The Psychology Centre

The Waikato Clinical Psychology Educational Trust Inc.
Registered under the Charities Act 2005 (Reg. No. CC10238)


Board
membership at 1 January 2010

Dr Carrie Barber
Programme Director for Clinical Psychology, University of Waikato
Dr Katharine Blackman
Clinical Psychologist, Bay of Plenty DHB
Dr John Fitzgerald
Director & Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Psychology Centre
Ms Melanie Haeata
Clinical student, School of Psychology, University of Waikato
Dr Neville Robertson
CoD, School of Psychology, University of Waikato
Ms Kim Southey
Appointee of GM Mental Health, Health Waikato
Dr Jo Thakker (Chair)
Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Waikato
Ms Wendy Tuck
Clinical Psychologist & Professional Advisor, Health Waikato


The Psychology Centre
Staff members at 1 January 2010

John Fitzgerald (Director, Consultant Clinical Psychologist)
Karma Galyer (Consultant Clinical Psychologist)
Philippa Thomas (Consultant Clinical Psychologist)
Jessica Clarke (Consultant Clinical Psychologist)
Lyn Walsh (Administrator)

Purposes or Objects
Extract from the Deed of Trust dated 13th January 2000

The purposes of the Trust are as follows:

a) to promote education and pre-service training in clinical psychology in order to enhance the skills of personnel in the public mental health sector in the Waikato Region in particular and nationally and in particular to increase the number of Psychologists able to meet the needs of population groupings which may not be served well (such as Maori);

b) to educate personnel to develop innovative and evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques to improve the outcomes of persons referred for psychological treatment;

c) to establish/promote a Centre for the conduct of clinical psychology research and in particular treatment outcome research by psychology students and academic staff working in that area;

d) to provide a forum for training and development in advanced methods and competencies for practising psychologists and, where appropriate, other mental health providers (in particular those methods known as cognitive-behavioural and other appropriate methods);

e) to promote a model of service for providing assessment and treatment for persons who may be eligible for public mental health services but whose needs may not be fully met and to develop programmes to meet the needs of children, youth, families and adults in the region who may require specialised mental health treatment programmes;

f) to carry on any other objects which may seem to the Trustees capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with the above charitable purposes or objects of the Trust or calculated directly or indirectly to advance the same;

g) to do any other things which in the Trustees' opinion is consistent with the foregoing purposes/objects