About · ELARA

Our mission

To give every learner a safe place to practise the conversations at the heart of clinical work, with the supervision that turns practice into skill.

ELARA was developed by experienced clinicians who have spent their careers training and supervising psychologists. It brings that supervision experience into a platform that learners can use as often as they need.

Directors

The people behind ELARA.

Professor Catriona Davis-McCabe

Clinical and Counselling Psychologist | Former President of the Australian Psychological Society

Professor Catriona Davis-McCabe is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, former President and Chair of the Board of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), and Professor of Psychology at a national higher education provider.

With more than 20 years of experience across Australia and the United Kingdom, Catriona has held senior roles in higher education, professional leadership, clinical practice and psychological training. She has dedicated much of her career to educating, training and supervising the next generation of psychologists, supporting hundreds of practitioners across diverse professional pathways.

Her expertise spans clinical education, professional supervision, ethical practice, clinical skills development and the translation of psychological research into effective, evidence-based practice.

She is passionate about improving access to high-quality clinical training and advancing innovative, evidence-based approaches to developing the skills and confidence of future practitioners.

Duane Smith

Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, Board Approved Supervisor and Trainer

Duane is the creator of ELARA. He has more than 35 years of experience across clinical and counselling psychology, supervision, professional training and private practice in Australia.

Over his career Duane has supervised a generation of provisional and endorsed psychologists and trained hundreds of psychologists all around Australia through his Board Approved Supervisor Training Masterclass and Intensive program, “Advanced Clinical Supervision – Translating Professional Competencies into Actual Client Outcomes” (co-authored with Dr Daryl Chow).

With a passion for the application of AI and emerging technologies in psychology, Duane is focused on improving access to high-quality experiential training through realistic simulation, deliberate practice and reflective learning. His supervision experience is at the core of ELARA's development.

Executive Chair of the Association of Counselling Psychologists; Owner and Clinical Director of Stream Psychology and The Henry Street Centre, Western Australia; Founder and Director of Advanced Psychology Training.

ELARA Advisory Group

Guided by lived experience.

The ELARA Advisory Group oversees the authentic development of ELARA's client library and simulator avatars. It includes First Nations, neurodivergent, disability, AOD, LGBTQIA+ and lived-experience members. Needs confirmation

The team behind the ELARA platform.

The ELARA development team consists of academics, clinicians, creators, educators, students and AI technologists. We partner with frontier technology labs around the world to continually improve the user experience.

ELARA and Advanced Psychology Training.

The ELARA platform and its proprietary technology are owned and developed by Advanced Psychology Training Pty Ltd. An Australian based and owned company.

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