Gabor Maté, MD

“I’ve grown up with the awareness of how terrible and difficult life can be for some people through no fault of their own. It helps me feel there is good work to be done everywhere.” – Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté, MD is a physician and bestselling author whose books have been published in nearly twenty languages worldwide. Dr. Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, from addiction and attention deficit disorder (ADD) to mind-body wellness, adolescent mental health, and parenting. A renowned thinker and public speaker, he addresses audiences all over North America, including professional and academic groups like nurses’ organizations, psychiatry departments, and corporate conventions, as well as presentations and seminars for local community groups and the general public. As a writer and speaker, he is widely known for the power, insight, clarity, candour, compassion, humor, and warmth of his presentations.

Common to all of Dr. Maté’s work is a focus on understanding the broader context in which human disease and disorders arise, from cancer to autoimmune conditions like MS, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, or fibromyalgia; childhood behavioral disorders like ADD, oppositionality, or bullying; or addiction, from substance abuse to obsessive gambling, shopping, or even workaholism.

Rather than offering facile, quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them. His approach to healing is holistic and kaleidoscopic – linking everything from neurophysiology, immunology, spirituality and developmental psychology to economic and social policy.

Gabor is the bestselling author of In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction, When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress and Scattered Minds, and co-author of Hold On To Your Kids. He is a contributor of articles and commentary to The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail on subjects ranging from health to politics.

“Gabor Maté’s connections - between the intensely personal and the global, the spiritual and the medical, the psychological and the political - are bold, wise and deeply moral.” - Naomi Klein

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Please join Dr. Gabor Maté at Hollyhock June 24 - 29 for Healing the Stress of Addiction and Addiction of Stress.