Reflections on Psychiatry, Therapy, and Mental Health

Hwy 321 is a very pleasant drive connecting the college town of Boone NC with the resort area known as Blowing Rock. Just outside of Blowing Rock travelers will find a theme park that has been around for decades. The 'House on Mystery Hill' is a remarkable little structure wherein, it is promised, visitors will experience a mystery force. Per the theme park's website: Explore our mysterious Natural Gravitational Anomaly and watch a ball roll upwards and water flow uphill! Th

Time is a source of therapeutic energy so I pay close attention to it. I'm punctual, starting sessions and I don't tend to flex the end time to accommodate late arrivals. I even like, when possible, for my patients to have a regularity to the hour of their visit, same day of the week, same time of the day. Here are the associated ideas. By beginning a session on time I allow myself to observe this aspect of my patient's behavior. Does she arrive on time, or is she habitu

Sonia Hsieh and I had the recent opportunity to record a little podcast on psychedelics. I come from traditional psychiatry with an interest fueled by the recent approval of Ketamine with a great appreciation for its therapeutic promise and demonstrated benefit to patients in our clinic. Sonia brings to the conversation a lot of experience as a guide and a deep perspective, based on observational experience and study, as to the potential of these drugs. We hope our podcas