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Robyn Robinson
AM, PhD, FAPS

President

Robyn is a Clinical Psycholgist and founding President of CISMFA. Robyn trained the first combined emergency service CISM team in Australia in 1987 and she has trained over 200 teams in 7 countries and been guest lecturer in 11 countires. She is a certified trainer with ICISF. She has brought such luminaries to Australia for the first time as Dr Jeffrey Mitchell, Dr George Everly, Dr Atle Dyregrov and Dr Charles Figley.

Matthew Richman
BA, GradCert (PolStud)

Vice President

Matthew has been a member of Tasmania Police since 1984. In 1995 he was appointed as the Manager of the Tasmanian Emergency Services Critical Incident Stress Management Program and was responsible for the delivery of CISM Services in the aftermath of the Port Arthur Incident. Matthew's key interests lie in the management of CISM Services, pre-incident education, and responding to large scale incidents. Matthew has written widely on these areas and has presented at national and international conferences. He is an Inspector of Police and continues to serve as a peer supporter.

Annie Cantwell-Bartl
BA, RN

Secretary

Annie is a trained nurse and a psychologist who is currently enrolled in a Doctorate of Clinical Science at Latrobe University. Though now in private practice, she has held research, teaching and counselling appointments and worked in Universities, prisons and welfare settings. She has a special interests in loss and grief, disability and its impact on the family, womens issues and working with the media. Annie has received awards for adademic excellence and community education.

Paul Scott
BEd

Paul manages the welfare program for the NSW Rural Fire Service. He previously worked for the Salvation Army where he was responsible for managing 33 social and community service programs. Paul was the National Project Director for the “Veteran’s Line” (joint Salvation Army/Vietnam Veteran’s Counselling Service project) and has worked in the NSW Police Victim Assistance Program and NSW Ambulance Service Paramedic training in Crisis Intervention. Paul is an accredited trainer with CISMFA.

Linda Espie BA, GradDipSocSci, GradDipHumanServ, GradDipArtTherapy, Dip Gestalt Therapy, AssocDipWelfare

Linda has been working in the field of loss and grief for 24 years. She provides counselling, education, supervision and consultancy. She has written in this field and is the author of five publications: “It’s Just Different Now”, “ A to Z Reflections on Loss and Grief”, “Let the Children be our Teachers” and “Words” and “Symbols”.

Monica Kleinman
B.A. Dip.Ed. M.Ed. MAPS

Monica is the senior psychologist and a director of Psychological Resources in Sydney. She is Clinical Director of the NSW SES Critical Incident Stress Management Program. She is also a Captain with the Australian Army Reserve Psychology Corp. Monica has authored and manages the new training program in Accidental Counselling for Australian Defence Force personnel. She also co-authored Responding to Critical Incidents in Schools.

Michael Tunnecliffe
PhD

Michael is a Clinical Psychologist, who has specialised in Critical Incident Response and Recovery professional development programs since 1985. Michael provides specialist training courses and consultancy in all states of Australia, New Zealand and PNG. He's the author of a number of books relating to Critical Incident Stress and Director of the Emergency Support Network.

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