{"id":15,"date":"2020-04-05T05:36:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T05:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-06-08T09:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:36:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a doctor of over 47 years experience with a passion for supporting other docs. I am now retired from all clinical practice.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dr-Tim-Dewhurst-phot0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dr-Tim-Dewhurst-phot0.jpg 415w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dr-Tim-Dewhurst-phot0-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I grew up in Melbourne having a father who was a University Professor (almost &#8211; he was a pioneer in Biomedical Engineering, so the department hadn&#8217;t been formed yet) and a brother who was one of the first to survive with spina bifida. Poor Mum!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PETER-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" style=\"width:424px;height:452px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>My first passion was a fascination for computers and still work on old machines today. However, I chose a career in medicine to work with people rather than machines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-673x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" style=\"width:408px;height:621px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-768x1168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-1010x1536.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-1346x2048.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-1200x1826.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-1980x3012.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PDP8-scaled.jpg 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My first computer in 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I graduated in the late 1970&#8217;s and trained as a rural doc, working around Victoria for 10 years. I enjoyed meeting families and treating three or even four generations at once. This is a real privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time included a year in Tennant Creek in Aboriginal Health, which at the time was quite stressful (battling &#8220;the powers that be&#8221;), but working in the community was highly enriching and rewarding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I became burnt out twice. Ultimately, I ended up requiring a pacemaker. Perhaps the wires in my heart also became burnt out &#8211; literally! It was time to understand more about burnout, and learn to not only help myself better, but also pass on to others what I learnt.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Medtronic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" style=\"width:323px;height:241px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>So I decided to work full time in Mental Health and embarked on a career specialising in Psychiatry. I entered and studied in the training program for five years, but before finding the final key to pass my exams, family illness caused us all to move to Cairns.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" style=\"width:341px;height:454px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Cairns-Esplanade-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I stayed in Cairns for nearly 20 years, working in my own unique General Practice with a mental health focus. This gave me the opportunity to complete my studies and obtain a Masters in Mental Health in the field of Psychotherapy through the University of Queensland. I guess I always preferred to talk rather than just be a drug dealer! <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CWMC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CWMC.jpg 638w, https:\/\/drtimdewhurst.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CWMC-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After moving back to Melbourne to be closer to my elderly Mum, I continued to work in General Practice with a focus on Mental Health. Mum managed to live well, and survived into her 100th year before passing, and missing out on her 100th Birthday (and the letter from the Queen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2018 I took on the position of Medical Director for the Victorian Doctors Health Program, and worked as the champion for those stressed in the medical community. I worked there for two years with stressed and unwell docs, and talked to many doctor groups in Melbourne, Rural Victoria and in Tasmania. I have now recently resigned, to move into working privately from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important help, I discovered, was sitting down and having a chat with another colleague who was going through a stressful time. I believe my job was to understand where they were coming from, and even learn together. There are no miracles in &#8220;psychotherapy&#8221;. This is just the chance for another human being to be there with a colleague. Being a doctor with many various experiences myself helps me to understand better, and for them to accept that I may know what they are going through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished my work returning to a very supportive environment back in Tennant Creek working in Aboriginal Helth at Anyinginyi Health Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am now retired to explore travelling aound Australia, pursue my original hobbies of computing and electronics, and hope to finish writing my book on Emotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a doctor of over 47 years experience with a passion for supporting other docs. I am now retired from all clinical practice. 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