Synchronicity Heals: Sheila Salama, MD, EP 294

Psychiatrists are embracing synchronicities. The stories of Sheila Salama will now illuminate for you the full range of therapeutic healing through meaningful coincidences.

You can purchase Dr. Beitman's new book, "Meaningful Coincidences", here ⁠⁠⁠https://www.innertraditions.com/books/meaningful-coincidences⁠⁠

Check out the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel to see the latest podcast episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Coinciders Dr. Sheila Salama, MD received her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical School in New York City, and then completed her Internship, Residency in Psychiatry as well as Fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Kings County Hospital. Since the early 1990’s Dr. Salama has acquired several certifications in non-pharmacological modalities. These facilitate the healing from acute and chronic traumatic events, as well as many other disorders. She has worked extensively with veterans coping with war trauma, moral injury, and survivors of early childhood abuse. Dr. Salama is also a strong advocate for human rights and participated in the United Nations meetings advocating for the Yezidi victims of genocide. She is currently on the clinical advisory board of Free Yezidi Foundation Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com