1999 Education Handbook - Stress Management and Counselling Teaching Unit

Stress Management and Counselling Teaching Unit

Clayton campus
The Centre for Stress Management and Research was founded in 1990 to:

train graduate-level students in counselling psychology in the clinical procedures of assessment and intervention for management of stress;
conduct research on issues related to stress and its management;
develop a public education program which would bring stress management to the attention of the community.

To achieve some of these ends, the Stress Management and Counselling Clinic was opened in March 1992. Construction of the clinic was funded entirely by outside sources and major grants were received from several philanthropic agencies.
In July 1997, the centre was renamed the 'Stress Management and Counselling Teaching Unit'. A strong focus on teaching and clinical work prompted the change, with the unit catering to the varied needs of the general public. The unit is staffed by two full-time and three part-time psychologists under the supervision of Ms Daniela Guidara and offers a psychological service on a means-tested, fee-for-service basis. Students from the Master of Psychology (Counselling) also perform supervised casework in the unit and students from other faculties within Monash (eg Medicine) and other universities have also spent valuable time in the unit.
The unit's services include computerised stress assessment and individual counselling for stress management and related psychological concerns. The unit also offers physical fitness assessment and advice with the aim of helping clients to develop more effective lifestyles for coping with stress.
Further information about the centre or the Stress Management and Counselling Clinic may be obtained from the unit on (03) 9905 5469.