Psychology You are here:HomeHealth ProfessionalsAllied Health ServicesPsychology At St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM), our psychologists work with consumers, patients, families, and other staff to assist with the psychological, emotional, and behavioural challenges experienced by people who access our healthcare service. Psychologists use evidence-based and person-centred frameworks to enhance the psychological health of people within our care. We provide psychological information, assessment, collaborative formulation, treatment, and prevention strategies as part of multidisciplinary services. Our Psychologists The SVHM Psychology workforce includes approximately 50 psychologists working across various services and campuses in the inner eastern and northern parts of Melbourne. Our psychologists have completed at least 6 years of full time study. Most of our psychologists have advanced training in clinical psychology or clinical neuropsychology. All psychologists are required to maintain registration with the Australian Health Practitioner’s Registration Authority (AHPRA) and undertake ongoing professional development to maintain competence within their area of practice. We also have provisional psychologists and clinical registrars completing parts of their education and training across the hospital. Services Psychologists work across a wide range of programs at SVHM. These include: Mental Health Acute Inpatient Services (AIS) Group and Brief Intervention Team (GBIT) Intensive Community Packages (ICP) Continuing Care Unit (Footbridge) Prevention and Recovery Care Unit (PARC) Perinatal Emotional Health Service Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Services (CL) Addiction Medicine Services Community Access and Assessment Teams (CART) Suicide Prevention Teams (HOPE) Aged Persons Assessment & Treatment Teams (APATT) Healthy Ageing Service (HAS) Older Persons Autism Liaison Service (OPALS) Older Persons Chronic Pain Management Service Body and Eating Disorders Treatment Recovery Service (BETRS) Family Violence Services (FV) Victorian Transcultural Mental Health Service (VTMH) Continuing Care Palliative Care & Caritas Christi Psycho-Oncology Services Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM) Cognitive and Dementia Memory Services (CDAMS) Victorian Polio Services Complex Care Services Specialist Services Clinical Neurosciences Sleep Medicine Centre Allied Health Acute/Subacute Inpatient Neuropsychology Education Referral Process and Eligibility We do not have direct referrals to our psychologists. Psychologists are embedded across SVHM within clinical teams. If you are accessing a service at SVHM, please discuss a referral to psychology with a member of your treating team. Contact Director of Psychology – Dr Paul Sadler Above: Some of our SVHM Psychologists celebrating afternoon tea in the Carlton Gardens (May 2025)