John’s Memorial Unit (JMU) is an ambient healing place offering caring and effective psychology services to children, adolescents, women, men, couples, families and groups in the Western Region of Melbourne and beyond. Help and support is available for a range of mental health conditions and life problems, some of which are eligible for funding under Medicare, NDIS and various programs (see further details in each program listed in the funding section below). As a home based practice, services are available by appointment only.

• Psychology services available for children, adolescents, women, men, couples, families and groups offered in house and outreach

• Services include counselling, assessment and psychotherapy for a range of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder, BPD, psychosis, suicide prevention and bereavement

• Approaches include supportive psychotherapy, crisis intervention, cognitive behaviour therapy, group art therapy, skills training, psycho education, relaxation training, emotional/cognitive and social skills training

• Psychology services for self managed and plan managed NDIS participants 

• NDIS participants  can access a psychologist via their Capacity Building funding. The psychologist will invoice the plan manager or you (if self managed) via the NDIS Item Number: 15_054_0128_1_3 – Assessment, Recommendation, Therapy or Training (including Assistive Technology) – Psychology.  Capacity building psychology services can help you improve your emotional, cognitive and social skills, community participation and overall mental health and well being in relation to your disability