Dr. Ragnar

Dr. Ragnar

Founder, DNP, PMHNP

Dr. Ragnar, DNP, PMHNP. Founder of LiveWell Psychiatry & Men's Health. Sees patients in Oregon and Washington for ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and the long tail after sobriety. Anti-soft-validation, pro-actually-fixing-the-thing. Believes the goal of treatment isn't lifetime management, it's making himself unnecessary. Writes here for the guys who know there's something going on, but haven't figured out how to say it yet.

277 posts by this author · Practice site & full bio

Clinical profile

Credentials

  • DNP
  • PMHNP-BC
  • NPI 1780403915

Active licenses

  • Oregon 10034127
  • Washington AP61615356

Clinical focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Men's mental health
  • Men's health
  • ADHD
  • Adult ADHD
  • Depression
  • Mood disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Panic disorder
  • OCD
  • PTSD
Why your psychiatrist is rushed (the 15-min visit)
Off Script · 9 min read

Why your psychiatrist is rushed (the 15-min visit)

The 15-minute psychiatric follow-up is the unit of care in most outpatient psychiatry now, and most patients hate it and most psychiatrists hate it too. The reason it…

Mar 28, 2025
You’re Making a Choice Right Now
Off Script · 7 min read

You’re Making a Choice Right Now

You're making a choice right now.

Mar 27, 2025
Provider type field guide: PA, NP, MD, PhD, LMFT, LCSW
Off Script · 18 min read

Provider type field guide: PA, NP, MD, PhD, LMFT, LCSW

The alphabet soup of mental health providers is genuinely confusing and there's no good reason for the patient to have to figure it out on their own,…

Mar 26, 2025
Trazodone
Medications · 10 min read

Trazodone

Trazodone is the most prescribed sleep medication in the United States that was never actually approved as a sleep medication.

Mar 25, 2025
Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Up at Night
Conditions · 9 min read

Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Up at Night

It's 2 AM. You have to be up in five hours.

Mar 25, 2025
Why Asking for Help Feels Like Weakness
Treatment · 10 min read

Why Asking for Help Feels Like Weakness

For most of the guys who land in a psych office, the hardest thing they did in years wasn't the appointment. It was the phone call to book it.

Mar 24, 2025
What HIPAA actually protects (and what it doesn’t)
Off Script · 9 min read

What HIPAA actually protects (and what it doesn’t)

Most of what people think HIPAA covers, it doesn’t. And most of what people actually worry about when they think about HIPAA isn’t even a HIPAA question. The…

Mar 20, 2025
The manosphere and mental health (Tate effect)
Off Script · 9 min read

The manosphere and mental health (Tate effect)

Andrew Tate isn't really my problem in a psychiatry appointment.

Mar 17, 2025
Turn Intention Into Action
Off Script · 8 min read

Turn Intention Into Action

The gap between knowing what you should do and actually doing it's the most popular real estate I work in.

Mar 16, 2025
AI Therapy Isn’t Therapy
Treatment · 10 min read

AI Therapy Isn’t Therapy

The thing guys are calling AI therapy now is usually not Woebot, Wysa, or some mental health startup with a cute mascot and a CBT worksheet engine.

Mar 15, 2025
TRT clinic boom: Hone, Vault, Marek, what’s legit
Men's Health · 8 min read

TRT clinic boom: Hone, Vault, Marek, what’s legit

Half the guys in their forties walking into a psychiatry appointment now have already done a finger-prick testosterone test through some clinic they saw on Instagram, and a…

Mar 12, 2025
Suicidal Ideation, passive vs active
Conditions · 10 min read

Suicidal Ideation, passive vs active

Passive suicidal ideation is the one that catches guys off guard, because it doesn't look like the thing they think they're supposed to be worried about.

Mar 7, 2025