SUPERVISION, CONSULTATION AND TRAINING
This section provides useful information for Psychologists, Registrars in Clinical Psychology or Health Psychology or Counselling Psychology, or practicing supervisors seeking PsyBA accredited and experienced clinical supervision services. Psychiatrists, General Practitioners and other mental health professionals are also welcome to contact for supervision, consultation and training. Services are provided face to face, or via Facetime/Skype/VSee.
1. PsyBA Accreditation as a Clinical Supervisor for the following -
* Registrar (post-doctoral or post-masters supervision) programs -
* Probationary supervision program ("4 plus 2" and "5 plus 1" Pathway)
2. APS College Approved Supervisor for the following -
- APS College of Clinical Psychologists
- APS College of Health Psychologist
- APS College of Counselling Psychologists
3. Supervision for Supervisors available
4. Student supervision available one-to-one or small group
5. Fees -
As at 01 July, 2026 Current Fees are as follows for a standard 50 minute supervision consultation session (You may wish to consult your accountant regarding the tax deductible status of your supervision) -
- $ 170.00 (plus GST) per supervisee for a small group of up to three supervisees
6. Professional Background Summary - Anthony M Cichello, Registered Clinical Psychologist
- I am an experienced registered clinical psychologist and accredited supervisor who currently works in my independent private practice in the Melbourne CBD. I am an AHPRA / Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor ("BAS") and have received extensive training as a Clinical Supervisor over the previous thirty years (e.g. APS, Dr. Michael Carroll, Ms. Lynette Clayton and Dr. Christopher Lee). I was honoured to receive the APS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Australia in 2024, as well as earlier awards including the APS National College of Clinical Psychologists Award of Distinction and APS Victorian Section College of Clinical Psychologists Significant Contribution to Clinical Psychology.
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- My career includes roles as Head of Psychology Services at Bendigo Health and at Royal Perth Hospital. I have also worked as a Program Manager and P4-level Clinical Psychologist in NorthWestern Mental Health (Melbourne Health). I have provided clinical supervision for over 30 years.
- Apart from my private practice, I am employed as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at RMIT University; I have held previous appointments with Monash University's Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychological Medicine as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, and earlier appointments with the University of Melbourne's Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, and several universities in W.A. and N.S.W.
- My earlier roles involved developing the first commonwealth and state funded primary mental health programs in response to the Second National Mental Health Plan.
- I have held senior professional leadership positions within Psychology and Clinical Psychology nationally, in Western Australia and Victoria, for over 30 years including that of Chair of the Clinical Psychology Workforce Taskforce that improved access to public sector psychology services, and foundational leadership in the development of the Primary Mental Health Care systems in Victoria and Australia. I am a past National President of the Australian Psychological Society (APS: 2016-2018), and have served three terms as a General Director on the APS Board of Directors (2025, 2020-2023 and 2014-2018). I was the National Chair of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists (2010-2014) and, before that, its past National Executive Secretary for a further four years. I am also the Past Victorian Section Chair of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists (2009-2012) and Executive Committee member.
- I have an extensive history as a psychological therapist, clinician trainer and psychological consultant within the Public Psychiatric Services Sector, as well as the Specialist Medical-, Private Practice-, and Primary Mental Health Care- Systems. I have provided consultation, clinical supervision and professional training to clinical and other psychologists, psychiatrists and GPs for over 30 years. I am a Fellow of the APS and a Fellow of the APS Colleges of Clinical Psychologists, Health Psychologists and Counselling Psychologists, and member of the Australian Clinical Psychologists Association, the Australian Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapists and the International Society of Schema Therapists.
- I have long held a strong belief in the ethics of providing evidence-based treatments to the public since my accredited professional postgraduate Clinical Psychology training at the University of Western Australia, and earlier undergraduate four-year Psychology Honours Degree training at the University of Melbourne.
- I thoroughly enjoy my role as an experienced clinical supervisor and provider of evidence-based clinical psychology services to the public, and my current active interests include Clinical Supervision, Schema Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, CBT, Cognitive-Emotional Integrative Cognitive Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples, and "third wave" Cognitive-Behavioural therapies more generally.
