Blake Hamilton

Training

Blake completed his undergraduate training at The University of New South Wales, graduate training at the University of Western Sydney, and postgraduate clinical psychology training at the University of Sydney. He received a NSW Institute of Psychiatry Fellowship for his postgraduate thesis. He has held research positions in the UK and Switzerland. He researched psychiatry and general practice at Kings College, University of London, and was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Zurich; investigating the link between infective illness and circadian rhythm disruption. He has undertaken advanced training in Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and in the treatment of fatigue conditions (such as chronic fatigue syndrome, post-infective fatigue, and post-cancer fatigue. He also has advanced training in young people’s mental health.

Blake is registered to practice as a clinical psychologist in New South Wales and is registered as a provider of clinical psychology services with Medicare.

Clinical Experience

Blake began his clinical training at South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health Service. He completed training in early psychosis, adolescent mental health, and Aboriginal mental health as well as acute mental health problems at the former Missenden in-patient psychiatric unit at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

He then worked at the first headspace clinical service in Campbelltown as well as being part of the team that developed the Fatigue Clinic Treatment Program at The University of New South Wales. He was clinical services director at headspace Camperdown, the University of Sydney for 8-years. During this time he has contributed to the headspace model of youth mental health and collaborated on research at headspace with The Brain and Mind Centre’s Youth Mental Health and Technology Research Team, The School of Pharmacy, and the School of Design and Architecture. He inaugurated the headspace Camperdown Eating Disorders Mini -Clinic and continues to publish on the treatment of mild-moderate eating disorders in the headspace model.

Blake was a research associate at The UNSW Fatigue Centre, and the Brain and Mind Centre and has lectured on youth mental health and fatigue syndromes. He has supervised psychology and Brain and Mind Science Masters Theses as well as supervising clinical psychology interns

Blake provides treatment for people with a wide range of psychological problems, such as depression, anxiety, adjustment difficulties, sleep and chronic health problems. Additionally, he has particular interests in adolescent and young people’s mental health, fatigue syndromes, pain, and aviation psychology.