Dr. Lincoln Bickford takes an integrative approach to the practice of psychiatry, guiding his patients toward holistic health and wellness by working across all levels of body, mind, and spirit. He also facilitates Taichi/Qigong moving meditation groups as a practice of Oneness.
Dr. Bickford graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Chemistry, followed by MD and PhD degrees at Cornell University / Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Rockefeller University Tri-Institutional Program with a research focus in Biochemistry and Biophysics. He completed his residency in psychiatry and his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University and is board-certified in both specialties.
Highlights of his work experience have included: clinical professorships at Columbia University and University of Southern California; residential mental health and substance use disorder recovery treatment at The Meadows of Wickenburg and Sierra Tucson; emergency and consult-liaison psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and LA General Hospital; forensic psychiatry with the Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Reentry; inpatient psychiatry at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Las Encinas Hospital, Banner Health, and several other institutions; and private practice with both children and adults. Where possible, Dr. Bickford prefers to minimize the use of pharmaceuticals and focuses on naturopathic, functional, orthomolecular, and psychotherapeutic treatments.
Dr. Bickford has trained intensively for over 15 years in Tai chi as a martial, meditative, healing, and spiritual practice under the direct mentorship of Master Waysun Liao, widely regarded as the foremost living world expert. Prior to finding Taichi, Dr. Bickford explored and practiced a wide variety of yogic and meditation methods for over 10 years. Along the way, he developed a Taichi center and Taoist community on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. He teaches Taichi privately and in hospitals and treatment centers and finds that it can lead to dramatic personal transformation, integration, and alleviation of mental and physical suffering.
