Dr. Rahil is many things– queer, genderfluid, South Asian Ismaili Muslim and Vajrayana Buddhist, and an abolitionist psychiatrist at Doorway Therapeutics. They completed their Bachelors in Contemplative Studies at Brown University (multidisciplinary study of meditation / spirituality / neuroscience / philosophy of mind), medical school at Yale School of Medicine, and psychiatry residency at Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School. With a primary orientation toward Spirit, and over 15 years of contemplative/somatic/shadow practice and training, they have been facilitating embodied healing in politicized BIPOC, queer/trans, and movement organizing spaces since 2014. Dr. Rahil is especially interested in supporting the healing process of QT/BIPOC patients from the inside out to be more powerful, wise, compassionate, connected, and free in the Work toward collective liberation. This requires working at multiple levels, including body (somatic/biological), mind (cognitive/behavioral), heart (emotional/relational), and soul (spiritual/existential). Their approach to healing with medication management specifically prioritizes autonomy, relationship, and skillful use of both prescribing and deprescribing. Healing is not to be confused with decreasing symptoms, though it may include this as a step on the path, as long as we maintain enough aliveness to be able to do the deeper work when we are ready (i.e. not using medications or coping tools simply to numb out). We decide together on increasing, decreasing, or even discontinuing medications for you to meet your self-defined goals, threading the needle between relieving suffering and accessing the gifts that your unique journey can offer to you and the world.

When Dr. Rahil is not doing clinical work, you can find them climbing, meditating, reading, playing sitar, or deliciously lost in deep conversation and cuddles with their dear ones.