Michael Costello
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Psychologists
A clinical psychologist is a specialist psychologist with a minimum of six years university training, including approved postgraduate clinical studies
and placements in psychiatric settings. Further to this, in order to become a full member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of
Clinical Psychologists, two years of further approved specialist supervision in the clinical field is required, which adds to a total of eight years of
university and training. Clinical psychologists are specialists in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and mental
illness. They are located in private practice, hospitals, universities, general medical practices, community health centres and mental health
services. Clinical psychologists work with infants, children, adolescents, adults and older adults. They are also involved in designing and
implementing a wide range of prevention and mental health promotion programs.
The APS College of Clinical Psychologists maintains the highest standards for clinical psychology practice in Australia.
These standards are also consistent with international standards for clinical practice.