Brian D. Richards, Psy.D. completed a Masters degree in Existential-Phenomenological Psychology at Duquesne University, a Psy.D. at the University of Denver School for Professional Psychology, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (now the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research), where he contributed to some of the original research administering psilocybin with cancer patients and healthy normal adults. Dr. Richards was formerly a Clinical Director with MedOptions, a national psychiatry & behavioral health company. He now cares for patients with a cancer diagnosis at Maryland Oncology Hematology, Aquilino Cancer Center, and with Gladstone Psychiatry and Wellness, a multisite psychiatry and specialty behavioral health practice in Maryland, where he is co-leading Experiential Medicine therapies. Dr. Richards has worked on clinical trials with LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA. He also teaches and mentors students at the California Institute for Integral Studies, the leading Psychedelic Medicine Certificate Program worldwide. He is a Subject Matter Expert on Psilocybin with the Board of Psychedelic Medicine and Therapies, and has worked with BrainFutures on Coding and Reimbursement for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of Sabba, helping to create the “Grand Unified Field” of perspectives and trainings in experiential medicine worldwide with Native AI.
Dr. Richards was a Lead Psychologist on an innovative, simultaneous high-dose group administration psilocybin trial with cancer patients at the Bill Richards Center for Healing in Rockville, Maryland; a cutting-edge, purpose-built psychedelic medicine clinic in The Aquilino Cancer Center. His focal work currently is with Gladstone Psychiatry and Wellness, an innovative, multisite practice delivering KAP covered by insurance. Innovating this model is the tip of the spear to provide safe, accessible, affordable, high-quality care in outpatient health care systems. This model incorporates Advanced Screening, similar to comprehensive labs in Primary Care, to ensure patients are safely screened and meaningfully prepared for Experiential Medicine.
Dr. Richards’ clinical and research interests include meaning-centered psychotherapy, mystical experience, brain science-based approaches to vibrant health and wellness, and working with treatment refractory patients. He finds joy and meaning practicing yoga, studying the Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita, gourmet cooking, working in nature, and caring for for the natural world.
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LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-richards-66a91210/
The Netflix docuseries ‘How to Change Your Mind’ by Michael Pollan
Features The Bill Richards Center for Healing in episode two, which focuses on psilocybin.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80229847
A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin
