Biography

Brian D. Richards, Psy.D., completed a M.A. in Existential-Phenomenological Psychology at Duquesne University, a Psy.D. at the University of Denver School for Professional Psychology, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (now the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research), where he contributed to some of the original research administering psilocybin with cancer patients and healthy normal adults. Dr. Richards was formerly a Clinical Director with MedOptions and now cares for patients with a cancer diagnosis at Maryland Oncology Hematology, Aquilino Cancer Center, and with Gladstone Psychiatry and Wellness. Dr. Richards has worked on clinical trials with LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA. He is a Subject Matter Expert on Psilocybin with the Board of Psychedelic Medicine and Therapies, has worked with BrainFutures, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of Sabba. Dr. Richards was a Lead Psychologist on a simultaneous high-dose group administration psilocybin trial with cancer patients at the Bill Richards Center for Healing in Rockville, Maryland. His focal work currently is with Gladstone Psychiatry and Wellness, an innovative, multisite practice delivering KAP covered by insurance. Dr. Richards’ clinical and research interests include meaning-centered psychotherapy, mystical experience, brain science-based approaches to vibrant health and wellness, and working with treatment refractory patients. He finds joy and meaning practicing yoga, studying the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita, gourmet cooking, working in nature, and caring for the natural world.