As we bring 2024 to a close, we reflect on an extraordinary year that marked PsySSA’s 30th anniversary – a milestone that highlighted our legacy and the community we have built together. We thank you for your unwavering commitment and continued membership. As we reflect on our legacy and look toward the future, we wish you health, happiness, and rejuvenation this holiday season!

A Message From the PsySSA President

Dear Colleagues and Friends

As we rapidly race towards the end of 2024, I would like us to reflect on the year in our professional society. The challenges and triumphs of the last year have cemented the value of psychological work in our roles as mental health professionals. Together, we have continued to support individuals, families, and communities in uncertain times, often laced with deep trauma and loss. Like this past year, 2025 no doubt promises both challenges and opportunities. Mental health awareness is fortunately growing but the stresses and stressors that individuals face in their personal and professional lives, are similarly growing.  Psychology has never been more crucial in fostering research and intervention to offer therapeutic support and improving the well-being of individuals and communities. We should therefore wholeheartedly recommit ourselves to compassionate care and advocacy to minimise suffering.

I encourage each of you to continue to endeavour to become knowledge creators, to collaborate across disciplines, and to engage with those who can benefit most from our expertise. We should intensify our efforts to support one another  as professionals, by sharing knowledge and resources to work towards our collective growth. 

On behalf of the entire PsySSA team, I wish you all a meaningful and fulfilling New Year. May 2025 bring you health, success, and deep meaning in the work that you do and the connections that you share with family, friends and the broader community.

With gratitude and best wishes,

Prof Ronelle Carolissen

PsySSA President