Peter Abraham

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Peter Abraham

Clinical Psychologist
Registered Clinical Psychologist Psychology Clinic.
D.Psych (Clinical) B.Ed. MAPS
Grad Dip. Student Welfare
Cert IV TAA

Current Associations/ Registrations/ Memberships

  • Registered with Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA-Psychology Board-approved area of practice clinical psychology).

  • Member of Australian Psychological Society (Eligibility for membership of the College of Clinical Psychologists).

  • Registered with Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT).

  • Medicare registration, ATAPS, TAC, WorkCover

Areas of Professional Focus

  • Children/ Adolescents/ Adults/ Family

  • Alcohol & Binge drinking

  • Anger

  • Anxiety Disorders (including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

  • Behaviour Disorder (and related difficulties)

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Borderline Personality Disorder

  • Cannabis

  • Critical Incident Management

  • Cross cultural & religious issues

  • Depression

  • Drug & Alcohol

  • Dual Diagnosis Disorders

  • Education

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Family Dynamics (BFT and Psychodynamic approach)

  • Grief and Loss

  • Group Dynamics (Psychodynamic approach)

  • Panic

  • Schizoaffective Disorder

  • Phobias

  • Psychosis

  • Self Harm

  • Schizophrenia

  • Suicidality – suicide prevention and postvention

  • Trauma (including focus on organisational response)

Therapeutic Approaches Available

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • BFT Therapy (Family Therapy training – delivered by Bouverie Clinic)

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Desensitisation techniques

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy approaches (DBT)

  • Group Therapy

  • Interpersonal Therapy (depression)

  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

  • Short Term Solution Focused Therapy

  • Education services

  • Lectures/ Seminars/ Critical incident Response

  • Recent experience:

  • Critical Incident Response (see background information below)

Background information

Peter trained as a clinical psychologist to consolidate and expand on 25 years experience teaching and counselling ‘at risk’ adolescents residing throughout the Western suburbs of Melbourne. Peter was a school principal/staff welfare and student welfare co-ordinator whilst at Kensington Community High School. This school caters for disadvantaged adolescents (in collaboration with parents, care-givers and agencies) dealing with behavioural difficulties, suicidality, self-harm and trauma, and also other complex dynamics.

As a registrar, Peter had considerable success with adolescents at the Austin Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services-CAMHS (parent testimonial [no identifying information] sent directly to the CAMHS Director is available on request). Following a traumatic event in a secondary college (2012), Peter debriefed key personnel, supervised wellbeing staff, organised and participated in a Parent Forum focusing on Positive Mental Health, engaging a national mental health body and City Council to respond to community concerns focusing on self-harm, suicidality and social media issues (testimonial from college principal available on request). Peter has also recently provided professional development to college staff focusing on raising awareness of general mental health (staff and students), bullying, systemic organisational structures responding to difficult adolescent behaviour, emotional intelligence, and promotion of resilience in schools.

Overall, Peter aims to collaboratively help children, adolescents and adults develop resilience to regain and maintain control to manage in their lives … and to promote wellbeing and positive psychological health into the future.

Concession rates

Yes: Concession cardholders, full-time students

Publications

  • Investigating Culturally Competent Reflective Practice in Diabetes Healthcare [Unpublished manuscript: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology), Victoria University 2012].

  • Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Health: Workplace Implications [Unpublished manuscript: Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Victoria University 2002].