Sacred Psychiatry
The Harvard Psychiatrist Who Reads Birth Charts
By Dr. Tsafrir |
INTERVIEW WITH JUDY TSAFRIR Dr. Judy Tsafrir joins certified medium and near-death experience survivor Michelle Clare on her YouTube show Conversations in the Light to discuss what psychiatric practice looks like when astrology is part of the toolkit. Dr. Tsafrir explains why the conventional symptom-diagnosis-prescription model leaves patients feeling unseen, and how she works instead…
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EP 61: Sacred Psychiatry: Holistic Approaches to Healing
By Dr. Tsafrir |
PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH JUDY TSAFRIR Host Beverly Biehl of The Curiosity Solution podcast speaks with Dr. Judy Tsafrir about the convergence of personal loss and professional transformation that led her from conventional psychiatry into integrative and holistic healing. The conversation spans the mythology of white lions as sacred messengers, how food intolerances can manifest as…
Read More New Moon in Sagittarius: Truth as Refuge
By Dr. Tsafrir | | 6 Comments
I recently listened to a dharma talk by Buddhist teacher Tara Brach about honesty. She described a cartoon featuring two dinosaurs who look up and see an asteroid hurtling towards the Earth. One reassures the other, “Maybe it won’t be so bad.” The problem with denial is that it prevents us from seeing things as…
Read More Strategies to Nourish and Soothe Ourselves in Transformational Times
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These are transformational times where in the words of mythologist Michael Meade, “nature is rattling and culture is unraveling” simultaneously. The intensity, pressure, and radical uncertainty in the world are creating so much collective stress, fear, and suffering. We all need strategies at this time to nourish and soothe ourselves. Last weekend I gathered with…
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Acute Benzodiazepine Withdrawal: A Public Health Crisis
By Dr. Tsafrir | | 8 Comments
Late last week a desperate 46-year-old woman contacted me. She was experiencing symptoms of acute benzodiazepine withdrawal including palpitations, constant pacing, and exhaustion. When her prescribing PCP retired, she could find no one willing to continue to prescribe the benzodiazepine she had been taking for most of her adult life. She was someone who did…
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