Brian Broom MBChB, FRACP, MSc, MNZAP

Dr. Brian Broom has been described as a ‘philosopher physician,’ with a passion for ‘whole person’ approaches to physical illness and disease. In 1987 he set up a multidisciplinary center in Christchurch, New Zealand, oriented to whole person care. In his own personal work he combined immunology and psychotherapy practices, and began to see rich associations between patients‘ life experiences and their physical disorders, and began a long exploration of both the practical and theoretical implications of this, giving rise to the medicine and story approach to physical illness.

Dr. Brian Broom is currently a Consultant Physician in Clinical Immunology (Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand), and is consulted for many types of physical illness by people wanting a clinician who will look at both physical and non-physical factors that may be playing a part in the onset and continuation of their illnesses. On the ‘mind’ side he is a New Zealand-registered psychotherapist and has a large experience training and supervising psychotherapists. For many years he has supervised groups of psychotherapists working with patients with physical conditions. Whilst his psychotherapy background is eclectic, his therapeutic focus is strongly interpersonal.

Dr. Brian Broom is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychotherapy at AUT University, Auckland, where he established the Post-Graduate Midbody Healthcare Diploma and Masters programmer, which continues to train experienced clinicians in whole person healthcare.