Exploring Life & Business with Mandeep Singh of Mandeep Singh, MD

Today we’d like to introduce you to Mandeep Singh.

Hi Mandeep, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I am a psychiatrist and started my own private practice in August 2025. This decision was inspired by the experience I had during my training years as a general psychiatry resident and an addiction psychiatry fellow. I treated a large number of patients in many different settings and learned that prescribing a medication alone wasn’t enough to promote healing. If I wanted to truly help my patients, I had to take the time to fully understand them: their symptoms, psychological struggles, values, goals, social supports, and the environment in which they lived and worked in. By making the effort to fully understand my patients, I was better able to identify areas that needed to be addressed, and thus, more effective at alleviating suffering. My training years showed me that psychiatric medications are powerful and life-saving but are also limited. For example, if I prescribe a person experiencing depression Prozac, they may experience some relief, but if they remain in a toxic work environment, eat poorly, and aren’t sleeping or exercising well, progress will likely stall.

As I neared the end of my training, I had to decide what to do next. I considered various job opportunities in different clinical settings. However, I felt that the practice style and setup of these jobs conflicted with my mission of fully understanding my patients in order to promote healing. I felt that the goal of these jobs I considered was to see as many patients as possible so that more revenue could be generated. I felt that if I took one of these jobs, not only would I be unable to treat patients the way I believed worked, but I would also burnout fast. As a result, I decided to open my own private practice immediately after completing fellowship.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The biggest challenge so far has been overcoming my own fears. When I decided to start my private practice towards the end of my fellowship, I experienced both a rush of excitement and a lot of fear and anxiety. I felt overwhelmed with needing to figure out how to start the practice and how to grow it. I was also afraid that I didn’t know enough to manage a practice from a financial, legal, and administrative perspective. I was never taught how to do any of this in medical school, residency, or fellowship. What really helped me overcome these fears was talking to different psychiatrists who had started their own practices. They explained what was required to get it up and running and made it clear that I already had the basic skills needed to start and grow a practice: psychiatric knowledge and a desire to help. These conversations were the confidence boost I needed to get into private practice.

As you know, we’re big fans of Mandeep Singh, MD. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
In my private practice, I want to treat through a holistic lens. That is why I practice integrative psychiatry because it allows me to take a whole health approach to healing. I incorporate medication management, talk therapy, lab testing, lifestyle interventions targeting sleep, diet, and exercise, and more. I offer longer than usual appointments on a more frequent basis so that I can truly get to know my patients. Moreover, I have speciality training in addiction psychiatry and provide LGBTQ+ affirmative care. This has not only been personally rewarding but has also resulted in better patient outcomes.

One thing I’d like your readers to understand is that I believe that collaboration is needed in order to promote recovery. I tell every single one of my patients that I may be an expert when it comes to psychiatry, but you are an expert when it comes to you. No one knows you like you do. That is why I believe in working together with my patients and providing them with treatments that are not only medically appropriate but also in line with their beliefs and values. When there is buy-in from the patient, a treatment tends to result in greater improvement, so that’s why collaboration is key.

Do you have recommendations for books, apps, blogs, etc?
For professional growth and ongoing learning, I listen to two podcasts frequently: The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast and Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast by Dr. David Puder. I also review Dr. Elana Miller’s learning modules on integrative psychiatry to expand my knowledge. Moreover, I read whenever I have free time. One of the most recent eye-opening books I read was “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts” by Gabor Mate. Finally, I attend a professional conference at least once a year.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.mandeepsinghmd.com/
• Other: [email protected]

Image Credits
Sean Marier (Instagram: @seanmarierportraits)