Healer
Trauma-informed psychiatric care for adults navigating relational wounds, addiction, and complex patterns of suffering.
Psychiatrist · Researcher · Teacher · Clinical Leader
Dr. Jon Caldwell
Board-certified adult psychiatrist and clinical research investigator working at the intersection of relational trauma, addiction, attachment, mindfulness, and evidence-informed healing.
Trauma
Attachment
Mindfulness
Addiction
Current Focus
Clinical care shaped by science, presence, and systems thinking.
Dr. Caldwell brings together decades of psychiatric practice, PhD training in human development, and executive clinical leadership. His work centers on how early adversity and attachment relationships shape emotion regulation, identity, resilience, and recovery.
Recent roles include Director of Psychiatry at Mantra Health, Chief Medical Officer at Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, Behavioral Health Advisor to Carrum Health, and Medical Director at Chamberlain University MPAS.
Teacher
National and international lectures on developmental trauma, attachment, emotion regulation, mindfulness, and addiction.
Scientist
Peer-reviewed research on child maltreatment, attachment theory, parenting, self-compassion, and contemplative practice.
Leader
System-minded clinical leadership across behavioral health programs, provider teams, admissions standards, and outcomes research.
Approach
A progressive psychiatry practice with room for both data and depth.
Dr. Caldwell’s perspective is influenced by osteopathic medicine, developmental psychology, attachment science, neurobiology, contemplative traditions, and the practical realities of clinical care. His work asks a human question with scientific seriousness: how do people become more free, connected, and alive after histories of adversity?
20+
years in psychiatry and behavioral health
PhD
Human Development, UC Davis
ABPN
Board-certified adult psychiatrist
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