Current research at Cairnmillar

• Barriers for general practitioners as predictors fo their ability to identify and treat depression
• Diabetes education nurses’ views on effective strategies
• Do experienced psychologists and psychology interns differ in their ability to develop a working alliance with clients and therefore impact on outcomes of therapy?
• Efficiency and practicality of Cyclic Maladaptive Patterns in Brief Psychodynamic Therapy in marital conflict.
• Experiences of felt and enacted stigma among parents of children with autism whilst in a public space
• Metaphor in therapy.
• Moderating effects of masculinity ideology/norms on gender role conflict and psychological help-seeking attitudes in men
• Practitioners’ perspectives on the role of forgiveness in therapy.
• Professional challenges of therapists working with survivors of the Black Saturday bushfires.
• Professional perception and competence on working with religious/spiritual issues.
• Social desirability and Religious conversion.
• The lived experience and resilience of a young adult woman whose sister had cancer.
• The One Adult Mentor qualities that elicit the trust of teenage boys.
• The relationship between playing traumatic roles and actors’ wellbeing.
• The working alliance as a predictor of treatment outcomes and retention rates.
• Therapy in the ‘now’