Richard Brockman, M.D

Clinical Professor

Richard Brockman, M.D., is a Clinical Professor at Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Visiting Professor at the University of Namibia, School of Medicine. He has written over 50 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, primarily focusing on neural science and clinical psychiatry. His book, A Map of the Mind, Towards a Science of Psychotherapy, was published by International Universities Press to critical acclaim. Life After Death, Surviving Suicide, was published in August ’23 by Arcade Press/Simon & Schuster, again to critical acclaim. His teaching has been honored by the Victor J. Teichner Visiting Scholar Award from the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, as well as the Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the American Psychiatric Association. He has lectured widely in the United States and abroad on neuroscience and psychotherapy.
Brockman is also a playwright whose work has been produced in New York, Los Angeles, and London, as well as numerous other cities.
His articles have been published in The Atlantic Monthly, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.