Dr Tina Almukhtar
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Dr Tina Almukhtar
Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatrist
MBChB, MPsychiatry, FRANZCP, Cert. Consul. Liaison Psychiatry
How Tina Works
Tina came to psychiatry because she wanted to sit with people in the moments that matter most — and she has spent over a decade doing exactly that. She believes that the weeks and months around birth are some of the most vulnerable — and most misunderstood — of a person's life. Her work holds space for the full reality of that experience.
Her approach is grounded, thoughtful, and deeply compassionate. She believes mental health care works best when people feel genuinely heard — especially during periods of enormous change, uncertainty, or loss. She works collaboratively with patients to make sense of what they are experiencing while creating space for the emotional complexity that often accompanies fertility journeys, pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.
What She Focuses On
Tina provides psychiatric care for women across the reproductive life stage, with a particular interest in pregnancy and postpartum mental health, grief, trauma and reproductive loss. She supports those who are navigating the emotional impact of complicated pregnancy, navigating identity changes and the often unseen emotional load that can accompany becoming a parent.
She provides trauma-informed and culturally sensitive care.
Professional Background
Tina works in private practice and as a consultant psychiatrist with the Women’s and Perinatal Mental Health Program at Monash Health, where she provides specialist care to women navigating pregnancy, the postpartum period, and complex reproductive mental health experiences. She played a key role in establishing a dedicated psychiatric clinic supporting women referred through Monash’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Fetal Diagnostic Unit services.
Tina is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and holds a Certificate of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Baghdad and a Masters of Psychiatry with the University of Melbourne. In addition to her clinical work, Tina engages in research with the Department of Psychiatry at Monash University
Tina is a fluent Arabic speaker, which allows her to provide care to Arabic-speaking women and families in their own language.
Tina will be consulting with WARM on Thursdays.
