Trusted Practitioners

Dr. Jenn is a psychologist, coach, and award-winning author featured in national media, Psychology Today, and other top publications. After a prescribed benzodiazepine caused a brain injury, she shared her recovery and now helps people worldwide navigate benzo withdrawal/BIND, supports caregivers, educates the medical community, and promotes plant-based diets as part of holistic well-being.

Nicole Lamberson is a Physician Assistant and a leading voice in safe psychiatric drug tapering. After her own protracted benzo withdrawal, she co-founded The Withdrawal Project, became Medical Director of the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, and advises the FDA on tapering. She helps clients design safe, personalized tapers—blending medical expertise with lived experience to offer compassionate, practical guidance.

 Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a board-certified psychiatrist and CEO of TaperClinic, the world’s largest medical practice dedicated to psychiatric deprescribing. He creates individualized tapering protocols, guides patients through complex withdrawals, and leads a clinical team focused on safe, evidence-based care. A former FDA Medical Officer, he combines deep regulatory insight with clinical expertise to help clients taper safely and regain stability.

Baylissa Frederick is a psychotherapist, counsellor, and mindfulness teacher with over 20 years of experience. Internationally recognized for her compassionate work in psychiatric drug withdrawal, she has supported tens of thousands of people through antidepressant and benzodiazepine withdrawal. Blending clinical expertise with mindfulness and compassion-based approaches, Baylissa helps clients find stability, healing, and hope. Her work has become a lifeline for those navigating the often misunderstood journey of withdrawal.

Malissa Pistillo is a holistic psychiatric drug harm and protracted withdrawal coach who walks this path alongside you from lived experience. She blends formal training with the hard-earned wisdom of survival, offering trauma-informed coaching and consultation. With compassion and steady presence, she provides practical strategies, tools, emotional support, and spiritual insight—integrating education, support, somatic and shadow work, and always meeting you exactly where you need to be met. Her work is about more than withdrawal—it’s about helping you rebuild trust in your body, reclaim your voice, and reconnect with your inner strength and intuition as you heal.

Outro Health is a virtual platform dedicated to helping people safely taper off antidepressants. Co-founded by Dr. Mark Horowitz, it provides personalized, science-based taper plans, ongoing clinician support, and custom-compounded medications delivered to clients’ homes. With a focus on safety, compassion, and empowerment, Outro offers a supportive path to healing beyond medication.

Dr. Mark Leeds is a physician specializing in dependence & addiction medicine and evidence-based deprescribing. Based in Florida, he provides medical care locally and offers tapering consultations to clients worldwide. Using protocols like the Ashton Manual and Maudsley Guidelines, he supports safe, gradual benzodiazepine discontinuation with compassion and individualized care.

Angie Peacock, CPC, MSW, is a life coach specializing in psychotropic drug withdrawal and chronic iatrogenic illness. Drawing on training in therapy, somatic work, and lifestyle interventions—as well as her own lived experience—she offers compassionate, non-pathologizing support. Angie helps clients and caregivers manage fear, build resilience, and navigate the challenges of deprescribing with practical tools and guidance.

Dr. Patricia Halligan supports patients through psychiatric drug withdrawal and physical dependence with safe, patient-led tapers—especially for benzodiazepines. Concerned by overprescribing and the lack of deprescribing training in medicine, she provides comprehensive consultations, group therapy, and individual psychotherapy, offering care rooted in safety, compassion, and hope.

Dr. Giordano is a holistic psychiatrist with 17+ years of experience, specializing in helping people safely taper off psychiatric medications. She offers personalized, integrative care that looks beyond medication—supporting alignment with your true self, natural balance, and lasting well-being. Over the past 4.5 years, she’s guided over 300 individuals worldwide through thoughtful, informed tapering. (She currently accepts clients in Michigan, New York, Florida, California, Virginia, Georgia, and Arizona.)