-THE RECOVERY SPECIALIST-

P.W. Pakeman, Mental Health Coach (MHC), Narrative Therapy Trained, NLP Certified, Narrative Therapy Trained, BRW Certified Specialist, Post Graduate in Nutrition and Mental Health, Lead developer of BRW. There is over 30 years of community mental health experience behind me. I am a Recovery Specialist in Mental Health who expertise led to holding such positions as a trauma therapist for a major inner city health center; first responder in mental health assisting both the police and community with calls from people in crisis; as a director of a 10-bed recovery stabilization unit for homeless men experiencing major psychiatric illnesses; conducting recovery-based groups and individual work within the psychiatric department of a major regional hospital; as Peer Specialist in Mental Health and opened the first nutrition and mental health clinic within a major health center. Furthermore, numerous workshops for agencies and hospitals on nutrition & recovery in mental health have been conducted.

Praise for Former Works of the Author

“Paul Pakeman combines professional knowledge with personal experience to render a thoughtful and provocative challenge to traditional mental health treatment. He offers important insights into finding new paths to healing that embrace the mind-body connection. His holistic approach provides direction for both mental health consumers and professionals to collaborate to engage in a healing paradigm truly”. -Shirley Roberts, R.N. M.Ed.

Additional Praise for the Author
“I find a lot of validity in Paul Pakeman’s opinions about the currently offered medical approach to mental illness.  Medical doctors often do not attend to the actual physical health and needs of their psychiatric patients. Mr. Pakeman has my support in encouraging doctors to order a full range of blood and urine tests for every patient, including assessments of thyroid, adrenal, lipid, protein, vitamin, and mineral status, much of which is covered by OHIP.  Having practised orthomolecular medicine (nutrition & psychiatry) for 35 years, I have found, almost always, marked improvement in the patients who integrate, into their other medical regimens, lifestyle changes including attention to sleep, diet, stress, and appropriate hormonal, vitamin, mineral, and amino acid support. I would like to see GPs and psychiatrists begin to include these tests as part of their standard of practice for every person with a mental health issue.   We need to be more encompassing in our treatment of the physical aspect of mental illness.”–Bryn Waern, M.D., Diploma Psychiatry,