If you or your child are in immediate danger, or your child has hurt themselves or talked about it, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. Child helplines and crisis lines:
Crisis numbers in Australia
- Kids Helpline: Tel: 1800 55 1800. 24 hours. For ages five to 25.
- headspace (eheadspace), mental health support: Tel: 1800 650 890. For young people aged 12 to 25, and family or friends worried about them. Every day, 3pm to 10pm.
- Lifeline 13 11 14: Tel: 13 11 14 | Text: 0477 13 11 14. 24 hours.
- Suicide Call Back Service: Tel: 1300 659 467. 24 hours. For ages 15 and over.
- SuicideLine Victoria: Tel: 1300 651 251. 24 hours. For ages 15 and over.
- Carer Gateway: Tel: 1800 422 737 (then option 1 for your local service provider). Weekdays, 8am to 5pm.
- All crisis lines in Australia
This page lists Female Child Psychologists in Melbourne. 4 in all.
That is 4 of the 5 psychologists listed in Melbourne.
These are practitioners who identify as female on their profile 1. We ask every therapist that question, and they may decline to answer. We do not check it.
This list answers an explicit request for a woman.
A client and a practitioner always differ; what matters is what that means to you and how you work with it 2. You can filter the same list by the languages a practitioner works in.
How therapy with children works
Therapy with children follows how children communicate. That is more often through play than through explaining.
Parents bring children about worry, low mood, or behaviour at home or school. Other children come after a family change, or after something frightening.
It is not a school assessment, and it is not a report on parenting.
What a psychologist does, and where assessment fits in
Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities.
Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.
Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Female identity, the specialism recorded as Child and the professional title psychologist.
The Melbourne page answers more questions about therapy there.
Paying for therapy in Melbourne
What does therapy cost in Melbourne?
Our Melbourne fee guide puts a session with a psychologist at $220 to $290. Those are advertised prices.
Do affordable options exist in Melbourne?
Cairnmillar Institute Community Clinic. Phone 1800 391 393. Community Clinic sessions are free. The clinic is open to the public and you do not need a referral. Its locations include Melbourne CBD and Hawthorn.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my child old enough for therapy?
Practitioners see very young children too, in a different form. Play is a natural way for children to communicate their thoughts, feelings, experiences and trauma. The practitioner picks the method to fit the child, not the other way round. Say your child's age at first contact and ask what a practitioner would do.
Will I be told what my child says?
Not all of it, and the arrangement is set before the work starts. Parents are treated as partners in the work rather than kept outside it3. What is shared and what is held differs with the child's age and with local law. Ask a practitioner to set out their arrangement at the first meeting.
What happens in a first session with a child?
Often a practitioner meets the parents first, or the parents and child together. Play, drawing and games are the way in rather than a break from the work. Ask how parents or carers will be involved in the work. Ask before you book.
Is this an assessment for school?
No. This filter lists practitioners who work with children therapeutically. Educational assessments, reports for schools and reports for courts are separate pieces of work, and not every practitioner does them. If a school has asked for a report, say so at first contact and ask whether a practitioner provides one.
Who registers therapists in Australia?
Titles you will see include Psychologist (Psych), Provisional Psychologist (Prov. Psych) and Clinical Psychologist.
Search the register by name at Psychology Board of Australia (via AHPRA). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
What these practitioners record
Nearby places and related listings
- Child Psychologists in Melbourne
- Female ADHD Psychologists in Melbourne
- Female Addiction Psychologists in Melbourne
- Female Anxiety Psychologists in Melbourne
- Female Couples Psychologists in Melbourne
- Female Depression Psychologists in Melbourne
- Psychologists in Melbourne
- Psychotherapists in Melbourne
- Melbourne: all therapists listed (113)
- Couples counselling, Melbourne
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] Landreth, Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship (2012), chapter 9. Parents as partners in play therapy.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
