Features — Ponder
The platform

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

Ponder is built around the real shape of a psychologist's CPD year — every feature designed to reduce friction, not add to it.

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01 — Dashboard

Your CPD year, at a glance

The moment you open Ponder, you know exactly where you stand. Your compliance status, hours breakdown, goal progress, and drafts — all visible without hunting for anything.

Live tracking of total CPD hours, peer consultation hours, and activity hours — updated every time you log something

"Next steps" prompts guide you to what needs attention — set a goal, log a consultation, explore upcoming events

Drafts surface automatically so nothing gets forgotten between sessions

Switch between CPD years with a single click — your full history is always accessible

Home

Next steps for your CPD

Set a learning goal
Log a consultation
Explore events
CPD Compliance Status 2025–26

Total CPD Hours · 30 hrs min

100% complete

0 hrs remaining

Consultation · 10 hrs min

25% complete

7.5 hrs remaining

Activities · 20 hrs min

100% complete

0 hrs remaining

Learning goals

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

To improve my understanding of CBT techniques for anxiety treatment · Check in 1st Jul

In progress

Refresh, extend or improve current job-related skills

To enhance my skills in CBT for treating anxiety in adolescents

In progress

New learning goal

Focus area

Select, or write your own focus area

Goal

Choose a starter, edit, or write your own

Useful links

02 — Learning goals

Goals that actually guide your year

Ponder doesn't give you a blank text box. It walks you through setting a meaningful goal — focus area, what success looks like, your action plan — and then connects every activity you log back to it.

Guided goal-setting with starter prompts for focus area, goal statement, measure of success, and action plan — so you're never staring at a blank page

Link CPD activities and peer consultations directly to goals — so your learning tells a coherent story across the year

Check-in dates keep goals active and visible, not set-and-forgotten in December

Quick links to Psychology Board guidelines and professional competencies built directly into the goal form

03 — Peer consultation

Log consultations the way they actually happen

Peer consultation is one of the most poorly tracked parts of CPD — because the tools make it harder than it needs to be. Ponder breaks it into four simple steps and confirms exactly what will count before you save.

Log who you met with, total duration, and time spent discussing your practice — with quick-select time buttons, no typing needed

Guided reflection prompts — summary, key learnings, action plan — structured to capture what actually matters

Link each consultation to a learning goal so your peer learning contributes to a broader professional narrative

"What will happen when you save" confirmation removes all doubt — you'll always know it counted before you close the app

New consult
Details Reflection Action plan Review & save

Who did you meet with?

Michael Thompson

Date of meeting

07/04/2026

Total duration

15 min
30 min
45 min
60 min
Custom

Focus of discussion

Case discussion on anxiety management techniques

Link to learning goal

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
This time will count toward peer consultation requirements
New CPD activity
Details Reflection Action plan Review & save

Title

CBT for Anxiety in Children & Adolescents — Workshop

Activity type

Workshop

Activity details

Dr. Sarah Mitchell, Australian Psychological Society

Duration

15 min
30 min
45 min
60 min
Custom

Attach certificate or receipt

Choose a file...
This activity will be added to your CPD log
The duration will count toward your CPD totals
04 — CPD activities

Log any activity in under a minute

From workshops and webinars to online courses and reading — every CPD activity logged with the detail that matters. The same guided four-step flow means nothing gets missed and every entry is complete.

Activity type dropdown covers all formats — workshop, webinar, online course, conference, reading, and more

Attach certificates and receipts directly to the entry — no more hunting through email when you need evidence

Guided reflection and action plan fields capture what you learned and what you'll do with it

Two green ticks confirm your activity is logged and your hours are counted — before you even close the screen

05 — Events hub

CPD events, all in one place

Stop checking APS, AAPi, and provider websites separately. Ponder pulls upcoming CPD events into a single feed, filtered automatically for your state and searchable by topic and date.

Events from APS, AAPi, and other providers aggregated and updated automatically

Auto-filtered to your state from the moment you open it — no setup required

Filter by topic area, format, and date to find exactly what's relevant to your practice

Click through directly to the provider's registration page — Ponder finds it, you book it

CPD events, all in one place.

Upcoming events · In WA · From 07 Apr 2026

AAPi

Drop-In Peer Supervision

Online · 7/4/2026

Group Supervision

APS

EMDR Group Consultation

Online · 8/4/2026

Clinical Supervision

APS

Working with Children & Young People

Online · 9/4/2026

Child & Adolescent

AAPi

Pathological Demand Avoidance in Autism

Online · 17/4/2026

Clinical

EMDR Group Consultation

APS — EMDR Therapy and Psychology Interest Group

Online, VIC · Wed 8 Apr 2026
Group Supervision · Clinical Supervision Skills
Your logbook
2025–26
PonderCPD Logbook · 2025–26 Excel
Peer consultMichael Thompson · Anxiety management30 min
WorkshopCBT for Anxiety · Children & Adolescents30 hrs
Online courseIntroduction to DBT30 min
Peer consultSarah Smith · SCARED assessment1 hr
Peer consultSarah Smith · Case conceptualisation45 min
Total hours logged32.5 hours
06 — Export

Your logbook, ready when you need it

Everything you've logged throughout the year — activities, peer consultations, reflections, goals — compiled into a structured, formatted Excel logbook. One click, whenever you need it.

Complete logbook export including all CPD activities, peer consultations, learning goals, and reflections

Structured and formatted to align with Psychology Board of Australia record-keeping expectations

Download any time — not just at the end of the year. Your records are always yours

Your data is stored securely for five years, with a final export provided if you ever close your account

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