Charlene is an Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society. Charlene graduated with Class 1 Honours from James Cook University in 2004. In 2004, she was awarded The Australian Psychological Society's Prize for Psychology and a James Cook University Academic Medal. Charlene is a an Accredited Infertility Counsellor with the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellor's Association and holds full membership with the Fertility Society of Australia. Charlene is also a member of the Centre for Perinatal Phycology and of PANDA.