Andrew Ding, M.D.

I am a psychotherapist and board-certified psychiatrist specializing in existential, relational, and spiritual issues with a focus on psychedelic medicine. I offer a flexible, wide-ranging perspective informed by influences ranging from modern integrative Western medicine and neuroscience to psychoanalysis and Eastern spirituality that acknowledges the interplay between mind, body, and spirit. The aim is to foster not only self-knowledge but also progress from insight to embodiment, contradiction to paradox, and alienation to connection. 

I seek to help people develop clarity, agency, and meaning through a variety of approaches, from the concrete such as nutrition, movement, and judicious medication prescribing, to the spiritual through modalities such as psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Any issue can be seen, like a sphere, from infinite perspectives and with respect for the mutually inclusive virtues of contemporary Western science and complementary traditions. The combination and sequence of methods will be tailored to your goals and values.

Whether you are struggling with a formal diagnosis, the distance between intellectual understanding and enacted emotional change, feeling unfulfilled despite following social prescriptions, or something you can’t quite articulate, I aspire to form a non-judgmental alliance that, rather than solely ameliorating symptoms, integrates various perspectives to address the roots of your challenges, facilitating the native capacity to heal.

Broadly, the process involves a non-linear restructuring of the psyche and nervous system in a way that can change the lens through which one views the world. The melding of various psychotherapeutic techniques eventually feels like a cross between being in a jazz band and an athlete in training, with commensurate emergence and demands. Alongside, a base of lifestyle medicine helps further support healthspan. I work nationally with tech founders, artists, special operations veterans, finance executives, and, most of all, those possessing an exploratory spirit paired with an appetite for growth, regardless of destination.

I am an avid skier and climber, as well as a former wilderness guide and varsity college athlete with an affinity for music, cooking, meditation, architecture, and the narrative arts.

Education

MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) & Mt. Sinai School of Medicine - MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Education Program 

The Ketamine Training Center - Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Training

Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis - Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Fellowship

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Diplomate

Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital - Psychiatry Residency 

Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine 

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) - Instructor

Kenyon College - Philosophy & Pre-medicine, CYA Athens, Greece

Additional postgraduate training:

Accelerated Resolution Therapy - Advanced & Enhanced Level

Internal Family Systems - Level 1

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy - Level 1

Deep Brain Reorienting - Level 2

Craniosacral Therapy - CS1