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About Dr. Brown
Dr. Matthew Brown, D.O., M.B.A. is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. People often come for OCD and anxiety — including when they already understand skills like ERP and still feel stuck — and for help when high drive does not translate into sitting down and doing the next step.
Care combines medication when it helps, dynamic talk therapy (not refill-only visits for everyone), and whole-person support: sleep, diet, exercise, relationships, and supplements. The aim is the least medication that still keeps you well.
He does not provide ERP himself. He collaborates with many ERP therapists so exposure work, medication, and deeper therapy can stay aligned.
Approach
- Medication when it helps — aiming for the least that still keeps you well
- Dynamic psychotherapy when that is a good fit
- Sleep, nutrition, movement, relationships, and supplement guidance
- Coordination with your ERP or other therapist when you have one
Experience
Over 12 years as a psychiatrist and more than 20 years in mental health. Board certified by NBPAS and ABPN in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry.
Education
D.O. at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences; MBA in healthcare leadership at Rockhurst University (Helzberg). Adult psychiatry residency at University of Missouri–Kansas City; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at the University of Chicago. CPTR training via California Institute of Integral Studies.
Contributions
National and international presentations on attachment, child development, and psychedelic medicine. Publications in book chapters and peer-reviewed journals. Editorial board, Journal of Humanistic Psychiatry; peer reviewer for Child Psychiatry & Human Development. Board of directors, Art of Recovery (Lake County, IL).
Find Dr. Brown
- International OCD Foundation directory — medication prescriber listing
- Psychology Today — Kansas
- Psychology Today — Illinois