Doctor Mark Cross has worked in psychiatry for three decades and specialises in treating young people, complex PTSD, women’s mental health & anxiety disorders.

Mark’s also a senior Lecturer at the University of NSW & a conjoint lecturer at Western Sydney University.  He sits on the Board of SANE AUSTRALIA - whose mission is to improve the health of those living with complex mental health issues, as well as reducing stigma & in 2015, Mark received the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists NSW Branch Meritorious Service Award for his “significant contribution” to psychiatry.

And if that’s not enough of a professional pedigree, Mark was the lead psychiatrist on the ground-breaking series Changing Minds for the ABC - that followed patients in the locked ward of the Mental Health Unit of Liverpool Hospital.

Mark’s fundamental message is that mental illness is exactly that, an illness, not a character defect. He wants us all to be unafraid to speak about how we are REALLY doing. 

Oh, and did I forget to mention – he’s also lived with anxiety all his life and refers to himself as the “anxious shrink”.  

How could he NOT be a guest on Brave Journeys???  Free therapy for me!!!  Woo Hoo!!!

This is Mark’s story…

BUT BEFORE YOU GO…

Find out more about Mark here:

https://www.drmarkx.com/

Find out where to buy Susan’s incredible memoir, Anxiety: Expert Advice from a Neurotic Shrink Who’s Lived with it All His Life here:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Anxiety-Expert-Advice-Neurotic-Shrink/dp/0733339425

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Watch Mark's incredible weekly community vodcast:

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CREDITS:

Creator, Host & Executive Producer: Tammi Faraday

With thanks to my special guest: Dr Mark Cross

Audio Editor: Zoltan Fecso

With very special thanks to George Weinberg 

BRAVE JOURNEYS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung who are part of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.