Dr. Skolnick is an experienced psychiatrist and medical executive with an extensive background in Buddhism, brain science, and natural health. Putting together decades of Zen practice, with studies and research on the human brain, he founded the SatoriWest company (satoriwest.com) whose purpose is to disseminate his SatoriWest Method©—a revolutionary treatment approach to mental health and co-occurring disorders. Successfully trialed by many therapists with hundreds of psychiatric patients (vol and invol inpatient and PHP/IOP), as a group curriculum, the SatoriWest Method© received positive metrics and dozens of enthusiastic testimonials, attesting to its healing and transformative effects. The SatoriWest Method© integrates Western brain knowledge and wholistic wellness with an Eastern view of the spectrum of human experience ranging from crises and suffering, through stress and unhappiness, to the highest stages of peace, fulfillment, joy and awe. The SatoriWest Method© serves as a psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic curriculum for psychiatric hospitals and their outpatients. It also is the curriculum for SatoriWest's own LifeClubs—a several-month, membership-based program for a variety of populations, including people with mood disorders, university students, medical center patients, retirement center residents, etc. In addition to its powerfully effective curriculum, the SatoriWest Method© comes with an innovative suite of service delivery features for psychiatric facilities, such as cultural change initiatives, staff training in counseling skills, therapeutic assertiveness and apologizing, etc. Dr. Skolnick is also a public speaker and author of “Awaken Your Brain: Coming Alive to Vibrant Wellbeing and a New Reality” (2008) and “Blessed by Distress: Finding Opportunity in Hardship with the SatoriWest Method" (February 2021).