Our Team

Researcher
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
CEO & Director of Monarch Research
Professor Paul Fitzgerald is is a Masters-qualified psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in the wellbeing space. Empathetic, thoughtful and highly intuitive, Neera works with individuals to strengthen their sense of self, and reshape long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns.

Researcher
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
Director of Monarch Research
Professor Paul Fitzgerald is is a Masters-qualified psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in the wellbeing space. Empathetic, thoughtful and highly intuitive, Neera works with individuals to strengthen their sense of self, and reshape long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns.

Researcher
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
Director of Monarch Research
Professor Paul Fitzgerald is is a Masters-qualified psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in the wellbeing space. Empathetic, thoughtful and highly intuitive, Neera works with individuals to strengthen their sense of self, and reshape long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns.
Clinical Psychologists and Psychologists
Researcher
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
Cofounder & Director of Monarch Research
Professor Paul Fitzgerald is is a Masters-qualified psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in the wellbeing space. Empathetic, thoughtful and highly intuitive, Neera works with individuals to strengthen their sense of self, and reshape long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns.
Psychiatrist
Dr Ted Cassidy
Cofounder & Psychiatrist
Dr. Ted Cassidy is a psychiatrist and co-founder of Monarch Mental Health Group in Australia, which provides innovative treatments for depression, PTSD, and anxiety.
Psychiatrist
Dr Samir Ibrahim
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Ibrahim is the Director of the TMS program at Northpark Private Hospital.
Dr Samir Ibrahim is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at The Monarch Clinic and is Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Program at Northpark Private Hospital.
Psychiatrist
Dr Kavitha Shankar
Consultant Psychiatrist
Over 15 years of expertise in the diagnosis and management of emotional and psychiatric disorders. Dr Shankar’s care is based on the premise that each individual is different and needs a customised approach to mental health recovery.
She has previously held public appointments at Monash Health in the inpatient and community health settings in the area of Old Age Psychiatry and Chronic Pain management.
Counsellors
Researcher
Professor Paul Fitzgerald
Cofounder & Director of Monarch Research
Professor Paul Fitzgerald is is a Masters-qualified psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in the wellbeing space. Empathetic, thoughtful and highly intuitive, Neera works with individuals to strengthen their sense of self, and reshape long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns.
Psychiatrist
Dr Ted Cassidy
Cofounder & Psychiatrist
Dr. Ted Cassidy is a psychiatrist and co-founder of Monarch Mental Health Group in Australia, which provides innovative treatments for depression, PTSD, and anxiety.
Psychiatrist
Dr Samir Ibrahim
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Ibrahim is the Director of the TMS program at Northpark Private Hospital.
Dr Samir Ibrahim is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at The Monarch Clinic and is Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Program at Northpark Private Hospital.
Psychiatrist
Dr Kavitha Shankar
Consultant Psychiatrist
Over 15 years of expertise in the diagnosis and management of emotional and psychiatric disorders. Dr Shankar’s care is based on the premise that each individual is different and needs a customised approach to mental health recovery.
She has previously held public appointments at Monash Health in the inpatient and community health settings in the area of Old Age Psychiatry and Chronic Pain management.







