We have a team of psychiatrists based all over Australia. Each offers a different specialty and availability to best meet individual needs.

Dr Wimalaratne is a consultant psychiatrist with specialist qualifications in consultation liaison psychiatry, currently based in Melbourne and working full time across both public and private sectors. She graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and has completed her specialist training in UK and New Zealand. She is also actively involved in research and academic psychiatry and has previously worked as an honorary senior lecturer at University of Auckland, NZ. Dr Wimalaratne’s curiosity in the mind body interaction has led to her current choices in career pathway. She has extensive clinical experience in fields of both medicine and psychiatry across a number of multicultural settings (Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and New Zealand). Her special interests and expertise include general adult psychiatry, somatoform disorders, psychogeriatrics, early intervention for psychosis, cultural psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. She brings core values of compassion and patient centred care into her practice. The focus of her practice is to provide comprehensive and holistic assessments, formulations and treatment plans for patients while maintaining a high standard of communication and support to non-psychiatric medical practitioners who refer them.

Dr Simon Barritt has always had an interest in rural psychiatry and considers himself fortunate to be able to support smaller communities. He specialises in seeing people with depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, ADHD and psychotic disorders.

Dr Justin Ho is an American born Chinese general psychiatrist. He completed a degree in Neurobiology from Cornell University and completed medical training at the University of Sydney. He completed specialist training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital in Sydney, and is currently based in New South Wales. He has an interest in psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and gaming disorder. He is fluent in English and Cantonese.

Dr Mukund Rao is a consultant psychiatrist specialising in the care of adults aged 18 to 65 years old. Dr Rao has over a decade of experience in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions in a variety of settings in Australia and overseas. His main areas of interest include personality disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-based disorders and psychosis. He also has a keen interest in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr Rao is a strong believer in working collaboratively with his patients and in developing and implementing individualised management plans. He is fluent in Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.

Dr Srikanth Miriyala has completed his medical education from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam and later his Psychiatry residency in NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. He has expertise in adult psychiatry with an emphasis in management of common mental disorders including anxiety, depression, sleep issues and sexual problems. He has experience in doing CBT for the same problems as well as in assessment and treatment of dementia and other memory related issues. He is fluent in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Ben Newham is a General Adult Psychiatrist from metropolitan Melbourne. Ben was raised in country Victoria before studying medicine in Melbourne and training through major metropolitan hospitals. Ben has had significant training and experience in trauma psychiatry and general adult psychiatry, and he is passionate about providing holistic and collaborative care. He currently works for a public case management service as well as a veteran mental health clinic. His areas of interest include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis, Bipolar disorder as well as a range of other general adult psychiatric presentations. On a personal level, Ben enjoys gardening, cooking and spending time with his family.

Dr Tshepo ‘Sepo’ is a general adult psychiatrist with interest in liaison psychiatry, which is a branch of psychiatry that specialises in the interconnection between mental health and physical health. Dr Tshepo completed his undergraduate medical training at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in South Africa. Following this he relocated to Australia and undertook specialist training in psychiatry. Over the last 10 years Dr Tshepo has worked with various mental health services across NSW and gained extensive experience in assessment and management of various psychiatric illnesses. He enjoys reading and watching TV when he is not working.

Dr Hal Begg is a general adult and consultation-liaison psychiatrist (the field of psychiatry specialised in the connection between physical health and mental health conditions). He has worked across a variety of settings and trained mainly at St Vincent's Hospital and The Prince of Wales Hospital. At St Vincent's he worked as a specialist in anxiety disorders and has a special interest in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).