Dr Wimaladharma Ranasinghe is a General Adult Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist who joined the team at Brisbane Waters Private Hospital 6 years ago. He is the Clinical Director of the Mental Health Unit at Brisbane Waters Private and works in the public sector in CAMHS.

Dr Ranasinghe is Australian trained and has worked across a variety of settings including tertiary hospitals and regional and rural areas across NSW, including locally at both Wyong and Gosford hospitals. Dr Ranasinghe worked in rural NSW (Dubbo) for many years in a multitude of settings.

Dr Ranasinghe’s areas of interest include:

• Anxiety Spectrum Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Mood Disorders
• Acute and chronic psychotic illness including first episode psychosis
• Youth mental health issues
• DVA
• Workers Compensation
• ADHD
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Dr Ranasinghe also has experience in delivering and supervising Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).

Dr Ranasinghe is keen to see patients with personality disorders an anxiety spectrum disorders and is trained in psychotherapy including:

• Long term psychodynamic psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Motivational enhancement therapy

Dr Ranasinghe is pleased to accept referrals for inpatients immediately and has capacity to see outpatients.