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Job Listing: Medilink International

Job Listing: Medilink International

by | Aug 7, 2026 | Events and Announcements, Job Listings

Job Vacancy: Psychologist – International Opportunity

Organisation: Medilink International
Contract Type: Fixed-term (1-year contract)
Location: International / Remote Site Rotation

About the Role

Medilink International is a leading provider of medical services supporting clients in remote and challenging environments, including the mining, oil & gas, and energy sectors.

We are seeking a qualified and experienced Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary healthcare team, providing essential psychological support to personnel operating in these environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver psychological assessment and counselling services
  • Provide mental health support in remote and high-pressure environments
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team
  • Promote psychological wellbeing and resilience among clients

Contract & Benefits

  • 1-year contract
  • 2-week rotation (every other month)
  • Travel insurance, accommodation, meals, and transportation provided
  • Competitive salary (discussed during the recruitment process)

Minimum Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years’ counselling experience
  • Experience working with Chinese communities (preferred)
  • Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese
  • Ability to work in remote and demanding environments

About Medilink International

Medilink International delivers high-quality healthcare services to clients operating in remote industries worldwide. Our focus is on excellence, safety, and patient-centred care.

How to Apply

To express your interest or learn more about this opportunity, please contact:

Ana Hernandez
Call: +356 9977 0997
Email: amedina@medilinkint.com Or info@medilinkint.com

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Job Listing: The International Medical Centre- Based in Qatar

Job Listing: The International Medical Centre- Based in Qatar

by | Aug 7, 2026 | Events and Announcements, Job Listings

Job Opportunity: Adult Psychologist – Private Clinic, Qatar

About the Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Adult Psychologist to join a growing group of premium private outpatient clinics in Qatar. With a team of over 50 medical professionals, these clinics are recognised for their high-quality facilities, exceptional clinical standards, and strong ethical, patient-centred approach.

Led by a British management team, the clinics offer a supportive, Western-style working environment. You will collaborate with an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist from the UK, alongside a team of 10 Clinical and Counselling Psychologists.

This role combines professional growth with the benefits of an expatriate lifestyle, including an attractive tax-free salary.

Role Overview

  • 50-minute therapy sessions with 10 minutes allocated for clinical notes
  • Diverse, international patient base
  • Manage a busy and varied caseload, including:
    • Adjustment to new cultures, workplaces, and environments
    • Anxiety, stress, and depression
    • Trauma, bereavement, and crisis intervention
    • Relationship and couples therapy
    • Eating disorders and self-harm
  • Work within a private practice setting with minimal administrative burden
  • Flexibility to utilise a range of therapeutic approaches, including:
    • CBT, Psychodynamic, Person-Centred, EMDR
    • Clinical and Counselling Psychology frameworks

Candidate Requirements

  • Postgraduate qualification in Psychology from a recognised institution
  • Accreditation with a relevant professional regulatory body
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience as an independent practitioner
  • Demonstrated experience managing a broad range of clinical presentations
  • Strong cultural awareness and ability to work with diverse populations
  • Empathetic, client-focused, and collaborative approach
  • Willingness to relocate to Qatar
  • Fluent in English (additional languages are advantageous)

What’s on Offer

  • Opportunity to join a highly respected and expanding clinical team
  • Focus on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care
  • Modern, premium clinical facilities
  • Exposure to a diverse international client base
  • Attractive tax-free compensation package
  • Relocation to a vibrant, fast-growing global hub

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your application via the website or email: kamel@theipcentre.com

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Dr Fatima Seedat – Elected to IUPsyS Executive Committee

Dr Fatima Seedat – Elected to IUPsyS Executive Committee

by | Jul 24, 2026 | Events and Announcements

Dr Fatima Seedat – Elected to IUPsyS Executive Committee

Congratulations to Dr Fatima Seedat on Her Appointment to the IUPsyS Elections Committee 

The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) extends its warm congratulations to Dr Fatima Seedat, Executive Director of PsySSA, on her appointment to the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) Elections Committee. 

This appointment recognises Dr Seedat’s longstanding contribution to psychology, her commitment to ethical leadership and governance, and her active engagement within the international psychology community. It also reflects the growing recognition of South African psychology and PsySSA’s contribution to advancing the discipline globally. 

Congratulations, Dr Seedat! We wish you every success in this important international role.

Prof Garth Stevens – Elected to IUPsyS Executive Committee

Prof Garth Stevens – Elected to IUPsyS Executive Committee

by | Jul 24, 2026 | Events and Announcements

Prof Garth Stevens – Elected to IUPsyS Executive Committee

Congratulations to our Past President, Prof Garth Stevens, on his election to the Executive Committee of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS). This well-deserved achievement reflects Prof Stevens’ longstanding leadership and commitment to advancing psychology in South Africa and internationally. We are proud to celebrate this significant milestone and wish him every success in this important global leadership role. 

SGD Webinar: Making sense, making it right: Thinking about sexual consent in tertiary settings

SGD Webinar: Making sense, making it right: Thinking about sexual consent in tertiary settings

by | Jul 24, 2026 | Events and Announcements, Psychology Events, Sexuality and Gender Division (SGD)

SGD Webinar: Making sense, making it right: Thinking about sexual consent in tertiary settings

Hosted by the PsySSA Sexuality and Gender Division

Webinar Details:

  • Date: 11 August 2026
  • Time: 18:00 – 19:30
  • 1 General CPD Point
  • Platform: Online via Zoom

Making sense, making it right: Thinking about sexual consent in tertiary settings
This webinar is intended for mental health professionals who:

  • are interested in questions of gender justice and sexual consent
  • work with survivors or perpetrators of sexual misconduct
  • who are interested in thinking through questions of justice and healing for survivors
  • who are interested in thinking through questions of redress, remorse and rehabilitation for perpetrators.

About the Workshop:

Universities are “imagined communities”: they both reflect and challenge the broader zeitgeist; they are spaces where student and other cultures create new norms; and they are transitional spaces, where new students enter and old students leave. As such they are in constant flux, and this offers opportunities to bring change. In this space, ideas about sexual consent are circulating, contested and re/imagined on a daily basis. In some instances, consent is violated, and institutional processes are invoked to adjudicate these. Universities must find ways to “make sense” of sexual misconduct and “make it right” for survivors, and for the broader university community/ies.

While many universities spell out sexual consent in their policies, and often take staff and students through workshops, discussions and mobilisations which spell out the gold standard of sexual consent (it is must be mutual, enthusiastic, ongoing, non-exploitative, verbal and explicit), actual sexual consent discussions and negotiations often fall far short of this standard. In this gap lies a plethora of misunderstandings, miscommunications, manipulations, motives and maneuvers, sometimes resulting in events of alleged misconduct, which become disputed by the parties concerned.

Against this backdrop the webinar will bring two psychologists and a facilitator together to talk about experiences of working with students in “making sense” of sexual consent dynamics, with a view to “making it right” – not only in formal disciplinary processes but in work to stimulate institutional conversations on sexual consent.

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About the Presenters:

Dr Kerry Frizelle

Dr Kerry Frizelle

Dr Kerry Frizelle is a registered Counselling Psychologist and holds a PhD in Education. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of the Western Cape. As an award-winning critical educator, Kerry is deeply committed to education as a vehicle for social transformation and the promotion of more just and inclusive societies. Inspired by the work of critical educators such as Paulo Freire and bell hooks, Kerry believes that education should be grounded in an ethic of care, compassion, and a fundamental belief in people’s capacity for growth and transformation. Their approach to teaching and scholarship is centred on developing critical consciousness, enabling individuals to question, challenge, and transform the social systems and structures in which they are embedded. Through their work, they seek to cultivate educational spaces that foster human connection, agency, and the possibility of becoming more fully human.

Dr Angeline Stephens

Dr Angeline Stephens

Angeline Stephens, is the PsySSA Chair of the Sexuality and Gender Division. She is a mental health practitioner in private practice, after having worked in student mental health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal for 13 years. She works within a critical, feminist, decolonial framework that recognises the intersections and interconnectedness between person and historical, political, social, cultural and economic contexts. She has extensive experience within the therapeutic context in the areas of trauma, violence, and healing. Her research interests centre around qualitative methodologies that explore social citizenship in the South African context. She is particularly interested in the intersections of gender, race, and sexual identities among marginalised people and how these intersections play out in experiences of social citizenship. She has a PhD in Psychology from UCT.

Pierre Brouard

Pierre Brouard

Pierre is a Clinical Psychologist and a Research Associate of the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria (UP) where he worked for 25 years. At UP he is also an Extraordinary Lecturer of the Centre for Human Rights. He sits on the Executive of the Sexuality and Gender Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa and is a Board member of the Professional Association for Transgender Health South Africa. His interests and work include sexualities, gender, human rights, transformation, diversity and social justice.

PsySSA-Endorsed International Declaration Against SOGIE Conversion Practices Launched at ICAP 2026

PsySSA-Endorsed International Declaration Against SOGIE Conversion Practices Launched at ICAP 2026

by | Jul 24, 2026 | Events and Announcements, Sexuality and Gender Division (SGD)

PsySSA-Endorsed International Declaration Against SOGIE Conversion Practices Launched at ICAP 2026

 

The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) welcomes the official launch of the IPsyNet Declaration Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression (SOGIE) Conversion Practices at the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP 2026), held in Florence, Italy.

PsySSA is proud to be among the organisations that have formally endorsed this important international declaration, reaffirming our commitment to evidence-based psychological practice, ethical professional standards, human rights, and the dignity of all people.

Developed through the collaborative work of the IPsyNet Policy Committee with contributions from representatives across 12 countries, the declaration reflects the growing global scientific consensus that sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression are natural aspects of human diversity and should never be the target of attempts to change, suppress, or eliminate them.

The declaration defines SOGIE conversion practices as systematic psychological, behavioural, medical, or spiritual interventions intended to alter or suppress an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Drawing on decades of psychological research and the positions of leading psychological and mental health organisations worldwide, it concludes that these practices:

  • Lack scientific validity and are not supported by psychological evidence.
  • Cause significant psychological harm, including increased risks of depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, and suicidality.
  • Violate fundamental human rights and ethical principles.
  • Reinforce stigma and discrimination against sexual and gender diverse people.
  • Contradict affirmative, evidence-based psychological care.

The declaration calls on psychologists, professional associations, policymakers, educators, and governments to reject SOGIE conversion practices, promote affirmative psychological care, and support policies that protect the rights, dignity, and well-being of sexual and gender diverse individuals.

As an endorsing organisation, PsySSA joins colleagues from around the world in advancing ethical, evidence-informed psychological practice and promoting inclusive mental health care that respects the diversity of all people.

PsySSA remains committed to advancing psychology in service of humanity and supporting professional practice that upholds scientific evidence, human rights, and social justice.

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