Dr Cahal Meegan Clinical Psychologist - Newtown, Victoria

Carolyn A.

In my honest opinion, he does not provide any assistance aside from basic talk therapy, which is great - if you have no functional life complaints and aren’t subject to any meaningful societal disadvantage.

In my experience, he does not appropriately apply the DSM-4 or-5, and will ignore significant physiological symptoms that otherwise explain your presentation and instead pushing labels that do not suit you. Will ignore continued physiological complaints surrounding medical issues and explain them away with psychology dismissing their significance and need for further investigation.

He will disclose private and confidential information about other patients to you, or about you to other patients. He will ask your opinion and try to discuss information about people you have suggest getting a referral to him, and try to describe their family dynamic to you.

He will ignore medical negligence and inappropriate practices by your psychiatrists and will not support you or advocate for you. He will not report them despite it being a part of National Law. He will deny it’s part of his role. Instead, he will repeatedly make negative commentary about them to you.

He does not work in a functional manner that provides meaningful outcomes for patients - such as the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF), or connect you to the NDIS despite your eligibility. He claims to be proficient in chronic pain, yet provided no such services and ignored or swept-over the topic every time I mentioned anything, then in later sessions (when I received some validity from others) proceeded to discourage me from talking about my chronic health condition, pain or disability. He demonstrated no theoretical or functional knowledge of disability, Bio-psychosocial underpinnings of chronic health, or current difficulties someone with these complaints and needs.

He will blame you for his service delivery failures by telling you to fix his unwillingness to address them. For example, not responding to emails when you are too ill to attend in person, assist with real life issues, report other healthcare providers, engage in interdisciplinary care... Then he will subsequently tell you if you can’t fix his issues he will not see you again because you waste his time and money.

He will repeatedly take his frustrations about other patients and his own issues out on you.

And the hardest part of any of this is he will abandon you when you are at your most vulnerable and are most in need... When you have no one else and just need something stable in your life and someone in your corner... he’ll yell at you via text message and compare you to other patients he doesn’t like or appreciate... and then accuse you of things you have no control over while you’re living out of your car because you’re escaping abuse and surviving on sauce packets and thrown out food.

It should be incredibly concerning to the public that this individual considers himself an NDIS provider as he provided no access, participation or assistance. He demonstrated no compassion for the disability experience and showed no basic understanding or empathy for my circumstances. Instead of this reasonable expectation, he will just unleash his frustrations at you repeatedly without a genuine conversation, with no regard to how you are mentally doing at that time.

Brandon S.

I cannot even begin to properly detail the profound effect Cahal's insights, wisdom and experience has had on my life. With his help, I've been able to turn my life around and achieve goals I previous thought inconceivable. One of the few people in my life I'd describe as venerable, I'd urge anyone reading this to reach out to him.

Rust S.

Dr Cahal has helped me with my anxiety and panic attacks. I’ve come along way with the clinical support from Cahal. Highly recommend

gabrielle L.

Dr Meegan is highly professional, has been of enormous help, and is just real I have found him to be great.
We need more like him.

Valentino F.

Without any doubt a truly skillful gifted insightful and intelligent individual who has been of immense assistance and guidance .

Timothy C.

Great Psychologist. Highly recommend him.

Evangelyn S.

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