Dr Valeria Spivak attained a bachelor's degree in medicine with honours from Tyumen State Medical University, Russia, before moving to Australia in 2005. Soon after, she embarked upon her psychiatry career in Newcastle, NSW. There, she undertook the first two years of her training before moving to Brisbane in 2015 to complete a further three years at the Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service. 

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Prior to deciding to focus primarily on the private practice, Dr Spivak worked as a Psychiatrist and Clinical Director in Inpatient and ED Mental Health Services at Logan Hospital.

 

She is also a Senior Lecturer with the Griffith University and while working at Logan Hospital she was a Clinical Lead in Mental Health for Griffith University students.

 

Dr Spivak has extensive experience of treating a wide range of mental health disorders, with a special interest in general adult psychiatry. Her particular areas of interest are mood disorders, anxiety disorders and ADHD.

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