Meet Dr Skolnick

Dr. Jeff Skolnick is the founder of SatoriWest LifeClubs, also creating the SatoriWest Method on which it's based. Dr. Skolnick trained as an MD psychiatrist, pursued advanced graduate work in Neuropsychology and completed a PhD in Natural Health, while practicing daily Zen meditation (for over 30 years now). Bringing together these diverse fields, he was able to take a fresh look at the ancient literature and practices of Buddhism and fashioned a 21st century mind-brain scientific model that he calls Neurosoteriology ('neuro' meaning the study of the brain and 'soteriology' meaning the study of advanced spiritual states).

Neurosoteriology is a model that integrates several schools of behavioral sciences as it explains what happens in the brain from the most dysfunctional and primitive states to the very highest levels of maturation and spiritual attainment. Recent advances in the field of Neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to change structurally and functionally) have allowed him to re-envision the experience of Awakening as a massive neuroplastic reorganization of the brain. Neurosoteriology is the roadmap that allowed Dr. Skolnick to devise a way to help people dealing with real life situations and problems.

Working with a wide variety of people (from very high functioning clientele in a psychiatric private practice to those with severe mental illness in community mental health centers and hospitals) Dr. Skolnick applied the Neurosoteriology principles and developed a series of strategies and an overarching approach he calls Neural-Wellness Inshifting (NWI).

Neural Inshifting borrows directly from the various methods found in Zen Buddhism and mindfulness. Wellness Inshifting uses the principles and practices of life wellness to make Neural Inshifting easier to learn (or even to happen naturally). Their combination is called Neural-Wellness Inshifting, or NWI.

Dr. Skolnick describes his NWI approach in his foundational book, "Awaken Your Brain: Coming Alive to Vibrant Well-Being and a New Reality."

Not satisfied with his innovative Neurosoteriology model and NWI approach, he realized that most people would not be able to take full advantage of the depth and breadth of his approach unless they received all of the ingredients people need for profound and transformational change. He engineered the LifeClub model to provide these crucial components, such as a like-minded community, professional guidance, assessments, peer support, comprehensive workshops and retreats.

Dr. Skolnick is a former medical director and chief medical officer of two community mental health centers. He is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Washington, Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Naturopathic Medical Association.

Listen to Dr. Skolnick's interview (by Peggy McColl of Hayhouse Radio) about the SatoriWest Method.

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