Rainbow Mandala Clinic Specialists in Adult ADHD
Diagnosis & prescribing of psychiatric medication for Adults from ages 17 to 65
Video & In person consultations in Canberra
Waiting Lists
Updated on 27 September 2026
RMC has never and will never close our waiting lists. We are transparent and exact with our waiting times, and these are managed by our Clinical Director.
Mood & Anxiety Disorders
July 2027
Video & In person
Trauma & OCD
July 2027
Video & In Person
Treatment Resistant Depression
February 2027
In person only
Specialist Areas
ADHD
RMC views Adult ADHD as a disorder of executive functioning and self regulation.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by persistent, developmentally inappropriate patterns of inattention and/or hyperactivity and/or impulsivity that cause functional impairment across settings. These symptoms are commonly associated with difficulties in executive functioning and self-regulation.
RMC understands this presentation as adults experiencing difficulties with managing concentration and sustained attention, inhibiting verbal, cognitive and behavioural responses. We understand Executive Functioning challenges to include difficulty organising, planning and prioritising tasks and activities, and awareness of time. This extends to situation specific deficits with self motivation of initiating, sustaining and completing tasks.
Our clinicians have a deep appreciation of how rejection and injustice sensitivity and difficulty with self regulation of emotions are a core aspect of ADHD as a disorder of self regulation.
ADHD & Women
Deep knowledge of how ADHD actually presents in Women, compared to Males, and the very real impact of the late lutual phase of the menstrual cycle, perimenopause and menopause. Extensive clinical appreciation of how rejection sensitivity, injustice sensitivity, difficulties in emotional regulation, perfectionism, masking and camouflaging and anxiety and burnout may all be present with undiagnosed ADHD. Extensive experience in prescribing ADHD stimulant medication and optimisation during different stages of the monthly menstrual cycle and perimenopause. RMC screens for possible Autism (we do not diagnose Autism), our team have a deep appreciation of AuDHD and how AuDHD burnout can present.
ADHD & Men
Deep understanding of how ADHD may present differently in late adolescence, and in early and mid adult life. Our clinicians have a deep appreciation of the potential impact of depression, unhelpful or unhealthy behaviours and low self-esteem that can potentially arise from the years of the consequences of untreated ADHD. At RMC we understand how challenges with emotional regulation and managing frustration can adversely affect intimate relationships, family life, study and employment. These difficulties may include irritability, a tendency to become frustrated or angry quickly, emotional fluctuations and heightened sensitivity to criticism or perceived failure. Other challenges may include difficulty tolerating delays, boredom or waiting, reduced capacity to cope with stress, and periods of low motivation or low mood.
AuDHD
AuDHD refers to the co-occurrence of Autism and ADHD. AuDHD is not currently established as a separate diagnostic disorder or a single, biologically distinct neurotype. Current evidence indicates that the two conditions have partially overlapping genetic and neurodevelopmental foundations while retaining distinct features. When they co-occur, executive, sensory, attentional, emotional and social-regulatory difficulties may combine or interact, sometimes producing greater functional impairment or apparently competing needs. These measures or strategies people may use to hide, compensate for, or adapt autistic traits in social situations across three areas: Compensation, Masking and Assimilation.
Many autistic adults, particularly those identified later in life, describe learning ways to navigate social situations that make their autistic traits less visible to other people.
You may appear socially capable while internally working very hard to understand what is expected, monitor your behaviour, or fit in.
RMC does screen for Autism traits, however we do not offer full diagnostic Autism Spectrum Disorder assessments. RMC has developed relationships with Psychologists who are highly skilled in the field of Neurodiversity.
Bipolar Affective Mood Disorder
Extensive psychiatric knowledge, over 20 years each of both Doctors, of the diagnosis and long term medication management of the different presentations. The prescribing team are highly experienced in how this presentation can co-occur with ADHD and complexity of combination medication prescribing.
Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD)
RMC is a specialist clinic for a Schedule 8 medication that is delivered either through intranasal or injectable methods specifically for use in Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD).This medication is delivered in our clinic under strictly controlled conditions, and is approved by the TGA in Australia for use in TRD.
Referrals are only accepted through a GP.
PTSD & C-PTSD
Our clinical team have an extensive experience in diagnosing PTSD and Complex PTSD in different adult population groups including Defence personnel. Psychiatric care for PTSD and complex PTSD involves
an individualised treatment plan, in combination with trauma-focused psychological therapy, and
management of associated difficulties. RMC has collaborative relationships with
Clinical Psychologists offering trauma focused interventions in ACT, NSW, QND and Victoria.
Chronic OCD and Anxiety Disorders
RMC offers specialist Psychiatric medication reviews for chronic OCD and Anxiety Disorders where there is insufficient response. Psychiatric consultations explore medical history, interactions and tolerability, second line treatments and augmentation. GP’s are skilled in prescribing for early onset disorders. A stepped care approach is essential incorporating CBT evidence based interventions, which are routinely offered by Psychologists.
Affirming Care
Neurodiverse Affirming Assessments
Trauma Informed
Culturally Safe
Chosen Gender Affirming
LGBTIQA+SS Affirming
Rainbow-Mandala Clinic
1 Grazier Lane, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia
Ground Floor, C14, The High Society Building, 1 Grazier Lane. 02 6189 6030 contact@rainbow-mandala.com
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