Dr. Lillian Somner has been in practice since 1990. She became board certified in psychiatry after doing her residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey while also training in psychodynamic psychotherapy in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute. She is also board certified in metabolic medicine, a perspective of looking at the why something is wrong, not just that something is wrong. This training allows a deeper understanding of both physical and mental illness. She incorporates into her thinking an understanding of the body-mind connection and the underlying metabolic problems that may be contributing to the issues. She has also been trained in the Bredesen Protocol, an approach to stop the decline of Alzheimer's dementia and its possible reversal.