- Cairnmillar Institute Clinic

June 2013
How places have
changed!
How our focus
has changed!
Cairnmillar has been a presence in
Melbourne for 52 years. There was
a time when we had centres at
Blackburn, Beaumaris and Doveton.
There was a time when we trained
many people to be telephone
counsellors with Citizens’ Advice
Bureaux in several suburbs.
For over 25 years we have placed a
strong emphasis on two initial
populations in our wider
community. First, our work with
Kindergarten Field Officers focussed
on the mental and emotional health
of Kindergarten children aged 4 – 6
years. Our concern has been to help
children who are emotionally
Today we have counselling centres affected by child abuse, domestic
at Camberwell, Highpoint,
violence, the loss of a parent, the
Maribyrnong, Springvale and a joint disintegration of the family and
venture in the city of Melbourne.
many behavioural problems.
We have three student psychology
clinics and a ‘footprint’ that covers Second, our concern has been for
many parts of Victoria – from
people at the other end of the age
Geelong to Bendigo.
spectrum – people between 50 and
90 years of age. The problems of
older people are numerous, and
often evaded or ignored.
How people have
changed!
In 2013-14 we are attempting to
provide more specific counselling
There was a time when we were
services for these two age groups.
cautious about going to a
The kindergarten work has become
counsellor or a therapist. Today
known as “The Big Tent Project”.
people from 200 suburbs across
Melbourne and several rural places The aged and SAGE work will
develop a new counselling project
seek our clinical services.
to help older people do their ageing
Today, Cairnmillar provides close on better.
20,000 counselling sessions a year.
Today, over a thousand doctors
refer people to us.
This is what we
aim to do:
To advance the psychological health
and well-being of people at all ages.
To improve the quality of life
through counselling,
psychotherapy, and community
education.
To improve community and
personal knowledge and growth.
To provide psychological
counselling and therapy programs,
individual, interpersonal, group and
family therapy.
The 20 Year Focus
Parents want to do all they can to enhance
the first 20 years of their children’s lives.
Older adults as they reach 70 look to how
they can enhance the next 20 years of
their own lives.
At 70, Bernie has been retired five years.
His marriage has lost much of its earlier
anticipation. His wife has her problems.
And Bernie himself finds friends are
becoming less, his children now grown-up,
have their lives to live. He carries a load of
resentment. He worries. He is overweight
and rarely exercises. He says “old age is
creeping up”. What will the NEXT 20 years
have for him?
Cairnmillar can offer people like Bernie
ways to look forward to their next 20
years. We are developing programs that
build on the SAGE groups that have
assisted people of 55 grow and engage
with life in the years leading to, and after,
retirement.
Professor Avni Sali
At our graduation, Professor Avni Sali was
inducted as Cairnmillar’s new Adjunct Professor.
Professor Sali has been a strong influence in
interdisciplinary health sciences and clinical
practice. He is a man of many distinctive
achievements. Prior to the establishment of the
National Institute of Integrative Medicine,
Professor Avni Sali was the Founding Head of the
Graduate School of Integrative Medicine at
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. Prior to this
appointment, he was Head of the University of Melbourne’s
Department of Surgery at the Heidelberg Hospital in Melbourne. He
is President of the International Council of Integrative Medicine and
immediate past President of the Australasian Integrative Medicine
Association (AIMA), and director of the National Institute of
Integrative Medicine. He is the author of several books,
approximately 300 medical journal articles, and is on the Editorial
Board of several other journals.
In 2002, he was presented with the St Michael's Award for
outstanding community service. In April 2004, Professor Sali led the
Australian Government Biotech Alliance Complementary
Healthcare Mission to Taiwan. In August 2005 he was awarded the
Australian Humanitarian Award for contributions to health.
Cairnmillar is very pleased and proud to be associated with him.
The Australian
Psychological Society
Excellence Awards
We are very proud that
two of our students
have received APS
Awards. Julijana
Chochovski received the
APS Prize awarded to a
student gaining first
place at the end of the 4th year accredited
program. Graeme Castle, one of our the
Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
program graduates, was awarded an
outstanding student prize by the APS College
of Clinical Psychologists .
Meet the New Cairnmillar Fellows
Ms Joy Arnot has had an outstanding career in nursing, active in the
fields of midwifery, rehabilitation and geriatric health. She serves on
Cairnmillar’s Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).
Dr Erin Holloway is a clinical psychologist at Mackillop Family
Services, with a particular interest in how people recover from
adversity and mental illness.
Associate Professor David Loader OAM has been a valued member
of the Cairnmillar Senatus, receiving the Sir James Darling Medal for
outstanding contributions to education. David is former Principal of
Wesley College and Methodist Ladies’ College.
Ms Carmel O’Brien is the Director of Clinical Services at Doncare.
She is a psychologist with specialist interests in women affected by
domestic violence.
Professor Emeritus Brian Smith AO has served as a member of the
Cairnmillar Council since 2007. He is former Vice Chancellor of the
University of Western Sydney, and has served on the St Michael’s
Church Council.
Our First Masters Degree in
Clinical Psychology
At our graduation a very joyful celebration was reached as we
graduated our first students from our fully accredited Masters
Degree in Psychology (Clinical Psychology). Six students had the
honour of being our first Clinical Masters graduates:
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Graeme Castle
Fadia Isaac
Lee Kennedy
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Ebanee Loquancio
Melanie Smerdon
Richard Weld-Blundell
We wish them all well in their future careers.
Guest Speaker
Everyone was entirely captivated by
Dr Ranjana Srivastava, a widely read and
respected oncologist, as she gave the Key Note
Address at our 2013 Graduation. She spoke of
the vital role of the professional person in
caring for, and counselling, their patients. Dr
Srivastava writes a regular newspaper column, and she is the author
of the books “Tell Me the Truth” and “Drop In For a Chat”.
We Have 40 Partnerships
We operate at four sites, have three student psychology clinics, and
a footprint that covers regional and country Victoria with over forty
allied health services, schools, and community based organisations.
Our programs have university equivalence, and are accredited by the
Australian Psychology Accreditation Council and the
Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia.
Calling Our Alumni
Have we lost touch with you?
Let us know your current details so we can invite you to hear
our international speakers. Details can be found at the back of
the newsletter. Please send your current details to:
[email protected]
Thinking of Studying in
2014?
Join us at one of our information nights.
You are invited to learn more about our
programs, ask and receive more detailed
information, and meet current students and
faculty.
• Wednesday July 24
• Wednesday September 25
• Thursday October 3
Time: 6pm
Place: 993 Burke Road, Camberwell
To register: [email protected]
Telephone: 9813 3400
Continuing
Professional
Education
Seminars
2013
Our Continuing Professional Education seminars provide an
opportunity to learn from some of the leading practitioners in the
field of psychoanalytic thinking, psychological health and integrative
medicine. The seminar series is open to Cairnmillar alumni, current
students, psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors and helping
professionals who would benefit from learning more about the
concepts and interventions of clinical practice and psychodynamic
treatment.
Coming Soon:
Mr Michael Connolly of New York
The Benefits of Psychotherapy for Traumatised Kids
Dr William B Stewart of San Francisco
Deep Medicine—Harnessing the Source of Your Healing
Power
Past Presenters:
Our 2012 Annual
Report
Our 2012 Annual Report is now available. It
contains some great stories about our
achievements, the work we do, and the extent
of the counselling services we offer. It
describes how 20,000 consultations are
provided each year, how we opened a new
Springvale office, offered new psychology
courses in our School, continued our group
therapy and community education programs,
researched traumatised kids in our Big Tent
Project, and so much more. We hope it gives
you an insight into what we do and why
individual and community support for our
work is so important.
Dr Francis Macnab
The Damaged Self, Opening the Pathways to Restoring the
Self
Dr Paul Valent
In Two Minds: Tales of a Psychotherapist
2013 Scholarships Awarded
The John Waters
Memorial
Scholarship:
Ms Anita Juhász
Anita comes to us from Hungary with
qualifications in psychology and economics
from the Budapest University of
Technology, where she was awarded
‘Student of the Year 2012’. Anita is
committed to social causes and issues. Her
interests include promoting intercultural
tolerance and mutual understanding.
Where to find us:
Camberwell:
T: 9813 3400
Mingary:
T: 9654 5120
Highpoint:
T: 9317 0622
Springvale:
T: 9546 5255
The Smeeth
Scholarship:
Ms Julijana
Chochovski
The Smeeth Scholarship supports a position
within The Cairnmillar Institute for a
Research Assistant. With the Smeeth
Scholarship, Julijana will be engaged in
research with the SAGE programme,
involving people 60-95 years of age. She
brings to the SAGE research extensive
knowledge on the current literature in the
area of gerontology.
The Windemere
Research Fellow:
Dr Erin Pearson
Dr Erin Pearson is a registered psychologist
with considerable research and teaching
experience in developmental psychology,
trauma psychology, resilience and
protective factors. Erin is very active in
developing a unique research on
kindergarten children and the vital work of
preschool field officers.