Dr Michaela Shaw-Jones

Michaela founded SetMind because she wanted to practise the kind of psychiatry that felt scarce — unhurried, considered, and genuinely collaborative. Every consult begins with listening first: to the story behind the symptoms, the context of a life, and what a person actually wants to feel different.

Her work spans ADHD assessment, depression and anxiety, burnout and work stress, medication review, and diagnostic clarification for adults whose picture has never quite fit a single label. She works closely with GPs through shared-care plans, because good psychiatric care rarely happens in isolation.

Michaela's approach focuses on plain-spoken, jargon-free explanation. She aims to provide assessments that offer clarity and a clear path forward, and to ensure that medication, where it forms part of the plan, is explained properly and reviewed honestly.

Outside of work, Michaela is a reader, a traveller, and a quiet advocate for making specialist mental healthcare feel less like a maze. She spends her downtime with her partner and their little chihuahua Pavlova, and clears her head on long hikes whenever the Australian weather allows.