Psychiatrist. Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner. Human first.

I was trained in medicine, but I practice in conversations. My work sits where biology meets biography, where brain chemistry shares space with lived experience. As a psychiatrist, I offer thoughtful, evidence based care. As a Compassionate Inquiry practitioner, I help people gently explore the roots beneath their symptoms. I believe distress is rarely a defect. It is often an adaptation, sometimes even a survival intelligence that worked a little too well. You can expect warmth, collaboration, curiosity instead of judgment,

My own journey shapes how I sit with others. Growing up with severe physical abuse and later struggling with addiction forced me to face my own protective yet dysfunctional patterns. My search for healing led me through therapy, meditation, psychedelics, Vipassana, and eventually to Compassionate Inquiry. Self compassion was my hardest lesson. Learning to turn inward with curiosity instead of criticism transformed not just my practice, but my life. It made me a better human first, and then a better psychiatrist, son, sibling, and husband. My wife would confirm this with a knowing smile.

Through my clinical work and our community initiative, Samuhum, I hope to create spaces where people feel seen, safe, and understood. Spaces where healing feels less clinical and more human, and where your story is met with care rather than correction.