David R KopaczDavid R. Kopacz, MD is a psychiatrist in primary care at the Seattle VA and teaches Whole Health to VA staff nationally. Board certified in psychiatry, integrative, and holistic medicine, he is also an assistant professor at the University of Washingon. David has spoken around the world on self-care and well-being for veterans, staff, and health professional students. His focus is on staff wellness, post-burnout growth, healing and spirituality, trauma, transformation, holistic health, and the healing power of story and creativity. David is the author of Re-humanizing Medicine and has co-authored several books for adults and children with Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow), including Becoming Medicine: Pathways of Initiation into a Living Spirituality. While finishing Caring for Self & Others, David had the unexpected opportunity to test his own theories and healing practices as a cancer patient himself. Art, photography, poetry, iRest meditation and yoga, and time in nature are vital to his own well-being. Visit DavidKopacz.com. Read More Read Less