Joan Spencer: B.A. (Psych.)., B.S.W., M.A.A.S.W. (Accred.)
Mental Health Social Worker
Allied Health
Email:
Enquiries@jspencer.com.au Phone: (03) 9796 5965. Locations in Hallam
and Pakenham, Victoria, Australia. Hallam; 182 Princes
Highway. Pakenham: 6 Eleanor Court. Joan Spencer
& Associates is a fee for service private practice. Established 1993.
Medicare rebates available following
referral by G. P. of a Mental Health Care Plan to Joan Spencer. (see below)
ABOUT JOAN SPENCER & ASSOCIATES!
Joan Spencer & Associatesopened
their first Counselling Centre at Fairfield on 1st July 1993. This was soon followed by
branch offices being opened in Morwell, and Warragul. As a result of responses to a radio
advertising campaign in early 1995 a further office was opened in a house in Hallam, (182
Princes Highway) which was followed by the opening of an office next door at 2b Spring
Square. The Hallam office has experienced phenomenal growth in that we are currently
seeing as many clients at Hallam each week, as we saw in all the other offices combined
back in 1995. May 1998 saw the relocation of our original Fairfield Office to 1042
Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe. This new venue offers opportunities for seminars and workshops
on issues relating to our mission. Consolidation in 2003 and 2004 resulted in
our closing our offices in Warragul and Morwell. In March 2003, having
refurbished 182 Princes Highway, Hallam, we re-opened this venue for counselling
and closed our office at 2b Spring Square. As a result of an increase in
enquiries from Pakenham during the early part of 2005 an office was established
at 6 Eleanor Court, Pakenham to service the phenomenal growth in this new
corridor of growth. Our venture into Pakenham has been quite successful so in
February 2006 we decided not to I we did not renew our lease at Ivanhoe
in May of that year, close our office there and to concentrate our services in
the South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.
Joan Spencerhas over thirty years
of counselling experience. She has an Arts degree majoring in Psychology and Sociology.
Following completion of this degree, Joan gained a post-graduate degree in Social Work at
Melbourne University. She has since undertaken and finalised a specialist course in Couple
Counselling in addition to other courses in related fields. Joan has a
certificate in family mediation from the Family Mediation Centre in addition to
mediation training as part of her Social Work degree. Joan is an
accredited Mental Health Social Worker. She has a Medicare provider
number. Joan is also a registered family dispute resolution provider
and as such is an
individual who has met the required standards of training,
experience and suitability for inclusion on the Family Dispute Resolution
Register. (Commonwealth Government, Attorney's General Dept.)
Bill Spencerfollowed
his B.Theol. degree with an Arts degree at Melbourne University. Bill has supervised
candidates for ministry in field placements. He has over thirty years
in counselling experience and has specialised in pre-marital
counselling and grief counselling. Bill was awarded the degree of Doctor of Ministry, by
the Board of Studies of the San Francisco Theological Seminary on the 6th October 1998.
Sue Cook
is a Psychology student at Monash
University and has been with
Joan Spencer & Associates for ten years. She is currently studying
towards a degree in Behavioural Science at Monash University majoring in
Psychology and Sociology. She has completed a basic counselling skills
course with Cairnmillar Institute and has experience in facilitating group
work.
