Books by Judy Tsafrir, MD
Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir, MD, is a holistic healer, activist, artist, and gardener with a private practice of holistic psychiatry and psychoanalysis located in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a board-certified adult and child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and teaches and supervises at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She has particular interest in combining spiritual and developmental approaches to healing, ketamine assisted psychotherapy, helping patients wean from psychiatric medications, and treating complex chronic medical conditions that present psychiatrically, including mold toxicity, mast cell activation, and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Her practice is dedicated to healing through the integration of heart, mind, body, soul, the biosphere, and the cosmos.
She is a practitioner of a variety of energy healing and esoteric modalities, including Astrology, Tarot, Shamanism, BodyIntuitive, and Reiki. Her primary astrology teachers were Steven Forrest and Maurice Fernandez and she identifies as an evolutionary astrologer. Alan Oken is one of her beloved spirit guides.
Judy’s new book, Sacred Psychiatry: Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness was published by Greenleaf Book Group in January of 2024. The book is about a holistic approach to cultivating resilience and courage during these transformative times on our planet.
“Sacred Psychiatry: Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness”, my first book, was published on January 2, 2024. It describes my journey from practicing as a more mainstream psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, to the holistic approach I take today.
These are chaotic and transformational times, an in-between epoch, as old structures, systems and hierarchies collapse, but what will take their place has not yet manifested. Grief and fear naturally arise during periods like this, and therefore it is crucial to be equipped with holistic approaches which foster resilience. My book is about how to meet these times most skillfully, courageously and from the heart and includes a variety of practices and strategies that support the body, mind and spirit.
Judy was recently interviewed by Dr. Heather Ensworth, a psychologist, shamanic healer and astrologer, and had a wide ranging conversation with her about the book and my holistic approach to healing in the context of these turbulent times.