DR SANGEETHA MAKIELAN
MD (Hons), FRANZCP
Consultant Psychiatrist Psychotherapist
Conditions Treated
Together with you and your family, I can offer support for the following conditions and challenges:
Anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders, including panic attacks, phobias/fears, for example of going out (agoraphobia), claustrophobia, etc.
Dissociative disorders
Dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, depersonalisation disorder and dissociative identity disorder, etc.
Psychotic Disorders
Psychosis, schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, Paraphrenia, etc.
Parent-child relationship difficulties
Lack of boundaries, rejection, restrictiveness and overprotection, overindulgence, etc.
Traumatic life events
Combat exposure, Childhood physical abuse, Sexual violence, Physical assault
An accident, etc
Trauma and stress-related disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Acute stress disorder (ASD), etc.
Antenatal depression
Depression during pregnancy.
Postpartum psychosis, etc.
Severe illness and can start in different ways. You can have symptoms of depression or mania
Relationship and interpersonal difficulties
Anger, Difficulty communicating, Lack of negotiation skills, Isolation, etc.
Child developmental issues
ADHD, Autism Spectrum disorders
Mood disorders
Mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder, etc.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Have recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas or sensations (obsessions) driven to do something repetitively (compulsions).
Motor disorders, Impulse Control disorders
Motor disorders and Impulse Control disorders. Intermittent explosive disorder, Conduct disorder, etc.
Gender Dysphoria
Distress or discomfort that may occur when a person’s biological sex and gender identity do not align.
Personality disorders
Group of mental health conditions that are characterized by rigid and unhealthy patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
Post natal depression
Affects 10 to 15 in every 100 women after childbirth. The symptoms are similar to those in depression at other times
Adjustment difficulties with pregnancy
Adjustment difficulties with pregnancy or parenting
Grief
Grief associated with loss of relationship, fertility and perinatal loss, etc.
My special interests are:
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Psychotherapy (individual, parent-child)
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Attachment-Based Family Therapy
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Giftedness and twice-exceptionality
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Play therapy
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Family therapy
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Perinatal and infant psychiatry
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Child and adolescent psychiatry.