BarCare has a wide referral network of professionals across NSW, including psychologists, psychiatrists and bereavement counsellors.
If you require confidential assistance, contact the director of BarCare, Jenny Houen, to arrange a consultation. Barristers in rural and regional areas can contact Barcare for assistance in locating an appropriate specialist closer to home.
The Bar Association’s sole involvement is to promote the service to ensure assistance is available to all members in need. No information is provided to the Bar Association without the express permission of the barrister.
Consultations are held in the strictest confidence.
Psychiatrists
Dr Susan Messner MBBS, FRANZCP, Cert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr Susan Messner specialises in the assessment and management of a broad range of psychiatric conditions, including depression and anxiety, mood disorders, grief, adjustment disorders and maintenance of chronic psychotic conditions. She has an interest in antenatal and postnatal conditions and in the relationship between parents and their infants. Dr Messner likes to consider a patient within the context of their relationships and family. Dr Messner has had a long involvement in the review and management of medical practitioners with mental health issues. She is a nominee with the Medical Council and sits on hearings related to health, performance and conduct.Dr Deepinder Miller, MBBS, FRANZCP
Dr Miller is a female psychiatrist who has an interest in mood disorders (including in the post-partum state), anxiety disorders, psychotic illness, addiction medicine and medicolegal report writing.Address
Suite 711, St Vincents Clinic 438 Victoria Street Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010Phone
02 8382 6746
Dr Ian Harrison
Dr Ian Harrison specialises in the treatment of mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder), anxiety disorders (including obsessive-compulsive disorder and PTSD), adult ADHD, as well as the interpersonal diCiculties related to negative childhood experiences. Ian has subspeciality qualifications in psychotherapy (including long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy) and perinatal psychiatry and he has expertise in the appropriate prescribing of medications during pregnancy and the post-natal period. Ian has had more than 30 years experience in treating members of the legal profession having practiced in Macquarie St since 1991. For nearly 15 years (one day each week) he was the Visiting Psychiatrist for the Karitane Mothercraft Organisation, and he is a past Chair of the Perinatal and Infant Psychiatrists Special Interest Group.
Dr Judy Clarke
Dr. Judy Clarke is a subspecialist consultation-liaison psychiatrist and brings this collaborative and holistic approach to patient care. She is also a general adult psychiatrist, with a particular focus on managing the effects of trauma, as well as mood and anxiety disorders.
Dr Clarke has an interest and expertise in mental health conditions that occur alongside or due to physical health problems, including perinatal, menopausal and menstrual conditions as well as eating disorders and medically unexplained symptoms.
Send referrals to thinkmh.com.au. Please mention Barcare either in the GP referral letter or when emailing the referral
Address
Consultations via video as Dr Clarke is based in Canberra
Phone
(02) 6282 8266