Professor Maurice Eisenbruch
Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist
South Yarra, Melbourne VIC 3141
In Person + Telehealth
Philosophy & Vision
Psychotherapy can help each person to reach a fuller mental health potential through a insight into their personal history.
The goal is relief of mental suffering, discovery of new and more adaptive ways to deal with stress, and enhanced empowerment to change one's life circumstances.
Background
Individual, group, and family therapy since mid-1970s. International experience at University of Cambridge, Harvard Medical School, University of Paris, as well as in Southeast Asia.
Expertise in transcultural psychiatry and psychotherapy, providing therapy in more than half a dozen languages. Experience as a medical anthropologist in therapy with people of diverse cultural, language, religious and spiritual backgrounds.
Services
Areas of Special Interest
Accreditations
- MD (Child Psychiatry) and MB BS (Medicine) - 1982, 1972
- DPM (Psychological Medicine) - 1976
- FRCPsych (Psychiatry, United Kingdom) - M 1981
- M Phil (Cambridge) (Medical anthropology) - 1982
- FRANZCP (Psychiatry) - M 1977
Modalities
Developmental - Freudian - Marriage and Family - Narrative Therapy - Play Therapy - Psychoanalytic - Psychodynamic
Therapy Approach
Although there is a tendency toward psychodynamic psychotherapies, orientation is adapted according to the circumstances of each patient.
Professional Associations
- Australian Psychological Society
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Practice Locations
72 Park Street
South Yarra VIC 3141
Stop 123 on the route 58 tram. You can come from St Kilda Road, or on the tram from South Yarra station.
Fees & Insurance
Medicare item numbers. With psychiatry, there is no annual limit on the number of sessions for which there is a rebate. Usually by February of each year in therapy, a patient reaches Medicare Safety Net.
Languages
English
French
Portuguese
Hebrew
Payment Options
Typical out-of-pocket expenses - once achieving the annual Medicare Safety Net - are approximately $20-25 for group therapy and $70 for individual session.
Contact Maurice
Please contact me to make an appointment