Psychiatrist at Blackburn Clinical Services
About Dr. Bickford
Dr Lincoln Bickford takes an integrative approach to the practice of psychiatry, guiding his patients towards wholistic health and wellness through work on 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 the Cornell University / Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Rockefeller University Tri-Institutional Program with research focus in Biochemistry and Biophysics.
He completed his Psychiatry residency training and 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 abuse 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 use of pharmaceutical medications and focuses on naturopathic, functional, orthomolecular, and psychotherapeutic approaches.
Dr Bickford has trained intensively for over 15 years in Taichi as a martial, meditative, healing, and spiritual practice under the direct mentorship of Master Waysun Liao, who is 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.
Dr. Bickford at Blackburn
All of our services are available individually or can be combined into a customized package. Dr. Bickford works as part of a coordinated team, so care with Blackburn is planned together:
Schedule with our team
Call (888) 870 7405, email info@blackburnclinical.com or contact us to schedule an assessment. Blackburn Clinical Services serves Venice, Mar Vista, Santa Monica, Culver City and West Los Angeles.