
Steve Goldsmith, M.D.
About
NOTE: NOT accepting any MediCal referrals.
I prescribe psychiatric medications when indicated. But I have found that other, more natural methods of treatment can work faster, more fully, and in a more lasting manner, with minimal or no side effects. My practice also incorporates these methods. If you already receive medications or psychotherapy you are welcome to see me, but I invite my patients to consider working towards becoming truly well so that you no longer need treatment, even if your problems are ones that conventional psychiatry cannot cure.
Four principles guide my treatment:
- Psychiatric treatment should aim when possible for cure and not the mere control of symptoms.
- The best treatment stimulates you to heal yourself by mobilizing your inner resources.
- Such treatment that enables cure through self-healing should be natural (i.e. involving no foreign chemicals) when possible.
- Such natural psychiatric treatment that enables cure through self-healing should benefit your overall health, i.e. both your mind and body.
Certifications and Expertise
Over the years I acquired training, experience, and expertise in several methods of psychotherapy with individuals and couples. This included psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), and especially the strategic/systemic/problem-solving forms of therapy that emphasize changing our patterns of behavior. I authored the book Psychotherapy of People with Physical Symptoms: Brief Strategic Approaches (University Press of America, 1983) and The Healing Paradox: A Revolutionary Approach to Treating and Curing Physical and Mental Illness (North Atlantic Books, 2013).
For the past 25 years I have utilized other, natural solutions for mental health problems to help people become well (regardless of official DSM diagnoses) and therefore to help them avoid or get off medications when possible. The primary such solution has been homeopathic medicine, which I have found to be remarkably powerful. At times I may also prescribe supplements or employ chronotherapy (effective for mood disorders).
Because I treat the whole person, I am available should you wish help for chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and early stages of memory loss, among other physical manifestations of ill health.
Education and Training
I received my MD from the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, with residency and fellowship training in psychiatry at Boston University Hospital (now Boston Medical Center). I am certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. I have received extensive training in homeopathic medicine, both in the U.S. and India and am certified as a Homeopathic Master Clinician through the Homeopathic Master Clinician Training Program of North America.
Specialties
Thomas L. Arkosy, L.M.F.T.Arkosy
Roman Blueskyes, L.M.F.T.Blueskyes
Joshua Carroll, L.M.F.T.Carroll
John Claros, L.C.S.W.Claros
Yvonne Co, M.A., L.M.F.T.Co
Hebe De Mare, L.M.F.T.De Mare
Tara Fass, L.M.F.T.Fass
Jane Gordon, L.M.F.T.Gordon
Nazila Hatami, L.M.F.T.Hatami
Kristen Hendry, L.M.F.T.Hendry
Lily Huang, L.M.F.T.Huang
Sandra Jolene Hui, LCSWJolene
Sharon Korobkin, L.M.F.T.Korobkin
Michael Morgan, L.C.S.W.Morgan
Ruth Ramirez, PsyD.Ramirez
Jessica Sanchez, L.M.F.T.Sanchez
Robyn Sheiniuk, L.C.S.W.Sheiniuk