Ethan Smith

Becoming a psychologist in Australia generally takes at least six years. Learn how undergraduate study, Honours, postgraduate training, internships and endorsement affect the timeline.

Rejected from psychology Honours, an MPP, Clinical Psychology or another Australian postgraduate program? Work out your next realistic pathway without treating one selection result as a career verdict.

A plain-English guide to Australia's proposed single 5-year psychology pathway, what has changed, what has not, and what current students and provisional psychologists should do now.

Can psychologists use AI scribes in Australia? Learn what Ahpra requires around informed consent, privacy, accountability, clinical records, TGA regulation and human oversight.

A practical guide to AHPRA registration for overseas-qualified psychologists, including Board assessment, APS confusion, provisional registration, transitional programs, the exam, fees, and New Zealand pathways.

A practical guide for international psychology students in Australia on AHPRA registration friction points, including English, checks, visas, internship timing, and Medicare systems.

A practical guide for provisional psychologists on continuity of care when therapy ends because a placement ends, including handover, consent, timing, and documentation.

A practical guide to competence boundaries, role drift, and dual relationships in Australian psychology practice, with a focus on when helpfulness becomes a second role.

Most provisional psychologists can tick the insurance declaration. Fewer can explain exactly what is covered, when to notify, and what happens across placements.

A clinician-focused guide to the gut-brain axis across anxiety, depression, autism, trauma, and autistic burnout, without overclaiming what current evidence can prove.

Autistic burnout is often a mismatch problem, not a motivation problem. A practical clinician guide to sensory load, masking costs, demand load, values mismatch, and recovery by reducing load.

Neurodivergent provisional psychologists can face a difficult double bind: disclose to someone with supervisory power, or mask through placement at a real cost to wellbeing and performance. A practical, non-prescriptive

A clinician-facing account of PDA-style resistance through predictive processing, salience network gating, precision weighting, autonomy, and clinical formulation.

A comprehensive, evidence-informed guide to why hormonal fluctuations can magnify ADHD, autism, PTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD, BPD, eating disorders, sensory overload, and cyclical capacity loss.