Depression & Bipolar Clinic
Depression in Ku-ring-gai

The lawson clinic is sydney's leading specialist treatment facility for depression and bipolar disorder. Our team of specialist doctors (both male and female) see patients from 14 years of age upwards. Based on a clinical model developed by the world renowned black dog institute (previously the mood disorders unit, prince of wales hospital established in 1985), the lawson clinic is at the cutting edge of depression and bipolar disorder treatment in australia. We attract patients from across nsw, interstate and overseas with many patients travelling long distances to attend our exclusive clinic on sydney's north shore.

Let us help you to receive your next step towards wellness and recovery. Adjacent to our consulting rooms, LP's purpose built facility is set among st landscaped gardens and within walking distance to cosmopolitan shops and cafes. As a UN SW teaching hospital, LP will facilitate cutting edge medical research to advance our understanding of what causes mental health problems and to find better ways to diagnose and treat them. We are dedicated to delivering highly specialized and evidence based mental health care. She completed her undergraduate medical training at the University of Sydney and then completed postgraduate psychiatric training in the United Kingdom (Edinburgh). Dr Bennett is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and Fresh Zealand College of Psychiatrists and has experience in the public and private sector treating a range of mental health problems including psychosis, bipolar disorder, sadness and anxiety. His expertise covers maximum areas of adult psychiatry including bipolar disorders, psychotic disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety, phobic, panic and CD disorders. She completed her university training in Germany and Sydney, and conducted research for her Masters at the Mood Disorders Unit of a private psychiatric hospital. Anna has worked in both private and public mental health concern settings, and is experienced providing individual and group therapy for young people, adults and previous adults. Dr Currell has worked in a variety of mental health settings including public hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals and private practice (young people and adults). Dr Vivienne James is a consultant psychiatrist who has experience across a variety of settings in both the private and public sector. He has extensive experience in various clinical settings in both the public and private sectors including acute mental health units, community services, consultation and liaison psychiatry, alcohol and drugs, adolescent and perinatal psychiatry and emergency psychiatry. Dr Jebejian is effortless to engage with and can bear both psycho pharmacological and psychological interventions. Dr Jones has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of a wide range of mental health conditions with exceptional interest in the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder and psychosis. Dr Kumar is an experienced consultant psychiatrist who has treated the stuffed spectrum of mental health problems in private and public practice. Dr Kumar takes a collaborative approach, focusing on tolerant education and building definite mental health. Dr Nicole Melidonis is a general mature psychiatrist who has a long experience occupied in a wide range of psychiatric settings (both public and private). Dr Melendez has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and provides both psycho pharmacology and dynamic style individual psychotherapy. She has a wide range of interests in mature psychiatry, particularly mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders. Dr Skarbek is a leading Australian perinatal psychiatrist, well known within the North Shore, with vast public sector and private sector experience treating pregnant and postnatal women and adults with mental health disorders. Highly regarded for her professionalism, person ability and knowledgability, Dr Skarbek is also known to practice a sophisticated, crafted combine of pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and contextual accepting of the individual patient. Dr Skarbek knows that each tolerant with a complicated presentation requires a specifically tailored and sensitive approach. She has extensive experience in teaching and education and in the planning of perinatal mental health services. Dr Michael Williamson is a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist now working in private practice after a lengthy experience in the public mental health system.