Dr Nitin Shukla

Dr Shukla is available to see new patients. He accepts referrals for adolescents and adults aged 14 years and over.

Dr Nitin Shukla is a consultant psychiatrist with extensive experience across psychotherapy, addiction psychiatry, acute care, and community settings. His clinical background spans more than fifteen years of formal training, supervised practice, and teaching in psychotherapy. He later became a RANZCP-accredited faculty member and supervisor in psychotherapy, addiction psychiatry, adult psychiatry, and consultation–liaison psychiatry.

His work has covered multiple service settings. These include leadership roles within specialist addiction services, acute inpatient psychiatry, crisis response teams, shared-care programs, community mental health, and prevention and recovery environments. He now offers care within private practice and a public dual-diagnosis rehabilitation service.

His approach reflects a strong psychological focus. He draws on training that supports treatment planning beyond medication alone. His experience in addiction psychiatry provides additional scope for people affected by drugs or complex dependence. Patients describe his manner as steady, thoughtful, and considered. This supports a clinical environment that invites open discussion and careful therapeutic work.

He maintains active involvement in supervision, training, and contemporary clinical education. This ongoing engagement ensures that patients receive care shaped by current knowledge.