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Professional Profile

• Bio
  Dr Diane McGreal is a consulting psychologist and in her busy life she also works as a teacher, television/radio spokesperson and trainer for the private and public sector.  She has two amazing boys. She has many and varied interests, including working on committees, reading, art work, embroidery, involvement with her children’s academic and work lives, and honorary volunteer training of grief counsellors for Angel Babies, an organization which offers support to  parents and families who have experienced perinatal loss.  She has a supportive husband, Brendan and they live just outside Melbourne on a hobby farm.
  
• Registration Numbers and Professional Memberships
   
  Memberships
   
   
  1991-Present    Member, AHPRA
  1991-Present    Member,  Australian Hypnosis Society
                               Current Chairperson Victorian Branch
  1989-Present    Member,  Australian Psychological Society
                               Current Chairperson Mornington Peninsula Branch  
  1989-Present    Member,  Australian Institute of Rational Emotive Therapy
   
  2002- Present   Justice of the Peace for Victoria
  
• Qualifications
  2006  Melbourne University
            Doctor of Philosophy
   
  1993  Melbourne University
            Masters in Educational Psychology
   
  1992  Austin Hospital ( Australian Society of Hypnotherapy)
            Diploma Clinical Hypnosis
   
  1989  Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
            Graduate Diploma Counselling
   
  1987  Monash University ( Formally Chisholm Institute)
            Bachelor of Arts
   
  1974  Charles Sturt University ( Formally Riverina College of
             Advanced Education)
            Diploma in Teaching
  
• Areas Of Interest Neonatal Loss Anger Management Anxiety Bereavement Bipolar Disorder Depression Panic Attacks Phobia Postnatal Depression Relationships Schizophrenia Suicide Prevention