If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in Australia
- 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.
- Beyond Blue support service: Tel: 1300 22 4636. 24 hours.
- 13YARN: Tel: 13 92 76. 24 hours.
- SuicideLine Victoria: Tel: 1300 651 251. 24 hours. For ages 15 and over.
- All crisis lines in Australia
This page lists Male Anxiety Psychotherapists in Melbourne. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 13 psychotherapists listed in Melbourne.
These are practitioners who identify as male 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 man.
Identifying as a man is a different thing from working with men's concerns. A client and a practitioner always differ, whatever they share 2.
How anxiety is treated
Anxiety treatment is for fear and worry that persist and get in the way.
The treatments with the most evidence are based on cognitive-behavioural principles 3. That includes exposure therapy, where you face what you have been avoiding, a step at a time.
A prescriber may also consider medicine, depending on age and severity 4. Ask a practitioner how they work with anxiety.
What psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.
A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Male identity, the specialism recorded as Anxiety and the professional title psychotherapist.
The Melbourne page answers more questions about therapy there.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
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.
Who registers therapists in Australia?
See the Australia page for the professions that do carry a register there.
Nearby places and related listings
- Anxiety Psychotherapists in Melbourne
- Female Anxiety Psychotherapists in Melbourne
- Male Anxiety Psychologists in Melbourne
- Male Trauma Psychotherapists in Melbourne
- Male Psychologists in Melbourne, one filter on the full Melbourne psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Melbourne, one filter on the full Melbourne psychologists list
- Psychologists in Melbourne
- Psychotherapists in Melbourne
- Every therapist listed in Melbourne (113)
- Couples counselling in Melbourne
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)