Cairnmillar offers supervision to registered psychologists and other allied health professionals working in the mental health field. Our supervision is delivered by Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) approved registered psychologists, in line with the PsyBA's competency framework.
Supervision sessions can have a diverse focus, from clinical case formulation to building specific clinical skills for your practice. Supervision also provides space for reflective practice and development of self-care strategies to assist your career as a psychologist or allied health professional.
You can find a full list of Cairnmillar's board-approved supervisor profiles below.
We can provide ongoing or single-session supervision, depending on your needs. Please contact our clinic team at [email protected] or on 1800 391 393 to request an appointment.
FAQs
Group sessions are available to teams of wellbeing/mental health professionals, to provide the opportunity for structured and confidential facilitated clinical support.
Group supervision augments existing professional supports and helps individuals within the group to feel confident, valued and acknowledged for the important work they do. These sessions are designed to provide a safe and supportive environment to debrief and reflect on individual cases and practice issues. They can help to identify, manage and prevent work stressors before they start to negatively impact on the group's work.
Please note: group sessions are not therapeutically focused and do not provide treatment for ongoing personal mental health issues or critical incident management. For clinical groups, please see our Groups and Programs page.
Group supervision may focus on:
- Enhanced wellbeing
- Sharing experiences with others
- Increased motivation & job satisfaction
- Managing aspects of the MHP role
- Strategies to prevent burnout and vicarious trauma
- Managing clinical caseload
- Safe space to debrief
- Identifying areas for growth and development
- Enhancement of clinical skills
- Reflective practice
Group supervision is charged at $375 plus GST per hour. Please contact our clinic team at [email protected] or 1800 391 393 for more information.
Critical incident debriefing is open to all types of teams that may have been exposed to a difficult and potentially traumatising situation or experience.
Group critical incident debriefing can serve an integral part in normalising responses and assisting a team with co-operative response to difficult situations that can result in vicarious trauma.
Group supervision or group debriefing facilitates the following for group members:
- To provide support (restorative) that focuses on emotional needs. This would include debriefing, offloading, encouragement, celebrating successes, specific case discussion and communication. Allowing for development of understanding.
- To be formative and focus on developing knowledge, skills, goal setting, reflection, and challenging or extending ideas. This type of supervision can include supporting developing psychologically safe team communication.
Debriefing services are delivered face to face by one of Cairnmillar's board-approved supervisors. Once a group supervisor is allocated, this will remain the ongoing group supervisor unless a change is requested.
Group debriefing is charged at $375 plus GST per hour. Please contact our clinic team at [email protected] or 1800 391 393 for more information.
For those seeking board-approved supervisor training, please visit our Professional Development & Training page.
Yes, our board-approved supervisors can provide clinical supervision to registered psychologists completing a PsyBA registrar program.
This is charged at our current supervision rate. See Fees & Rebates for more information.
Supervision with a board-approved supervisor is charged at $220 (incl. GST) per hour.
See our Fees & Rebates page for further information, including the Cairnmillar Clinic's cancellation policy
Clinicians
A/Prof. Alex Bahar-Fuchs
Senior Psychologist
Alex is an experienced clinician and researcher who is particularly passionate about healthy cognitive ageing, and the treatment of people with or at risk of dementia. He is a leading Australian and international authority on cognitive interventions for older people, and his work informed clinical practice guidelines in Australia and beyond.
Dr Archana Kaur
Deputy Director of Clinical Services;
Archana is a Clinical Psychologist and AHPRA Board Approved Supervisor. She has experience working with people of all ages from children to older adults.
Dr James Donnelly
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Dr Donnelly earned his Master’s and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Human Development with extensive training in psychotherapy, developmental disabilities, dementia and neuropsychology at Vanderbilt University.
Dr Joseph Sakdalan
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Dr Joseph Sakdalan is an AHPRA Registered Psychologist with endorsements in clinical psychology, counselling psychology and clinical neuropsychology. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the APS College of Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists.
Dr Joseph Sakdalan
Joseph is a Lecturer and a Clinical and Research supervisor. He is also a Senior Psychologist at the Cairnmillar Institute North Melbourne Clinic. Joseph also works as a Principal Psychologist for Court Reports at Forensicare.
Dr Julia Parsonson
Senior Psychologist & Assessment Clinic Lead
Dr Karen Hendricks
Dr Karen Hendricks is a clinical psychologist who has worked with clients in a broad range of settings including public mental health, psycho-oncology, and private practice.
Dr Melissa Siu
Clinical Psychologist & Placement Supervisor
Melissa has worked in both public hospital and private practice settings for over 20 years. She enjoys working with individuals and conducting group therapy.
Dr Michael Clarke
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Michael is a Clinical Psychologist with a commitment to helping people find contentment and happiness within themselves. Michael is compassionate and understanding and is very supportive of his clients.
Dr Natasha Rogers
Natasha supervises placement students and is experienced treating complex trauma.
Dr Vivienne Wisniewski
Senior Psychologist
Vivienne is a warm and compassionate therapist. Her focus is on helping individuals to gain insight into and curiosity to explore their emotions. Vivienne’s therapeutic practice is driven by humanistic and person-centered principals.
Jane Anastasios
Jane is a counselling psychologist and family therapist with over 25 years providing therapy and supervision in school settings and private practice.
Margaret (Malgorzata) Karafilowska
Psychologist & Board Approved Supervisor
Maya Feldman
Maya is a Clinical Psychologist and a Board approved Supervisor who has worked in major public (Monash Health, Eastern Health) and private mental health settings as a senior clinician.
Meaghan Maguire
Meaghan is a registered psychologist and holds endorsement in Clinical Psychology. She is a board approved supervisor and has a keen interest in supporting the development of early career psychologists.
Michelle Doolan
Senior Psychologist & Family Therapist
Michelle is a Counselling Psychologist and Clinical Family Therapist who works with children, adults, couples, and families. Michelle tailors her approach and supports clients to connect with their strengths as they work towards their goals.
Neil Wilson
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Neil is an experienced psychologist who has worked in clinical and private settings over the past decade. He works collaboratively with his clients to create realistic goals for treatment.
Stacey Freebody
Senior Clinical Psychologist & Lecturer
Stacey is a psychologist with professional passions across developmental research and teaching, as well the applied clinical support of her child clients and their families.
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