Chris Cookson
Nurse Practitioner
Chris is a dedicated Endorsed Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in complex mental health settings, including government forensic hospitals and emergency departments in both Australia and the United Kingdom.
His approachable and empathetic style helps patients feel heard and understood. Chris is committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based care and takes a person-centred approach to assessment and treatment planning.
Chris is skilled across a broad range of evidence-based therapeutic modalities, including Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy. As an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner, he has led assessment and treatment clinics providing diagnosis, medication management, and coordinated care planning for patients with mental health conditions.
Chris’s experience in clinical assessment, care planning, and lawful access pathways for unapproved medicines, including SAS-B arrangements.
Clinical interests: Mental health; Chronic disease management; Anxiety; Depression; PTSD.