CoolKid Psychology

12/11/2025

Our Conference was incredible! And we’re in the West Australian Newspaper today!!

11/11/2025

As a psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience working with kids teens and parents I am SO excited to reconnect with research work. My PhD is focussed on understanding PDA and extreme demand avoidance in kids and teens. The program of research we are planning looks to explore EDA in several ways: 1. The development of an assessment tool that directly measures EDA in kids and teens - this is a world first. 2. Explore EDA beyond autism to include ADHD and generalised anxiety disorder. 3. Measuring the quality of life for parents and the functional impact of EDA in kids and teens. It was brilliant to connect with other researchers doing brave and bold things in the area of PDA - watch this space!

11/11/2025

The inaugural PDA conference in Perth. Well done to Heidi Brandis and team. A brilliant event 👏👏👏

10/11/2025

Our founder, Kim Sheppard; Psychologist and PhD candidate is speaking at Australia’s first PDA Conference tomorrow! A full day of learning and connecting ❤️❤️

26/10/2025

For anyone that’s ever felt or been told they’re ’too much’ this is for you. ❤️❤️❤️

08/09/2025

Our Psychologist Kristen is presenting at The 14th Autism Europe International Congress in Dublin Ireland this Friday. Congratulations to Kristen on this opportunity to present internationally and to access all the wonderful learnings of the other presenters also sharing their research and wisdom. Kristen’s presentation is on the research she completed around the impact of experienced stigma on camouflaging and mental health in young adults.

07/08/2025

A busy afternoon for our therapy girl Kali 🐾🐾

06/08/2025

This might sound too good to be true...but you can register for Expo '25 for FREE!! You don't get access to NACTA, the conference part, but you can click around the conference environment and see how awesome it is AND...more to the point...you can visit the booths and snag yourself some freebie resources as well as peruse and of course purchase, resources and courses. All affirming. All grounded in lived experience.

GO ON. You know you want to!

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https://nactaandloapacexpo25.vfairs.com/en/registration-form

31/07/2025

The AAPi Professional Guidance Team frequently receives requests from members seeking a clear resource that outlines the diagnostic capabilities of registered psychologists in Australia.

AAPi strongly advocates for recognition of the full scope of practice of all registered psychologists.

To assist our members, we have developed the following resource which outlines that all psychologists with general registration are qualified to assess, diagnose, and provide clinical opinions on mental health conditions. This includes the ability to support recommendations for educational accommodations, functional assessments, disability supports, and employment-related considerations.

https://ow.ly/7FWN50Wx4Q5

28/07/2025