Dr. Chris Gilbert
Physician • Speaker • Author • Writer for Psychology Today • Member of Doctors Without Borders • SAG Actress • Radio personality
Psychology Today Column
The Simple Technique That Relieved My Anxiety and Depression
A gestalt therapy chair session changed my life. Are anxiety and depression the small tip of an iceberg? If so, what lies beneath the surface? Could that large bottom part be made of repressed feelings? When I was a child, I was never allowed to fully express...
A Creative Recipe to Better Appreciate Life
How to use imagination to appreciate what we have. Why do we often only appreciate what we have after it’s gone? Why can’t we appreciate what we have while we still have it? Is there a recipe to do so? When I was married to my late husband, Steve, we had a very...
8 Subtle Clues You Are Ignoring Your True Desires
Physical ailments can arise when you don't pursue cherished dreams and values.Are you sick all the time without your doctors finding why? Do you have low energy while all your blood tests, radiology, and physical exams are normal? There are numerous explanations for...
“With her compassion and masterful insights, Dr. Chris Gilbert uncovers the root cause of seemingly inexplicable and mystifying symptoms of many illnesses.”
– Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
Riding the Monster
Five Ways To Innovate Inside Bureaucracies
Why do so many game-changing innovations start on a napkin sketch in restaurants vs. drafting tables inside monster bureaucracies that famously chew up and spit out innovation? We answer that question—and show how to innovate inside big bureaucracies—with five inspiring stories of successful game-changers.
Co-written with Dr. Eric Haseltine.
The Listening Cure
Our bodies speak to us all the time. Through symptoms such as fatigue, joint pain, abdominal pain, anxiety, depression, and other symptoms, our bodies let us know that we have a problem and that we need to solve it. In The Listening Cure, Dr. Chris Gilbert, assisted by Dr. Haseltine, shows that by using her “giving the body a voice” technique, sufferers can discover what the symptoms mean and how to fix the often hidden reasons for their health problems.
By listening to what our bodies have to say, Dr. Gilbert shows how to achieve long term deep cures versus temporary superficial fixes. Her secrets will become your secrets.
The French Stethoscope
Dr. Chris Gilbert is a physician practicing General Medicine, Homeopathy and Acupuncture in the Los Angeles area. In this memoir, she reveals secrets of her life, secrets she never told anybody before. You will share events in her childhood that influenced her whole life. You will embark with her on her adventures working with Doctors Without Borders (also known as “MSF”). You will follow her search to find her soul mate. You will share her successes and dreams, but also the mistakes she made, the losses she suffered and what she learned from them. You will follow her fight to try to save her father from colon cancer metastasized to his liver and her husband from a deadly brain cancer. Most of all, you will embark with her on a road less traveled, on her journey towards wisdom, happiness and fulfillment. This may help you transform your own life and embark you on your own road to fulfillment.
Dr. Chris’s A, B, C’s of Health
How can you stop the pain? Be less hungry? Lose weight? Sleep better?
When you visit your regular physician, very often he or she will spend less than 15 minutes with you and write a quick prescription for a pain killer or a sleeping pill or give you a paper explaining the right diet.
The real questions are: Why are you in pain? Why are you hungry all the time? Why are you gaining weight? Why are you not sleeping well? You will discover the answers to these questions and many more.
Dr. Gilbert will explain the powerful holistic techniques she uses in her office. You will learn how to sleep better, how to improve hormonal balance and orgasms, how to eat and exercise better and how to fight against stress. You will also learn about Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Gestalt Therapy and relaxation techniques. You will read about her medical secrets and embark on a wonderful journey towards a healthier and happier life.
Featured Media
Doctors Impossible
Dr. Chris Gilbert and Dr. Eric Haseltine have launched another co-venture:
The Doctors Impossible.
Follow their adventures around the globe discovering the next “impossibilities” in both the world and inside of each of us, and exploring how they might shape our future.
About Dr. Chris Gilbert
CHRIS GILBERT, MD, PhD is an author, speaker, radio personality and a physician with an expertise in the field of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Currently writing for Psychology Today, she had a private practice in France and California, and has dedicated her life to treating illnesses that other physicians haven’t been able to address. She is known for her exceptional success in treating chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Dr. Gilbert is a member of Doctors Without Borders, and has served in Mozambique, Sri Lanka, China and Mauritania. Holding a certificate in Hyperbaric Medicine, she has worked as a SCUBA doctor and ship’s physician. A SAG-AFTRA actress, Dr. Gilbert also serves as a medical advisor for TV and motion pictures.
