I have been in practice for about 25 years. Prior to starting Nursing school in 1995 I studied philosophy. In philosophy my interests were primarily in the questions “what does it mean ‘to be’?” “What is a good life?” and, “what is a good, just or decent society?” After a number of life experiences, I decided that it wasn't sufficient to consider such matters in the abstract; I wanted to be able to do things in the world that made a difference in the lives of others. This led me to pursue psychiatric nursing - one person at a time, helping those who were suffering. Since then, I have sought to learn approaches to understanding and treating suffering as it appeared in the patients I worked with. I have pursued this understanding through various schools of psychotherapy and pharmacology, as well as meditation, yoga, tantra, sex therapy and psychedelic therapy.

Recently at a workshop I heard someone say, “You don’t diagnose a fish swimming in dirty water. You work to clean the water.” The water that we swim in is our community. Most of our therapeutic interventions are directed at the individual rather than addressing the medium that we are all immersed in. This medium - our water - is all of the meaningful connections that exist between us. I am committed therefore to help people connect to healthy communities to relieve suffering and to foster joy and the possibility of living fully. As the Clinical Director, it is my role and privilege to be able to create the philosophical architecture we follow, and to develop paths from isolation and suffering to connection, awareness and joy.

Dr. Krause holds a BA in Philosophy from WCSU, a certificate in Nursing and a Master of Science degree from the Yale School of Nursing, and a doctoral degree in nursing practice from Quinnipiac University. His doctoral research work was focused on using a program of yoga and meditation to decrease incidents of aggression in an inpatient psychiatric unit.

He also holds certifications in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from Harvard University, and certificates in both Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Research and Sex Therapy from the California Institute for Integral Studies.

Robert has been a faculty member of the Yale School of Nursing and the Yale School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. At Western Connecticut State University and Quinnipiac University he has lectured in their philosophy programs; and at the Graduate Institute, he has lectured in Holistic Health and also in the Consciousness Studies Department. He has precepted graduate students at Yale University, Sacred Heart University, Stony Brook, Salve Regina, Pioneer Nursing School and George Washington University.