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From Medication to Meditation: How Dr. Will Reinvented Psychiatry Through Functional Medicine
June 06, 2025 · 39 min

Dr. Will Van Derveer, MD, is a pioneering psychiatrist who became discouraged by the conventional mental healthcare he was trained to provide. After two decades of developing innovative approaches to address the root causes of symptoms, in 2018 he co-founded the Integrative Psychiatry Institute to train therapists and medical providers in cutting-edge approaches to care. A leader on a mission to transform mental healthcare Will set a goal in 2018 to train 10,000 providers in psychedelic-assisted therapy and other innovations by 2028. Currently, IPI empowers hundreds of clinicians per year to revolutionize the care they provide through integrative methods. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University and lives in Boulder, CO with his wife and two dogs.

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