President
Ethics Advisor
Marketing & Engagement Specialist
Secretary
Victoria / Tasmania representative
Treasurer
Executive Officer
New Zeland representative
14-15 November 2024
Sydney Hilton Hotel
Executive Officer, EAPAA
78 Warraba Rd North Narrabeen
Ethics Advisor
CEO, Caraniche, and Psychologist
Over a career spanning more than 20 years, Jacinta has been an active part of the evolution of Caraniche’s EAP services in Australia. She has extensive experience developing and delivering psychological programs, and is attuned to the changing needs of workplaces across Australia. Jacinta also has extensive expertise in forensic substance abuse treatment and correctional systems. As the Managing Director of Caraniche for the past decade, Jacinta has raised Caraniche’s profile as a pre-eminent psychology and workplace wellbeing company.
Marketing & Engagement Specialist
Katie is currently Head of Sales & Marketing at Veretis Group, focused on delivering exceptional mental health services at affordable rates. With a background in psychology and marketing, she has been overseeing Veretis’ growth and expansion as an organisation and has a deep understanding of the nuances of the industry.
Katie graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Psychological Science and Marketing. She worked in marketing for hospitality organisations for 3 years prior to joining the mental health industry, and has experience in partnerships, business development, content creation and distribution and data analysis.
Katie has been on the executive committee since September 2020, and in the first 6 months saw a 40% increase in Linkedin engagement. She is excited to be involved in the mental health industry on a different level, and see EAPAA continue to solidify their position as the regulatory body for all Employee Assistance Professionals across Australia and New Zealand.
Secretary
Chief Clinical Officer of Converge International
Cate, as Chief Clinical Officer of Converge, is a Mental Health Social Worker and organisational development consultant with over two decades of experience in EAP, consultancy and training. A former manager of the Beyondblue National Workplace Program, Cate is a sought-after expert in mental health in the workplace.
She focuses on clinical governance, research and excellence, evolving the exceptional value that employee assistance providers bring to businesses to reduce people risk and improve performance. Cate believes that investing in people ensures sustainable excellence in supporting both employees and organisational health.
Victoria / Tasmania representative
General Manager, Caraniche
Alana is a registered psychologist who has been working with Caraniche for over ten years. Alana has held a variety of roles including working as a clinician conducting assessments and delivering a range of treatments to both individuals and groups, as well as supervising a large clinical team as a Senior Psychologist. Alana has also worked as a Project Lead for Department of Health funded workforce training, developing both training packages and sessions. Alana also regularly provides training in other areas including; Motivational Interviewing, AOD training, Supervision Skills, Managing Challenging Behaviours, and Case Notes and Documentation.
Treasurer
Clinical Advisor, Customer and Community Engagement Team, AccessEAP
With over 10 years of experience in the healthcare, not-for-profit, and tertiary education sectors, Edward has worked throughout Australia and New Zealand in clinical psychology, counselling, and mental health consulting. He has served as a wellbeing advisor at Hato Hone St John in New Zealand, gaining valuable insights into evidence-based approaches for supporting employee mental health in complex environments. Prior to his psychology career, Edward was a qualified CPA with experience in financial planning and reporting in large corporations.
New Zealand representative
Clinical Executive
Julie started her career as a Registered Nurse in the Mental Health field before moving into community based nursing. In 2008 she accepted a 6 week temporary contact to help out at OK Health and 11 years later she is still here, still passionate about the role of Occupational Health and still striving to ensure that OK Health leads the field in service delivery.
Julie strongly believes that Occupational Health plays a vital role at a primary care level in assisting New Zealanders to go home from work to their families safe and well at the end of each day.