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Convenor - Dr Genevieve Armson

Dr Genevieve Armson is a Clinical Counsellor and Supervisor, registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). She is also a member of the EMDR Association of Australia, and the Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Australasia (EAPAA). In her private practice, Genevieve provides supportive, confidential, and client-centred sessions. She has a passion for assisting her clients to realise their full inner potential through strength-based counselling, education, and supervision. She has been working with organisations and individuals for over 30 years, and has established a strong client base and a reputation for well-paced and relevant strategies that successfully assist her clients to reach their stated personal and professional goals.

Deputy Convenor - Sirini Kularatne-Samarapathi

Sirini Kularatne-Samarapathi holds a Bachelor of Applied Social Science with a specialisation in Counselling, and post-graduate qualifications in palliative care, grief, loss & bereavement, and Buddhist Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Her past employment experience includes working in homelessness, with people in street sex work, as a group facilitator for victims of domestic violence, in drug and alcohol counselling (both voluntary and mandated clients), and in community palliative care. Sirini has also provided carer & bereavement counselling, served as a first response counsellor for people impacted by sexual assault, domestic violence, and family violence, and worked with PTSD/complex trauma. She continues to work in general counselling as well as in culture-specific counselling with the migrant community.

Susan Robertson

Susan has a Master of Counselling and became a member of PACFA's College of Relationship Counselling as a Level 2 Gottman trainer and therapist. Susan specialises in helping clients diagnosed with mental illness maintain healthy relationships. After her studies in supervision, Susan achieved Clinical registration with PACFA and Accredited Supervisor status. Susan provides supervision to practitioners working in mental health at various levels. As a volunteer with St John Ambulance NSW & ACT, Susan uses her mental health professional status to inform her practice and referral.

Trudy Clutterbok

Trudy is a Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Psychoanalyst and Mental Health Social Worker who provides supervision. She works extensively with LGBTQI+ folk, with artists, in the perinatal space and with those who are neurodivergent, particularly those of high intelligence. Trudy has completed advanced training in Mentalisation Based Therapy, Attachment Theory, Clinical Supervision, and with the Centre for Perinatal Excellence. She has completed a range of trainings with the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis. Trudy is committed to supervision as an essential part of a sustainable therapeutic career and has an active interest in supervision research.

Dr Graham Barker

Dr. Graham Barker is a semi-retired clinical psychologist with additional qualifications in counselling, theology, and education. Over his adult life, he has been a schoolteacher, a pastor, a clinician, and from 1994 until 2010 he was the Head of The Wesley Institute Graduate School of Counselling in Sydney. Since his retirement from academia, he has devoted his time to providing clinical supervision and supervisor training. He and his wife Alexis reside in Evans Head NSW and have three adult children and seven grandchildren. Graham enjoys his family, fishing, and following the St George-Illawarra Dragons, Arsenal FC, the Green Bay Packers.

Katinka Pal-Zimny

A Registered Psychologist, BSc MSc (Clinical Psychology) MAPS
Clinical Member and approved Supervisor of the Australian Association of Family Therapists (AAFT).
Member of the Australian Psychological Society for more than 38 years.
Registered Clinical Counsellor of PACFA – Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and PACFA-Accredited Clinical Supervisor.
Supervisor for more than 25 years for Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, and Social Workers at all stages of their career in different therapeutic settings.

Katinka has worked in the Psychology and counselling field for more than 38 years in both public and private settings, including hospitals, family courts, community centers, and schools. She has provided psychological interventions and counselling for a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, past trauma and abuse, grief/loss, and life transition challenges for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Tanya Fisher

Tanya Fisher is a Clinical Counsellor and Accredited Supervisor with a Master of Counselling, a Bachelor of Social Science (Counselling), and a Graduate Diploma of Life Coaching. With over 17 years' experience across EAP, WorkCover, community programs, and private practice, she provides counselling and professional supervision through her private practice and contracting roles. As a supervisor, Tanya works alongside counsellors, frontline professionals, and others in helping roles to support ethical practice, foster resilience, and encourage professional growth. Her supervision is reflective, relational, and strengths-based, with a clear focus on purposeful development and real-world sustainability. Tanya is passionate about the role of supervision in supporting people to do good work and stay well while doing it. She is proud to be part of the College of Supervision Leadership Group, contributing to the development of national supervision standards, peer connection, and quality practice across Australia.