Professional background
Dr Karishma Kulkarni is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with more than ten years of experience working as a psychiatrist in India, UK and Australia. She specialises in women's mental health, perinatal psychiatry, youth mental health, trauma and psychotherapy. She firmly believes in person-centred holistic and evidence-based mental health care. She has a gentle, warm and empathetic approach. Her goal is to support them on their personal recovery journey. She has a collaborative style of working with a multidisciplinary team in the hospital ward and with carers, family, professionals and other supports to ensure necessary communication.
Areas of Interest
- Adjustment Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Behavioural Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Complex Trauma
- Depression
- Dual Disability
- Eating Disorders
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
- General Adult Psychiatry
- Grief and Loss
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Perinatal Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal Depression
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorders
- Psychosocial Disability
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Sexuality issues
- Sleep Difficulties / Issues
- Stress
- Suicide Prevention
- Trauma and Disassociation
- Trauma and PTSD
Languages
- English
Telehealth
Yes, upon request
Client groups
- Adults
- Adolescents
- Defence Personnel / Military
- Emergency Services Personnel / Police
- Women
- Young Adults
