Nicholas Reeves, MD
Dr. Nicholas Reeves is a psychiatrist with expertise in treating mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder, treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, and panic disorder), psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and substance use disorders/addictions.
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Dr. Nicholas Reeves is a psychiatrist with expertise in treating mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder, treatment-resistant depression, anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, and panic disorder), psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and substance use disorders/addictions. His goal is to help patients not only achieve remission but also minimize their suffering and maximize their peace so they thrive and flourish.
Dr. Reeves became passionate about cognitive neuroscience in high school and fueled that passion through his continued education and independent learning. During his college experience, he dove into learning about innovative treatment modalities, such as TMS and psychedelics. With a desire to work with such treatments and help minimize human suffering to the greatest extent possible, he decided to attend medical school to become a psychiatrist.
Dr. Reeves works collaboratively with his patients while being compassionate about their suffering and experiencing sympathetic joy for their successes. He is determined to help his patients feel like their best selves, and if medication isn’t working for them, he is thrilled to have the ability to offer evidence-based treatment alternatives such as TMS, esketamine, or ketamine infusion therapy. Ultimately, his treatment approach is guided by patient preferences and health factors to ensure the best result possible.
Personal Interests
Outside of work, Dr. Reeves enjoys spending time in nature while hiking, swimming, camping, biking, backpacking, and kayaking, both in the Bay Area as well as around the world while traveling on vacations with his family. He is also very passionate about music and artistic films.
He has a daily meditation practice that incorporates mindfulness and vipassana in addition to loving, kindness, and metta practices. He reads books on Buddhist psychology because he has found that meditation and dharma studies have significantly improved his quality of life. He also finds that this mindset has improved his ability to respond to life’s inescapable stressors with great equanimity and compassion.
Education & Experience
Following his undergraduate years at UC Santa Cruz, Dr. Nicholas Reeves dedicated a year to furthering his experience and knowledge in the field of mental health. He volunteered in a university lab that focused on studying the effects of psychedelic drugs on mice. Afterward, he worked full-time as a patient care associate in a State Psychiatric Hospital, specifically on an inpatient unit catering to individuals with severe conditions like Schizophrenia and treatment-resistant Bipolar 1 Disorder. Driven by a deep fascination and a desire to understand his patients better, he even took it upon himself to read an entire college textbook on Abnormal Psychology during that year. His hands-on experience with severe mental illnesses solidified his career path, leading him to medical school at Washington University in St. Louis with the focused intention of specializing in psychiatry.
Certifications & Memberships
- California Medical License
- Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry Board Certification from the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (NBPAS)
- American Psychiatric Association, 2007 to present