Heart disease extends well beyond the heart. 

 

Optimal cardiac care should incorporate the heart and the whole human. 

experience moderate to severe anxiety before heart surgery

experience symptoms of clinical depression after heart surgery or a cardiac event

with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) experience clinical anxiety

with sudden coronary artery dissection (SCAD) experience PTSD

 

What I cover...

  • Prepare for heart surgery
  • Recover from heart surgery
  • Adjust to a new diagnosis
  • Cope with a cardiac event
  • Reduce risk factors for heart disease
  • Navigate life changes
  • Communicate with family and friends
  • Reclaim your health and find your path forward

...so you can recover

  • Reduce stress
  • Conquer heart-related anxiety
  • Ward off depression
  • Live without fear
  • Increase your quality of life and life satisfaction
  • Improve lifestyle behaviors
  • Conquer health challenges
  • Cultivate resilience and confidence in your body

Who Am I?  I'm so glad you asked!

I’m Dr. Kim Feingold, a cardiac psychologist with more than two decades of experience at top heart hospitals helping patients navigate their cardiac journey by attending to the emotions, challenges, changes, and stressors that so commonly occur.

 

I am currently the founder and director of Cardiac Behavioral Medicine at the Bluhm Heart Hospital at Nortwestern and I am a faculty member at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. I am a clinician, educator, speaker, consultant, researcher, and media expert. 

 

Cardiac problems can be scary. I've also known them to be life changing in all the best ways, even if that's hard to believe right now. I've supported thousands of patients on their path to better health. Sure, you can do this alone.  But why would you want to?   

 

 

More about me

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This website remains under construction but will be your go to spot for tips, tools, strategies, information and roadmaps to navigate your cardiac journey.

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Heart patients
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Hearts in the Wild

Character is defined not by whether or not you fall, but by what you do once you hit the ground. 

- Dr. Kim Feingold, Heart Psychologist

 

Character is defined not by whether or not you fall, but by what you do once you hit the ground. 

- Dr. Kim Feingold, Heart Psychologist

Thanks for your patience!

This website remains under construction but will be your go to spot for tips, tools, strategies, information and roadmaps to navigate your cardiac journey.

Keep Me Updated