Today we’d like to introduce you to Zohaib Haque.
Hi Zohaib, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I was always fascinated by people and their stories. I recall loving mysteries novels, books about heroes and the journeys with their friends, and most of all listening to the people around me talk about life. Psychiatry and mental health clicked for me in medical school naturally, and I’ve always been asked if I wasn’t in this specialty what would I be doing, and my answer is that if I wasn’t a Psychiatrist I wouldn’t be in medicine at all. When I finally graduated from residency and fellowship I was then faced with the question of what I wanted my practice and life’s work to be about. I looked around at my family, friends, and community and realized that while I could help people heal from trauma and various psychiatric challenges that the conversation of building strength never quite entered the chat. Once a person is healed there was very little guidance or conversation around what to do next. That was when I decided to make my practices encompass both goals; healing and then building. It’s been a vision that reflects my own personal journey as well of overcoming anxiety and what life threw at me, healing, and then building myself into the strongest version of myself.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It has been anything but a smooth road. I tend to be a student of failure as much as of success. I had to work harder than most of my peers, and school never quite came naturally to me. My dream job out of training was actually a nightmare, and no one in medical school tells you how to change paths in medicine if you’re experiencing fatigue and burnout. In a world where medicine is quickly becoming more corporatized, it has been a huge undertaking to build my own practice and defer family events, vacations, and even the call of my own body and mind for rest. Struggle is what makes a uniquely human experience, though. Though we are hurt, we aren’t weak, Though we suffer loss, we do not become less.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I specialize in the treatment of depression, ADHD, and those who struggle with long term illnesses or injuries. I enjoy cultivating a deep understanding of the clients I work with and being a collaborator in their health and wellness and learning along the way. Not only is my practice about healing from trauma, depression, or anxiety but also navigating how to build to new heights so that life is not just about coping or surviving but thriving.
We don’t just discuss medications at Chai, but we strategize and build understanding about how to physically build strength, spiritually reconnect, and build community. We have a deep knowledge of medications and their capabilities while also using interventional psychiatric treatments like ketamine and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. We have an amazing team that provides therapy at the highest level of education and expertise. We also ensure you are physically well tended to and are healing through cutting edge blood tests, vitamin supplementation, and carefully crafted and personalized peptide regimens.
What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
The biggest shift that is present is the introduction of AI in the mental health landscape. We are seeing more people than ever acknowledging the role of mental health when it comes to their wellbeing and health. We need to be able to tend to our people at a larger and more expedient scale, and so we partner AI with our intake interview process so that we can speed the most challenging process along. We have a long way to go before we can trust a non-human entity to understand and help us navigate the human experience.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Chaipsychiatry.com
