#81 Child Psychiatrist, Kathleen Friend, Shares Her Stories of Working with Children on a Soul Level and Why It Is so Important
Dr. Friend is a Child Psychiatrist, musician, meditation teacher and children’s author.
Dr. Friend obtained her MD from University of Miami, M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, B.S. in Psychology from Univ. of Illinois, and a B.A. in Music from Westfield State University. Her medical background includes residencies in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and Psychiatry.
With close to 30 years of experience with all ages, she is currently working as a Child-Psychiatrist in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to moving to the southwest, she was founder and sole proprietor of Integrative Psychiatry of the Berkshires in Lenox, MA. Dr. Friend has experience in a wide array of non-pharmacologic approaches including nutrition, functional medicine, neurofeedback, meditation, trauma sensitive therapy, energy medicine, nurtured heart approach and heart-rhythm meditation.
She is an advanced trainer for The Nurtured Heart Approach and mentor and teacher for the Institute for Applied Meditation in Tucson.
Dr. Friend is a graduate of the Pre and Post Natal Psychology Program (PPNE) through The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health ( APPPAH ). Although she is currently working with older children, the knowledge obtained in the PPNE course about attachment, trauma and polyvagal theory have been foundational for treating children regardless of age.
She is the author of two children’s books , The Greatness Chair and Sarah in the Greatness Chair. These stories are designed to teach children and grownups a simple method to help them grow into their best selves. Based on the Nurtured Heart Approach, this is an addition to the field of positive psychology.
She is currently working on a book for parents and teachers to understand the principles and rationale behind the Greatness Chair and give them a clear road map for bringing out the best in the whole family.
“The mind should be the servant of the heart.”
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