We were thrilled to host New York based psychiatrist, Dr Anna Yusim, Criminal Psychologist, Tim Watson-Munro and leading mental health advocate, Ingrid Ozols at our Zoom style In The Spirit Of Things Conversation. The conversation discussed the importance of meaning and purpose, spirituality, self care, isolation and confinement, staying connected and mental health in a Covid-19 world. 'In The Spirit Of Things' Conversations are released weekly and available to members of the WOW Self Care Tribe. It is free to join.
Dr. Anna Yusim
Dr. Anna Yusim is an award-winning, nationally recognized psychiatrist, speaker, and author with a private practice in New York City. She is a Lecturer on the Clinical Faculty of the
Yale Psychiatry Department. After working as a neurobiology researcher with Dr. Robert Sapolsky Ph.D. and completing her studies at Stanford, Yale Medical School, and the NYU
Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Dr. Yusim felt that something was missing from her life. In her quest to find it, she travelled, lived and worked in over 50 countries, while studying Kabbalah, learning Buddhist meditation, and working with South American shamans and Indian gurus.
Dr. Yusim has published over 70 academic articles, book chapters, scientific abstracts and book reviews on various topics in psychiatry. She has received numerous awards and
distinctions including the National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Research Resident
Award, the American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship, the William Webb Fellowship from the Academy for Psychosomatic Medicine, the American Psychiatric Institute for Research & Education (APIRE) Janssen Research Award, the Seed Research Grant from the American Medical Association, First Prize in the Sermo Resident Challenge, the Carta Fellowship from the World Psychiatric Association, the Janet M. Glasgow-Rubin Award for Women Leaders at Yale Medical School, the William F. Downs Fellowship for International Research, the Max Kade Fellowship, the Samuel F. and Sara G. Feinman Scholarship for Leadership, the Foreman Fleisher Foundation Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the Golden Award for Top Thesis written in the Humanities at Stanford University, the Hoefzer Prize for Top Essay Written in Stanford University Course, the Bessie F. Lawrence International Fellowship, and the National Science Foundation Scholarship.
She lives in Manhattan with her husband.
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