Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté is a retired physician, author & speaker on trauma and addiction at Independent (formerly Portland Hotel Society, Vancouver), known for 1 protocol on YourProtocol covering mental health.

Retired physician who spent 20 years in family practice and palliative care, then over a decade as staff physician for the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside treating patients with severe addictions. Creator of Compassionate Inquiry, a psychotherapeutic approach taught to clinicians in over 80 countries. Author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, When the Body Says No, The Myth of Normal, and Scattered Minds. Recipient of the Order of Canada.