The Heart that Heals Itself: Discovering Emotional Richess through Meditations & Reflections (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692326305)

Tina was born in India and grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada spending most of her childhood summers traveling. During her undergraduate years she studied recombinant DNA technologies and other areas of cancer research and biomolecular medicine, as well as music and French. During summer breaks she worked and backpacked around the UK and Europe. She graduated with a BSc Honors in biochemistry from Dalhousie University. Tina then attended medical school. At Dalhousie Medical School, Tina spent her elective periods overseas working in obstetrical units and rural cold chain immunization programs. For a number of years after graduating from medical school she practiced family and general medicine. She later obtained her specialty training in psychiatry from the University of Toronto, with psychosomatics (the mind-body interface), psychooncology, and psychotherapy as her areas of subspecialty. Tina has been a recipient of the Knights of Malta Award in Medical Ethics and the University of Toronto Resident Psychotherapy Prize. Affiliated with the University of Toronto as a Lecturer, she is the Chair of the Psychotherapy Section of the Ontario Psychiatric Association. Tina is a Founding Member of the Institute of Coaching Professional Association, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. In her private psychotherapy practice, Tina works not only with people who experience eating disorders, mood disorders, or relationship issues but with people who have, or who have had, cancer. Tina is trained in Reconnective Healing(R), a form of vibrational energy medicine. Tina maintains a personal yoga and meditation practice. A student of Patanjali Yoga Sutras, she is interested in their applications and relevance to modern life and the psychotherapies. Recently, Tina has been developing her practice of yogapsychotherapy as a way to increase her own level of well-being and happiness. Most recently, Tina was recognized as a Top Doctor by the International Association of Health Care Professionals. Tina lives in Toronto. Her interests include travel, music, architecture and interior design, textiles, fashion, photography, art and books. She loves great food and cooking, and developing recipes.