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Dr William Ackers
Consultant Psychiatrist
MBBS, FRANZCP, Cert. Child & Adolescent
Qualifications
Dr William Ackers is a Child and Adolescent and General Adult psychiatrist, he sees patients from childhood onwards. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 2005 from the University of East Anglia, Norwich in the United Kingdom. He moved to Auckland, New Zealand in 2012 where he completed his generalist training as well as the certificate of advanced learning in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry via the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).
Working Experience
Dr William Ackers has over ten years of experience in psychiatry and has worked in both metropolitan and rural areas in Australia and New Zealand. He has predominantly worked in both general adult and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). He has held the position of honorary senior lecturer at Auckland University and is an accredited supervisor for RANZCP trainees.
Membership and Affiliations
Dr Will Ackers has held positions on training committees and the RANZCP’s faculty of child and adolescent psychiatry. He is a fellow of the RANZCP.
Special Interest
Dr William Ackers has an interest in recovery-based models of care, emphasizing holistic, evidenced-based treatment. He draws on multiple psychotherapeutic modalities in addition to biological treatments and views all patient interactions as opportunities for therapeutic conversations and positive change. He ascribes to the view that treatment is more likely to be effective when developed in partnership with the patient and their family where appropriate.
Dr William Ackers is available on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Service Area Coverage
New South Wales (NSW):
- Sydney
- Newcastle
- Central Coast
- Wollongong
- Albury-Wodonga
- Dubbo
- Tamworth
- Wagga Wagga
- And other regions across NSW
Australian Capital Territory (ACT):
- Canberra
- And surrounding areas in ACT
Special Interests
- Adult ADHD (Child & Adolescent)
- Addiction (including substance abuse and gambling)
- Anxiety Disorder
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (not accepting new assessment for ASD)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorder
- Drug and Alcohol
- Eating Disorder – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- Intellectual Disability (diagnosis and management)
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tic Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Perinatal
- Personality Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Schizophrenia
- Somatoform Disorder
** NOT ACCEPTING AS PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS
- Sleep Disorder
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Down Syndrome
- Language delay
- Learning Disability
- Central dyspraxia
- Libido reduction
Age range
Accepts patients aged 1 to 15yrs old only
Affiliations & Memberships
- Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)
Languages
- English
Days Available
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
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