Today's article is the third and last one in a series that reflects back on my years of practice and asks: What has changed? I've discovered that certain perspectives, which had once been a big part of my life, no longer influence me.
Read moreThree Interventions That I Don't Use Anymore
Today I want to highlight three interventions that I don't use anymore and why. Leaving these tools behind reflects new beliefs or a change in the healing paradigm that I've gained over the years.
Read moreThree Things That Don't Freak Me Out Anymore
There are so many things that I don't do anymore or don't get freaked out about because of my experiences over the past 20 years as a holistic psychiatrist. Here is the first of a few articles on my insights.
Read moreTake It Off—But Don't Just Do It Slowly
I've been finishing up my presentation for the Energy Healing Conference in Logan, Utah on April 2, 2022! It will be held at Ridgeline High School. Today, I want to give you a preliminary peek at my presentation and its funny style and content.
Read moreHow Medicine Questions
What happens beyond information gathering during the usual eight years of medical training? Too often doctors are trained to mechanically do what they're told without questioning why or what for. How does this happen? Today, I want to give you a peek inside the ivory towers of a medical training facility. It all begins with how medicine questions.
Read moreMedication Withdrawal, Dependence, or Harm?
It's important that I go back over the basics and explain just what I mean by medication withdrawal, dependence, and harm. For this week, though, I decided to use a short YouTube video to talk about these issues.
Read moreThe Best of the Best
My Holistic Updates began on August 16, 2016, and currently contain more than 197 articles on holistic mental health and psychiatric medication withdrawal. In today's article, I want to show you around Holisticpsychiatrist.com and recommend some of my best articles and podcasts to you.
Read moreWhat's in a Name? A Rose by Any Other Name . . .
Juliet once said in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This may be perfectly true for Romeo, but not as easily translated when it comes to the labels we give to patients in psychiatry. Read on for my fable on flowers and names and mental illness.
Read moreDon't Stuff a Size 14 Illness into a Size 7 Treatment
Content and process are the yin and yang of any successful treatment. This week I found myself learning this lesson once again in my daily work with patients. Read on to learn more about what I mean.
Read moreHow Can Past Withdrawals Impact Your Current Withdrawal Process?
How do past medication withdrawals impact our current withdrawal process? The bottom line is that medication exposure and withdrawal from many years ago can have an important impact on a withdrawal process happening in the present.
Read moreLife on the Edge with Mr. Good Woodword
Today, I share a true story and some candid reflections from my life. Many of us may experience terrible, unavoidable challenges. Yet, I believe that with faith and effort, we can still transform our experiences into something amazingly beautiful, invaluable, and useful.
Read moreHow Long Will My Treatment Last?
Today, I thought it would be helpful for me to answer a common question I encounter, which seems simple but is actually quite complicated to answer: how long will my treatment last?
Read moreSmall Changes: Powerful Outcomes
A new perspective on establishing good habits gives me patience: to keep trying, even when my efforts seem to take forever to make any difference. Read on for further insights on how to create positive change without the typical frustrations and disappointments.
Read moreThe Top 5 Mistakes During Medication Withdrawal
Believe me, there is a lot more to successful medication withdrawal than to lower the medication slowly. What are the top 5 mistakes that lead to psychiatric medication withdrawal failures? I want you to be more informed before you start lowering your medications so you will have a greater chance of success and ultimately, freedom!
Enhancing the Empower Energy Technique (EET)
I'm really excited to share my new, updated version of the Empower Energy Technique (EET) that is so fast, easy, and powerful that I like using it even more than my EET + Logosynthesis technique. I've been using this approach and have tested its effects on myself and my patients both in my office and over Zoom. Its results are truly amazing!
Read moreHypnosis for the Holidays
In a recent conversation I had with Dr. Ran D. Anbar, MD, he explained to me that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. He also emphasized that everyone already engages in self-hypnosis effortlessly. It's just that when we are doing it, we don't realize that we are in a hypnotic state. Read on for some simple ways to apply self-hypnosis and decrease your stress over the holidays.
Read moreHow to Know People's Core Issues
How do people end up being who they are? How do we understand someone's underlying motivations and core issues? Read on as I share some reflections on dissecting psyches in order to make souls whole.
Read moreHow to Pick Magic Wands Over Black Holes
Everything requires, to some extent, judgment. Without proper judgment, we're left with delusions, confusion, and misunderstanding. In my search for the optimal path for my patients, I have often been misled by advertising, conditioning, and my senses. Read on for stories on how I learned to pick magic wands over black holes after years of trial and error.
Read moreReturn of the Ugly Duckling
At the last minute, I almost decided not to attend my 40-year high school reunion—for a lot of reasons. High school is a critical developmental time in our lives. Once we leave, our experiences freeze in our memories with various distortions. Read on for my reflections as I visited the ghosts of high school past.
Read moreMaking Choices & Facing Decisions
Whether it has to do with our relationships, work, or environment, life is full of choices. When we make tough choices and stand up for what we want, we create the better lives that we deserve. Read on for more reflections on these topics.
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