practice and how to represent your title, qualifications and services to others
• The complexity of private practice including pitfalls in entering into contracts with others, issues in billing and communication, principles of confidentiality when balancing duty to employers, employees and the psycho-legal context
• Reconciliation action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, cultural competencies and curriculum developments in psychology