Ira Phillips III MD

Summary

• If you feel stuck repeating ineffective actions in your life without making meaningful changes despite your best efforts, I may be able to help by working with you to understand what seems to be getting in the way. With this understanding, I find that people over time find solutions that seem right for them.
  
  I think an accepting stance is important in relationships, and I welcome patients from all backgrounds. While I work effectively towards a wide variety of treatment goals, I find I am most helpful for people interested in understanding the deeper origins of recurring life problems. I use an integrative approach which combines psychotherapy, practical self-care (nutrition, exercise, sleep, etc.), and judicious use of psychotropic medications.
  
  ​I also teach and supervise psychotherapy to psychiatry residents and other learners. I was an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University for a decade and am currently on faculty at the Nashville Center for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.