When you study clinical psychology at Swinburne, you’ll have the opportunity to specialise in psychopathology. You’ll learn to assess and treat clinical disorders including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, personality disorders, trauma, alcohol dependence, childhood disorders and psychogeriatric conditions.

By the time you graduate, you’ll have completed an accredited placement — and you’ll be ready to work as a psychologist in a clinical context. 

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  • How to become a psychologist

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    At Swinburne, we offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology degrees that are accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC).

    Our APAC-accredited degrees support the path to becoming a fully registered psychologist, as determined by the Psychology Board of Australia.

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  • Swinburne artist featurette expands beyond the screen frame in THE LUME Melbourne

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    • Media and Communication
    • Health

    The Van Gogh experience returns to THE LUME Melbourne showcasing a new artist featurette by Swinburne’s award-winning digital artist and Senior Lecturer James Berrett.

    Friday 20 December 2024
  • What does the ‘common good’ actually mean? Our research found common ground across the political divide

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    • Politics

    Some topics are hard to define. They are nebulous; their meanings are elusive. Topics relating to morality fit this description. So do those that are subjective, meaning different things to different people in different contexts. In our recently published paper, we targeted the nebulous concept of the “common good”.

    Tuesday 23 January 2024

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