Reflections on Psychiatry, Therapy, and Mental Health

Sonia Hsieh and I had the recent opportunity to record a little podcast on psychedelics. I come from traditional psychiatry with an...

Each night when I go to sleep, I look forward to my dreams. Thoughts in dreams are often far more creative than our conscious mind can ever conjure up. Dreams are entertaining, sometimes disquieting, rarely one hopes, frightening. Of more import, they can help a person connect with him or her's deepest self. Dreams are notorious for being bizarre and seemingly senseless, yet when approached in the right way they point toward important aspects of our psychological being, a

At social gatherings if asked by a new acquaintance what I do for a living and I reply psychiatrist, I first note a slight social...