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Michael Carr-Gregg

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Tuesday, 28 August 2007


Dr MICHAEL CARR-GREGG
Adolescent Psychologist
Albert Road Centre for Health, Melbourne

Michael is an adolescent Psychologist working at the Albert Road Centre for Health in Melbourne.
He specialises in the area of adolescent mental health, especially depression in adolescents. 


Michael was educated in Kenya, England, New Zealand and Australia.
In 1985, he founded the world's first national teenage cancer patients support group, CanTeen.

Michael has worked in private practice as a family therapist, child psychologist and clinical psychologist, as an academic, researcher and he spent 4 years working as a political lobbyist.

He has held a variety of appointments including Executive Director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Director of the Centre for Social Health at the University of Melbourne and Director of Education at the Centre for Adolescent Health.

In addition to his clinical work, Michael runs his own consultancy, teaches part time as an Associate Professor in the faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and is the Consultant Psychologist to the Australian Ballet School.

Michael has been the recipient of a number of awards including the Australian Jaycees Outstanding Young Australian of the Year (1987), and in 1989 was awarded the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation's Inaugural Award for the Most Outstanding Achievement in the area of international health promotion.

In 1997, he was made a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in recognition of his work in the prevention of youth suicide. More recently he was appointed the Dr Ann D Clark Visiting Fellow at St Ignatius College Riverview in Sydney and is a member of the Board of Directors of CanTeen Australia.

Michael spent almost 2 years as Channel 7's health psychologist on the '11 AM' show, a morning television program that was shown nationally in Australia, and is currently a regular on 'Today Tonight'.

Michael is married with two boys aged 9 and 20.

Currently, Michael is holding some talks around Australia dealing with adolescent issues, please visit Michael Carr-Gregg Talks for more information.

Contact Details:

Phone: (03) 9851-6719
Fax: (03) 9851-6713
Mobile: 0418 532-128
Website: michaelcarr-gregg.com.au/

Bookings:
Therese O'Connor 0418 351 784

Address:
Albert Road Centre for Health
2nd floor
60 Albert Rd
South Melbourne

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 September 2007 )
 

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