Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo LB
About Lauren Barker
Dr Lauren Barker is chief executive and co-founder of GoodMind Therapeutics, an Australian network of clinics for people whose depression has not responded to standard antidepressants. Its psychiatrist-led programs combine telehealth assessment with supervised in-clinic treatment, and it also runs programs for veterans and first responders.
She began her career as a doctor in New Zealand, working in mental health and emergency medicine, then moved into management consulting with Bain & Company in Australia, and has worked with Australian healthcare organisations on access and outcomes. After roles in health-sector scale-ups, she joined the early team behind GoodMind, which moved its focus to ketamine treatment, and rebuilt the business with angel funding.
On Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo, she explained why she left clinical medicine and what it takes to build a specialist clinic network.
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Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo Go straight to the good bits.
Key moments from Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: The Doctor Who Left Medicine to Build a Clinic Network | Lauren Barker, Good Mind Therapeutics.
The path so far.
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CEO & Co-Founder · GoodMind Therapeutics
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Management consultant · Bain & Company
Sources: goodmindtherapeutics.com.au
GoodMind Therapeutics on Day One
GoodMind Therapeutics runs mental health clinics across Australia for adults with depression or persistent low mood, particularly people who have not responded to earlier…
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