Welcome to Porter Street Clinic
Psychiatric & Psychotherapeutic care in Prahran, Melbourne.
Providing specialised care for children,
adolescents, couples and families.
Our psychiatrists
Dr Michael Batt
MBBS (Hons), Master of Psychiatry, FRANZCP, Cert. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Michael is a Psychiatrist with particular interests in perinatal mental health, functional neurological disorders, and the emergence of psychotic and manic symptoms in young people. His work includes thorough psychiatric assessment and collaborative treatment planning, with an approach that considers the connection between physical and mental health difficulties. Michael also offers psychodynamic psychotherapy for individuals and couples therapy informed by the Gottman Method.
Dr Jenna Cheney
MBBS (Hons), Master of Psychiatry, FRANZCP, Cert. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Jenna is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with particular interests in infant, child, adolescent and youth mental health. Her work includes thorough developmental and psychiatric assessments, with a collaborative approach to developing clear formulations and individually tailored treatment plans. Jenna’s approach considers the broader family, academic and social contexts that shape a young person’s development, relationships and day-to-day functioning. Alongside assessment and treatment planning, Jenna offers medication management, longer-term individual therapy and parent therapy.
New Referrals
Email your referral to info@porterstreet.clinic
In your email, please specify which psychiatrist you are seeking care from.
Your referral will be forwarded to that clinician for review. As we are a small clinic, this can take up to two weeks. Once your referral has been reviewed, we will email you an update. If you have been accepted as a patient, this email will include booking instructions.
If you have questions during this process and would like to speak with our administration team, please book a call via https://speaktosophie-porterstreet.as.me/
Please note that referrals are reviewed by our clinicians, and our administration team is unable to give an indication of wait times. Given the nature of psychiatric care, the needs of our current patients change over time, which makes wait times difficult to predict.
All referrals are reviewed by our clinicians as they are received. However, referral letters are sometimes brief, and we may need to contact you for further information. If it is convenient, including the following information in your initial email may streamline the referral process:
The type of care you are seeking (assessment and diagnosis, ongoing therapeutic care, or medication review and management)
Whether you are currently seeing, or have recently seen, a psychologist or psychiatrist, and whether you intend to continue with them
Whether you are currently prescribed psychiatric medication by another doctor or psychiatrist
Any previous diagnostic assessment letters
If you are seeking ADHD assessment and already have a recent diagnosis from a psychologist, please include the assessment report
If you are seeking ADHD assessment and do not have a recent diagnosis, please let us know whether you have access to school reports, as these assist our psychiatrists in assessing developmental history
H0W DO I BOOK AN APPOINTMENT?
New Patients: Please email your referral to info@porterstreet.clinic for review by one of our psychiatrists. Once your referral has been assessed we will provide booking instructions.
Current Patients: Please email us, or reply by text to the number your booking confirmations and invoices are sent from. This number is monitored by our administration team Monday to Thursday.
If you would like a member of our administration team to call you, please book a time via https://speaktosophie-porterstreet.as.me/
DO I NEED A REFERRAL?
Yes. A referral addressed to the clinic is required before an appointment can be scheduled.
WHERE IS THE CLINIC L0CATED?
Our clinic is located on Porter Street in Prahran, approximately a four-minute walk from Prahran Station.
The nearest tram stops are Malvern Rd/Chapel St and Prahran Station/High St, providing convenient access via the Route 78 and Route 6 tram lines.
Detailed directions and arrival information will be provided once your appointment is confirmed.
IS THERE PARKING AVAILABLE?
Complimentary two-hour parking is available for Porter Street patients at Prahran Square Car Park, located a short two-minute walk from the clinic.
Parking validation will be provided at your appointment. Presenting the validation ticket upon exit will waive the parking fee.
H0W CAN I CONTACT THE CLINIC?
Please contact us via info@porterstreet.clinic or schedule a phone call using the online booking form.
Current patients may respond via text to the number booking confirmations and invoices are sent from. This number is monitored by our administration team Monday to Thursday.
FAQ
Porter Street Clinic is not a crisis or emergency service.
If you require urgent mental health support, please contact your local psychiatric triage service. If you or someone else is at immediate risk of harm, call Triple Zero (OOO). For 24/7 crisis support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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