Marni Chanoff, MD

Dr. Marni Chanoff is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, and she practices and teaches Integrative Psychiatry.

She founded Joy In Health to inspire and empower people to work towards their health goals with support from a collaborative team.

She completed residency at Harvard’s MGH/McLean Psychiatry Training Program, receiving the Mel Kayce Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy. She attended the University of Miami School of Medicine, where she graduated with research distinction and was honored as the most distinguished graduate in psychiatry.

She trained in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) with The Ketamine Training Center. She finds that this approach deepens psychotherapy by helping people connect with their thoughts and feelings and explore their authentic self with less interference from critical, rigid, and often fearful thought patterns. She finds that KAP blends beautifully with other integrative modalities. She also completed MAPS PBC’s MDMA Therapy Educational Program and plans to become certified as soon as this new approach is approved for the treatment of PTSD.

She completed her Ayurvedic studies at the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. and is certified as a culinary coach by Harvard’s Institute of Lifestyle Medicine.

She also completed fellowships at The MGH Center for Psychoanalytic Studies and Harvard University Health Services. Following her training, she joined the clinical faculty at McLean Hospital as Psychiatrist-in-Charge of the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Program. She then served as an Ellenhorn PACT Team Psychiatrist, Chief Medical Officer and founded their Wellness Program.

She has been in private practice for several years and is now thrilled to build Joy In Health.