National Guide to Training Programs
in Psychotherapy and Counselling

These courses are aimed at health care professionals working in the infant mental health field, who wish to develop their understanding and clinical skills in working with infants and parents or who are interested in participating in service development, delivery and evaluation. Both courses focus primarily on the baby and the infant/parent relationships and provide training in skilled assessment and intervention with families which can greatly assist the capacity of parents to facilitate their child's development. Infant and Parent Mental Heath therefore is able to play a major role in the prevention of serious psychiatric disability.

The courses have been developed out of clinical teaching work of the Infant Mental Health Group at the Royal Children's Hospital and draws on the disciplines of psychiatry, developmental psychology and psychoanalysis for its theoretical basis. The Diploma provides theoretical and observational foundations for beginning to work with infant mental health problems. The Masters course aims to provide a thorough knowledge of the principles and practice of infant mental health and equip students to directly apply the knowledge and skills gained to intervene effectively with infants and families presenting with infant mental heath problems.

Available in : VIC

Assoc. Profs Campbell Paul, Frances Thomson Salo or Brigid Jordan : 03 9345 4144