Lecturer Senior Lecturer (Counselling and Psychotherapy)

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Counselling and Psychotherapy)

Location: Hawthorn EastEmployment Type: 0.60 EFT (Level B or C commensurate with experience)

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We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy to join our collaborative and community-focused academic team.

This role is central to our teaching mission and is ideal for someone deeply grounded in person-centred and humanistic-experiential approaches with a strong commitment to experiential learning supervision and the development of therapeutic presence in students.

You will contribute to high-quality teaching curriculum innovation and the development of a growing psychotherapy change research profile supporting our commitment to training reflective relational and practice-ready graduates.

About the Role

This role involves:

• Delivering engaging experiential and process-oriented teaching
• Providing supervision that emphasises relational depth attunement and use of Self
• Designing curriculum grounded in humanistic-experiential pedagogy
• Embedding trauma-informed anti-oppressive and inclusive teaching practices
• Contributing to scholarship and research particularly in psychotherapy process and change

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Strong expertise in person-centred counselling and humanistic-experiential approaches
• Experience in experiential teaching training and/or supervision
• A commitment to inclusive trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice
• Demonstrated ability to engage students in reflective and applied learning
• Interest or experience in psychotherapy change research

Highly desirable:

• Registration with Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and/orAustralian Counselling Association
• Experience in experiential curriculum design
• Doctoral qualification (required for Senior Lecturer)

About the Cairnmillar Institute

The Cairnmillar Institute is a not-for-profit registered health promotion charity that has been providing high-quality professional education and accessible psychological services for over 60 years.

We are one of Australias leading trainers of postgraduate psychologists and counsellors with a strong commitment to relational evidence-informed and socially responsive practice.

Why join Cairnmillar

• Supportive collaborative academic team
• Strong focus on experiential and practice-based teaching excellence
• Opportunities to contribute to emerging psychotherapy research
• Flexible work arrangements
• Purpose-driven culture focused on wellbeing and inclusion

How to apply

Please submit:

• Cover letter
• CV
• Contact details for two referees

If you would like a position description please visit our website- contact People and Culture () if you have an enquiry about the position.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

The Cairnmillar Institute promotes the following values: collaboration compassion integrity professionalism and respect and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Cairnmillar is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce that reflects the community it serves.