OCD, ADHD, AUTISM, MDD, COMPLEX TRAUMA
NOT ALL OF THESE ARE WHAT I TREAT · ALL OF THEM ARE WHY I LISTEN THE WAY I DO
THIS IS NOT A DISCLOSURE I MAKE FOR EFFECT · IT SHAPES HOW I LISTEN,
HOW I ASSESS AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
FUNCTIONING AND BEING WELL
A DISTANCE WE HAVE BEEN WALKING FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE WE MEET
I AM A MEDICAL DOCTOR · I ALSO LIVE WITH WHAT I TREAT
WHO THIS CLINIC IS FOR
THE PEOPLE I SEE ARE NOT IN CRISIS · THEY ARE THE ONES NO ONE WORRIES ABOUT
THEY HOLD DEMANDING ROLES · THEY MEET DEADLINES · THEY ARE THE RELIABLE ONES
THE ONE THEIR COLLEAGUES LEAN ON · THE ONE THEIR FAMILY CALLS FIRST
THE ONE WHO HAS ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO MANAGE
PRIVATELY, THEY SPEND ENORMOUS ENERGY ON INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS, COMPULSIONS,
RUMINATION OR THE EXHAUSTING CHOREOGRAPHY OF MASKING
EXTERNAL COMPETENCE AND INTERNAL EXHAUSTION COEXIST
CONVENTIONAL HEALTHCARE DOES NOT ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS
COMBINATION · THIS CLINIC IS BUILT AROUND IT
A NOTE ON LIVED EXPERIENCE
I DISCLOSE BECAUSE IT MATTERS CLINICALLY · NOT BECAUSE IT IS A CREDENTIAL
IT MEANS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRANSLATE · IT MEANS THE MEDICAL FRAMING AND
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING COME FROM THE SAME PERSON · IT MEANS I KNOW HOW
CONVINCING OUR MINDS CAN BE · HOW SHAME AMPLIFIES · HOW NEURODIVERGENCE
SHAPES · HOW HEAVY TRAUMA CAN SIT UNDER THE SURFACE
IT DOES NOT MEAN MY EXPERIENCE IS YOUR EXPERIENCE · YOURS IS YOURS
MY JOB IS TO LISTEN CAREFULLY AND WORK WITH YOU
THE WIDER WORK
DIRECT CLINICAL CARE IS ONE PART OF WHAT I DO · THE OTHER IS SYSTEMIC
I FOUNDED AND CHAIR OCD WA · I CONTRIBUTE LIVED-EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVE ON OCD
RESEARCH AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS · I SPEAK INTERNATIONALLY ON LIVED EXPERIENCE,
PEER SUPPORT AND THE TREATMENT GAP
MY CLINICAL WORK IS INFORMED BY THIS BROADER VANTAGE POINT
WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS · WHERE THE SYSTEM FAILS · WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
THE SYSTEMIC WORK IS INFORMED BY YOU
MBBS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME FREMANTLE · 2015
REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER · AHPRA · MED0001993637
IF YOU HAVE BEEN QUIETLY STRUGGLING · YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE WORSE THAN YOU ARE TO JUSTIFY BEING HERE
