From working with children, I learned that healing them from mental illness is much easier than helping adults taper off their medications decades later. It's my belief that no mother would want their child to take a psychiatric medication if there's a natural, holistic alternative that would heal the child just as effectively.
Read moreMy Personal Story of Becoming a Holistic Psychiatrist
What allows a psychiatrist to be open to using supplements and apply them in one's practice? What experiences are required to help a doctor gain the compassion and motivation to stick with a holistic path even at great risk to one's personal career? I'm excited to share my experiences from my decision to be a psychiatrist, my medical training, and the shift to a holistic paradigm.
Read more"The Vision" and the Withdrawal Process
As a holistic psychiatrist, I am at a crossroads in many people's lives where they need some direction and safety as they cross the street of life. In this Weekly Update, I share an important spiritual vision I had as a 17-year-old, and what it has meant for my journey as a holistic psychiatrist.
Read moreComing Off Six Psychiatric Medications Successfully
Ana is an exceptional woman who is coming off six psychiatric medications with ease. What are the secrets to her amazingly successful healing journey? In this week's update, I provide some commentary for the next episode of my new podcast!
Read moreFour Reasons Why People Fight
In alignment with Dr. Kopacz's interview topic this week, I want to share my insights on why people fight with each other from a holistic psychiatrist's perspective. Hopefully, as we notice these tendencies within ourselves, we can consciously create peaceful, harmonious relationships. Read on for my reflections.
Read moreOn Building Resilience
Read on for reflections on the Hero's Journey, wounded healers, the medicine wheel, and more on the second part of Dr. David Kopacz's podcast interview. This week, we will be exploring all of these topics as we holistic psychiatrists shoot the breeze on all things abstract and mental.
Read moreOn Being Fully Human with David Kopacz, MD, ABoIM
In this update, I introduce the next three episodes of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast. We'll have the wonderful opportunity to listen to Dr. David Kopacz, an integrative and holistic psychiatrist, author, and artist practicing in Seattle, Washington. I explore what it is to be a holistic, integrative, and quantum psychiatrist and clinician.
Read moreLiz's Story: Holistic Healing from Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol Abuse
This article supports my patient Liz’s healing story with insights on the treatment of bipolar disorder and provides some clinical guidance for those who are curious about her incredible healing process.
Read moreCinderella or Cinderfella: The Invitation to the Ball
This article is about disappointment, creativity, and fulfillment, using the ball in Cinderella's story as a metaphor for life. What is this fairytale teaching us through its symbols? Read on for my reflections.
Read moreEnergy Fields and the Ability to Predict the Future
Though mysticism is, by its very nature, mysterious, I am open to exploring and understanding it better rather than stigmatize or delegitimize it. Read on for some of my reflections on this topic, as well as a preview of my new podcast episode with mystic and author Karan Tumasz!
Read moreCritical Information on Effexor XR and Paxil Withdrawals
Not all SSRIs only inhibit SERT receptors. Read on for very important information about how one SSRI may differ greatly from another.
Read moreThe Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast: Setting a Whole New Standard for Mental Wellness
I am so pleased that starting tomorrow, you'll hear stories from people in holistic mental health that you've never imagined possible. It's not just a podcast debut, it's gonna be a psychiatry reboot!
Read moreTransformation Using the Infinite Intention Technique
Using the Infinite Intention Technique has resulted in powerful, transformative healing both for me and my patients. I’m excited to share some of my patients‘ written responses to their healing experiences, how I've been applying it, and its resulting outcomes.
Read moreThe Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast
The Holistic Psychiatrist podcast will be a fun, fascinating, and informative resource for those who want to know more about holistic psychiatry. Read on to learn more before the launch on February 17th!
Read moreInfinite Intention Technique
The Infinite Intention Technique applies creativity to heal. It is an integrative energy healing approach that harnesses the whole mind to create a new state of being in four-dimensional reality and can address specific problems through the use of imagination. Read on to learn more.
Read moreProtecting Our Intellectual Freedom
Sick systems create mental illness. The goal for each person is to live in alignment with their true path and purpose. How do we maintain our intellectual freedom in the face of powerful, manipulative forces?
Read morePolitics: A Reflection of Our Psyches
Given the past four years under You-Know-Who, I suggest we use him as a model of what not to do. He is the inflammation behind the political boil in need of lancing. His character—the underlying dysfunction behind his politics—must be examined not only within government but also within each of us as the poisons we need to remove.
Read moreOn Nature or Nurture?
What determines who we become, is it nature or nurture? Read on for my reflections on this issue as I traveled through the canyonlands of Capitol Reef National Park with my aunt.
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