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Did you know that our Community Clinic is FREE? No Referrals needed.

Welcome to Cairnmillar

Our close links to the community

Since 1961 we have been a strong advocate of #BetterMentalHealth for the community, providing psychological and counselling services together with contemporary and relevant education programs.

Cairnmillar Clinics

We have professional psychology and counselling clinics located in Hawthorn East, Dandenong, North Melbourne and Melbourne CBD.

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Innovation and Partnerships

Cairnmillar developed the first human relations training program in Australia; it was first in developing family counselling services in the suburbs; it took programs for the prevention of suicide into schools througout Victoria.

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Clinical Services

As part of our mission as a not-for-profit charity, we extend our traditional services to include a low-cost community clinic.

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Undergraduate Courses

Cairnmillar has several pathways for people to become psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists. Visit our undergraduate page here.

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Postgraduate courses

Cairnmillar has several postgraduate programs, including Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate Degrees, Graduate Diplomas and Certificates in psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

Research

Better Mental Health Research

Taking basic psychological theory and empirical findings, and turning them into evaluated and applied outcomes for the benefit of the community.

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Your gift will help raise broken spirits, assist troubled minds and create new hope.

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years experience in providing counselling and mental health education to the community

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sessions of low cost counselling per year to those who otherwise could not afford psychological assistance.

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Cairnmillar Institute Awarded Government Grant to Help Train More Psychologists

We’re excited to announce that the Cairnmillar Institute (CMI) has received a major grant from the Australian Government’s Department of ...
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Acknowledgement of Country

The Cairnmillar Institute acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are meeting. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present, and the Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today.

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