I’m a board certified psychiatrist who went on a pretty adventurous journey to get where I am today. While in medical school, I developed a chronic illness that couldn’t be treated with the Western medical approach. Instead, I found benefit through alternative medicine. This first-hand experience of being sick taught me how to BE with my patients. It also opened me to the depth and mystery of healing that occurs outside of the material world. I love psychiatry because it allows me to appreciate the depth and mystery of every individual I work with. It also lends itself to flexibility of approach, from the hard science of neurochemistry, to addressing the ethereal matters of the spirit. My favorite approach (with or without psychedelic medicine) is psychotherapy. When I’m not at my office, you may find me in the wild looking at birds, dancing at a concert, or lost in thought.