Areas of Expertise

Get help by seeing John, who has extensive experience with:

  • Adult, Older Adult & Teenager (12-18 years) Issues
  • Depression and Low Mood
  • Stress Management and Emotional Regulation
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
  • Health Anxiety
  • Performance Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • Couples Counselling
  • Marriage Counselling
  • Premarital Counselling
  • Phobias (Fear of specific things / situations)
  • Agoraphobia (Fear of large / open spaces)
  • Panic Attacks and Anxiety
  • Relationship Issues
  • Peer Relationships
  • Infidelity
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief, Loss and Bereavement
  • ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) & ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)
  • Behaviour Problems
  • Trauma and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Moral Injury
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Bipolar Disorder (BD) – Affective Disorders
  • Sleep Difficulties and Insomnia
  • Shyness and Social Skills Difficulties
  • Coaching, Personal Development and Life Coaching
  • Wellbeing and Balance
  • Assertiveness
  • Imposter Syndrome
  • Body Image Difficulties
  • Perfectionism
  • Life Goals, Meaning and Purpose
  • Identity
  • Change and Transitions
  • Spirituality
  • School, College and University Issues
  • Study Stress
  • Workplace Issues
  • Workplace Bullying
  • Workplace Stress
  • Burnout
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Career Assessment
  • Career Guidance and Career Change/Transitions
  • Acccredited Psychometric Assessments
  • Psychologist Assessments
  • Psychologist Reports
  • Medicare, Private Health Insurers, NDIS provider

About

John Vilianiotis is an AHPRA registered psychologist, bringing over 30 years of experience in private practice as well as the corporate / business sector. He brings experience running businesses, as a Principal Consultant in Organisational Psychology Practices, and as a General Manager. John has worked extensively nationally and internationally.

John has worked extensively as a psychologist in private practice as an allied health professional under the government’s Better Access Initiative providing mental health services. He has also worked extensively as an EAP psychologist providing counselling and critical incident responses to employees across all roles and industries. John has experience in trauma response and support for major emergency and incident responses working alongside first responders on location. Additionally, John brings experience in developing and delivering a broad suite of mental health, performance and wellbeing training and programs for organisations.

John has worked extensively as career adviser, leadership and executive coach. He is accredited in a suite of psychometric assessment tools and methodologies – including personality inventories, leadership assessments, cognitive abilities assessments, interests, drivers and values assessments.

To discover how John can empower you to reach your full potential, please feel free to book an initial consultation with him.

Qualifications and Memberships

  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
  • Graduate Diploma of Applied Psychology
  • Master of Arts
  • MBA
  • Grad Dip History & Philosophy of Science
  • CertIV Training & Assessment
  • AHPRA Registered Psychologist

Treatment Approaches

John’s therapeutic style is collaborative, trauma-informed and grounded in empathy and respect. He combines warmth with a clear, goal-focused approach to help clients build insight, strengthen skills, and make meaningful, sustainable change. John’s main treatment modalities include cognitive behavioural therapy, solution-focused counselling, schema therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and positive psychology. John sees adults and young people (adolescents and teenagers), addressing a range of issues and concerns including workplace issues, anxiety, stress, burnout, career counselling, depression, relationship issues, and trauma. John also provides performance, leadership and executive coaching focusing on building self-awareness and developing personal management strategies, including identifying vision and purpose, setting goals and managing change and life/career transitions.

John’s treatment approaches include:

  • CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
  • Schema Therapy
  • Solution Focused Counselling
  • Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and Solution Focussed Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Positive Psychology
  • Mindfulness

Provides Services To

  • Adults
  • Young Adults / Adolescents / Teenagers – (12-18 years)
  • Couples

Clinic Locations

  • Melbourne CBD In-Clinic / Face-to-Face / In-Person (Thursdays only)
  • Telehealth/Online (Mondays only)

Languages

  • English
  • Greek ( Μιλάει ελληνικά )

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It’s our People that makes us different

Our psychologists are equipped with methods, strategies and techniques that are not only research and evidence-based but are also based on years of experience of helping people from all walks of life.

When you come to People Psychology, we tailor our methods to best suit your circumstances as well as your short-term and long-term goals.