Our Staff

Jane is a counselling psychologist and family therapist with over 25 years providing therapy and supervision in school settings and private practice.

Tanya is currently a lecturer with the Cairnmillar Institute.

Anjali is a Clinical Psychologist and AHPRA Board Approved Supervisor. She has experience working with adolescents, young adults and adults, with a range of presentations including anxiety, depression, social and emotional problems, trauma, risk to self and others, personality difficulties, and forensic issues.

Dr Terence Bartholomew is a Senior clinical psychologist, Senior lecturer, Board Approved Supervisor, and Co-ordinator of the Master of Professional Psychology program. He teaches and provides research and clinical supervision across all CMI graduate programs.  His research interests include: psycho-legal areas, addiction, creativity / musicality, and the predictors of treatment success.

Kate is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She has worked across a wide range of clinical settings including private practice (Headspace), schools, prisons and the Barwon Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA).

Dr Michele Bell is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor working with students at CMI undertaking their Doctorate or Master of Clinical Psychology programs.

Zohar is a course and unit coordinator, counsellor, psychotherapist and group facilitator with over 20 years of experience in group leadership and facilitation and over 15 years as a counsellor and psychotherapist.

Jo is passionate about inclusivity and diversity research and is currently involved in qualitative studies on the psychosocial wellbeing of refugees and gender diverse people.

Christine is a registered psychologist, facilitator and coach. She is experienced in a range of managerial and leadership skills including communication, innovation, personal brand, resilience, presentation skills, leading change and workplace wellbeing.

Greg completed his undergraduate and higher degree training in psychology over the course of a decade whilst working as a full-time secondary school teacher.

David has a healthy obsession with understanding how and why complex psychological abilities involving the ‘self’ develop and evolve.

Prof Linda Byrne is the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy at the Cairnmillar Institute. She is an honorary Professor in the School of Psychology at Deakin University.

Jennifer has worked at The Cairnmillar Institute since 2018. She is passionate about learning, teaching and the experience of being a reflective practitioner.

Dr Vivienne Colegrove is a family therapist and researcher currently lecturing at Cairnmillar in the Counselling and Psychotherapy degree, and supervision of research students. They have expertise in intervention research.

Dr James Collard is a clinical psychologist. He has worked in mental health for over 15 years, with experience in both the private and public sectors, including hospitals and community health settings. This has included experience working with people of all ages.

Cat is a mid-career research fellow and health psychologist who has worked part-time in research, clinical practice, teaching, and in consultancy roles for private and public organisations since graduation in 2012.

Sasha is a senior lecturer and researcher with a special interest in cognitive and developmental psychology.

Catriona is the immediate Past-President of the Australian Psychological Society. She is a Professor of Psychology at Cairnmillar Institute and has worked as an academic for the last 15 years coordinating postgraduate psychology programs and training future psychologists.

Ms Biliana Dearly is a psychotherapist, registered clinical counsellor and supervisor with extensive experience working with people presenting with various mental health problems, traumas, life transitions and relationship difficulties.

Russell is a lecturer and research supervisor covering a range of mental health conditions and integrative interventions, with a focus on individualised formulation, as well as trauma, loss and grief, and addiction (especially problem gambling).

Michael is a senior lecturer and counselling psychologist with more than two decades of experience, across clinical practice, teaching and research.

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.

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.

Anthony is a psychologist and consultant, with experience working as a lecturer, trainer, and clinician. He works therapeutically with individuals, relationships and families using a range of psychological therapies.

Dr Paul Jenkinson is an Associate Professor at The Cairnmillar Institute (Melbourne), and an honorary Researcher/Associate Professor at University College London (UK). His research is dedicated to advancing the understanding of human behaviour through the integrated study of the brain and body, and their interactions with the physical and social world (i.e., embodied neuroscience).

Chris is the Associate Head of School for Learning and Teaching. Chris employs innovative teaching strategies for online and face-to-face classes in statistics and research methods that focus on problem-focused learning, emotion-focused learning, and narrative-based learning.

Mira is a senior clinical psychologist and board approved supervisor. She has extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders.

Zoë has a background in community development and education, working with refugees and asylum seekers, in homelessness support, with young parents, the federal police, and in men’s health and suicide prevention. Zoë currently works in private practice as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor.

Min completed her Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology at Monash University in 2011. She is a registered psychologist and an Educational and Developmental psychology registrar.

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.

Jon is the Course Coordinator for Cairnmillar’s Master of Clinical Psychology (Post-Registration) and co-director of the Centre for Health, Wellbeing and Disability.

Dr Janine McGuinness (formerly Dr Janine Webb) is a Social Psychologist with numerous years of teaching, research and service experience who has served on the Executive of the Australasian Social Psychologists.

RoseAnne’s key areas of research include quality of life and subjective wellbeing, particularly, health-related quality of life, as well as subjective wellbeing in diverse populations, particularly minority groups and marginalised populations.

Dr Moulding is an Associate Professor and course coordinator of the Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology). He has a BSc(Hons) in psychology, as well as a Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology.

A registered Clinical Psychologist and the founder of a flourishing private practice, Theo has been immersed in the field of Psychology for well over a decade.

Melissa is a Clinical Psychologist who has practised in the field for over a decade, primarily in intervention roles. She completed her clinical training and early work in Canberra, ACT

John is a unit coordinator teaching into the Bachelor of Psychology and Counselling at The Cairnmillar Institute. He is an experienced clinician practicing in the Positive Behaviour Support and Applied Behaviour Analysis spaces, working with clients and stakeholders in managing behaviours, reducing restrictive practices, and capacity-building interventions.

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.

Imogene is a unit coordinator and lecturer within the Master of Clinical Psychology (post-registration) course. In addition to her academic role, she practices as a Clinical Psychologist at the Cairnmillar Clinic, where she applies her expertise in therapeutic intervention and psychological assessment.

Steve gained his Psychology PhD in 2006 from the Human Psychopharmacology Unit at the University of Sussex, UK. After that he spent over ten years working on a diverse range of applied projects in the UK and Ireland.

Ash is a Counselling Psychologist in private practice, seeing predominantly adults and teens for individual therapy.

Gerke is a clinical psychologist with well over 15 years of clinical experience since completing her doctorate and a Board Approved Supervisor with AHPRA. Gerke is passionate about supporting and training the next generation of psychologists.