Dr Marshinee Naidoo
MBBCh (Wits) • DMH (SA) • FC Psych (SA)
Dr Marshinee Naidoo is a Specialist Psychiatrist in private practice with the Netcare Akeso Group since 2012. She offers comprehensive, holistic mental health care grounded in empathy, clinical excellence, and collaboration. Her approach integrates medical, psychological, behavioural, and emotional well-being, working closely with a multidisciplinary mental health team. She is conservative and thoughtful in her prescribing, ensuring each patient receives personalised, evidence-based care. Dr Naidoo practices primarily at Akeso Clinic, Alberton, and admits patients to Akeso Clinic Parktown.
She completed her medical training at the University of the Witwatersrand and later qualified as a Specialist Psychiatrist cum laude through the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. She has worked as a consultant psychiatrist at Sterkfontein Hospital and has been in full-time private practice since 2013. Dr Naidoo believes in ethical, compassionate, and collaborative psychiatric care, with a strong emphasis on patient education, empowerment, and long-term mental well-being.
Dr Naidoo is fully trained in Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT) (Levels 1 and 2, including adolescents and young adults), allowing her to integrate psychotherapy into comprehensive psychiatric care. Her holistic approach also includes the supportive use of essential oils to help alleviate symptoms of emotional distress.
She is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), and the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF). She is a member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and the SASOP Women’s Mental Health Committee.
