Invited Speaker: Monica Williams

Neuropsychologists across both public and private practice settings were surveyed by the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, to better understand the current clinical neuropsychology workforce. Clinicians were invited via email distribution lists to particulate in a web-based survey between August 2024 and March 2025. A total of 123 responses to the survey were obtained. The respondents were fairly equally distributed across public, private, and combined practice settings. Demographic data was obtained, including respondent’s state, geographical area, and years of experience. The survey allowed for a better understanding of the clinical demands on neuropsychologists, including hours worked, the number of cases seen per week, and the client groups seen. Assessment types were explored, including standard assessments, complex assessments, and “other” assessments, and the time allocated to each type. Information about participation in feedback sessions and interventions was obtained. Within private practice settings, the fee structure of assessments was explored, based on assessment type. The survey provides a comparison of results with a previous survey conducted in 2012. Limitations of the present survey are discussed, including the sample size. The survey provides valuable insights into the clinical neuropsychology workforce and poses questions to be further explored in future surveys. This includes the need to better understand clinical neuropsychologists' participation in intervention settings.

 

 

Learning objectives:

To understand the demographic characteristics of neuropsychologists across different settings, and the nature of their clinical practice.

 

To better understand fee structures within private practice settings, based on assessment type.

 

To understand the present results in comparison with results from 2012, and to consider the nature of future surveys of this kind.

 

 

Level: Intermediate. The content will be relevant to early career neuropsychologists, and established neuropsychologists alike.

 

 

Presenter: Monica Williams, PhD

Dr Williams is a senior clinical neuropsychologist with over 25 years’ experience working with older adults and adults across a range of clinical areas, including in the assessment and management of neurodegenerative conditions, psychiatry and substance use disorders. She has worked in both public and private hospital settings. For most of her career Dr Williams has worked in a specialist diagnostic memory clinic service at St Vincent’s, and is presently undertaking a secondment at The Melbourne Clinic as acting Chief Neuropsychologist. Alongside her hospital appointment, Dr Willams works in private practice, and provides both diagnostic assessments, and medico-legal assessments in the areas of decision making and testamentary capacity.  Dr Willams is a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (CCN), and is a current committee member of the National Executive, APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists. Dr Williams is a founding and ongoing member of the APS CCN Social Media working party, which manages and creates content for the College’s social media pages.