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Adelaide Pathways towards endorsement (Panel)

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Adelaide | U City

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Hear from psychologists about career opportunities in endorsed areas.


Speaker

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Lisa Chisholm
Clinical Psychologist
Solasta

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Biography

Lisa is a Clinical Psychologist and board-approved supervisor with extensive experience in providing a range of psychological services to individuals, families, schools and organisations. She works for a social enterprise owned by a community organisation and is passionate about working with children, adolescents and adults to improve their wellbeing and build their capacity. She provides therapy for a variety of mental health conditions, as well as people with autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. In addition, she frequently consults with and delivers training to families, teachers, support staff and other allied health professionals. Lisa regularly conducts comprehensive assessments for students experiencing learning difficulties, and to diagnose conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, specific learning disorders and ADHD. She has a particular interest in supporting adolescents to understand and manage their mental health and improve their wellbeing. She also has an interest and experience in helping her clients to recover from traumatic and adverse life experiences.
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Mrs Andrea Fernandez
College Psychologist R-12
Mercedes College

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Biography

Andrea is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist and a board-approved supervisor. She works at Mercedes College as a College Psychologist, supporting students and their families from Reception to Year 12. She also provides private supervision to Educational and Developmental Psychology registrars. She is the chair of the APS College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, SA and NT section. Andrea is passionate about supporting psychologists to develop their skills and gain confidence. She encourages collaboration and networking between psychologists to improve practices. In her work, she uses comprehensive assessment and intervention practices to support students and their families to navigate challenges.
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Danica Gregory
Clinical Psychologist
Department For Child Protection/Private Practice

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Biography

Hi, I’m Danica. I’m a registered psychologist with an area of practice endorsement in clinical psychology. I completed my Masters here at Adelaide University. Since graduating, I have split my time between government work and private practice. I started with the Department for Corrections before spending time with Child Protective Services at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and now work part-time with the Department for Child Protection. I am passionate about working with the impact of trauma across the lifespan, and working with risk related to interpersonal violence and harm. My work typically involves assessment of parenting capacity, personality profiles, mental health, and cognitive ability, and has previously involved assessment of criminal recidivism for sexual and violent crime. In my private practice work, I provide individual therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, personality conditions, primarily through Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Schema Therapy approaches.
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Angela Haydon
Organisational Psychologist

Adelaide Pathways towards endorsement (Panel)

Biography

Angela is an experienced Organisational Psychologist with a career spanning over 15 years in the industry. Currently, she is working within Local Government, leading the Organisational Development team to drive leader and employee development, aiming to enhance organisational performance. Her prior roles include contributions to the health and manufacturing industries as well as consultancy - where she started her career. Angela is an active member of the College of Organisational Psychologists and is committed to supporting the profession now and into the future. Until recently, she held the role of Chair for the College of Organisational Psychologists in South Australia. Angela is dedicated to working with leaders to apply psychological research and best practice to rethink how businesses operate in order to optimise performance.
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