On Surrendering to the Uncertainty of Illness with Dr. David Kopacz

Dr. Kopacz is a psychiatrist in primary care at the Seattle VA, with a national position teaching Whole Health and person-centered care to VA staff. He is board-certified in psychiatry and integrative medicine and holds a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. David has spoken worldwide on self-care and well-being for veterans, staff, and health professional students. He is the author of Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Soul Loss; Re-humanizing Medicine; and several books with co-author Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow), including Becoming Medicine: Pathways of Initiation into a Living Spirituality. In this interview Dr. Kopacz talks about his path to medicine, his experience with cancer, and how becoming a patient led him to reassess his understanding of health and healing.

 

Latest Book: 

https://creativecouragepress.com/our-books/caring-for-self-and-others/

 

Website:

https://www.davidkopacz.com/

 

Blog: 

https://beingfullyhuman.com/