Dr Christopher Walsh

Get to know Dr Christopher Walsh

From Dr Christopher Walsh's website.

• Our approach

  Mindful Representations combines mindfulness, systemic awareness, and reflective exploration to help participants develop practical skills and deepen awareness of relational patterns that shape lives. The approach integrates Family Constellations with mindfulness practice, placing emphasis on grounded awareness, emotional discernment, and respectful integration. Workshops provide a supportive environment where participants gather to explore issues through setting up a Mindful Representation, with some taking representative roles and others observing. Throughout the day, the facilitator guides the process using mindfulness, systemic awareness, and careful attention to known facts, alongside formal mindfulness practices, group reflection, and opportunities for discussion and learning. No prior experience is needed to attend, and participants are always free to choose their level of involvement, whether exploring their own situation, taking a representative role, or simply observing and learning.

• Meet the team

  Dr Christopher Walsh is a psychiatrist working in private practice in Melbourne. His psychotherapy integrates diverse theoretical frameworks including Mindfulness, CBT, Gestalt and Self-Psychology, with extensive experience treating trauma. He has worked in jails, community settings, drug and alcohol treatment centres, with the military, and with urban and Aboriginal communities. Dr Walsh was among the earlier clinicians introducing mindfulness meditation into clinical settings in Australia, has practiced meditation for over 35 years since 1983, and has taught at Melbourne and Monash University Medical Schools. He played a significant role in early development of Constellation Work in Australia and has been involved as a clinician in research into the therapeutic use of psilocybin at Monash University.