Hi, I’m dr. Will Van Derveer
When Success Isn't Enough: Trauma Mastery for Executives
As both a founder who built to 8 figures and a trauma specialist, I understand something most people miss: unresolved trauma isn't just a personal burden—it's a business liability. But when you understand these patterns, they become a strategic advantage."
When I had to cut 75% of our team, I drew on every tool I'd developed: emotional regulation techniques to stay clear under extreme pressure, biological optimization to handle the stress load, parts work to separate necessary decisions from personal failure, and relationship boundaries with people who couldn't handle the reality of business.
Complex trauma doesn't care about your revenue or resume. It shows up as perfectionism that burns out teams, reactive patterns that sabotage deals, or emotional walls that prevent authentic leadership connection.
I work with a select handful of executives and leaders on the trauma patterns that limit their capacity for sustainable high performance. This isn't about coping strategies or surface-level fixes. This is root-cause resolution that changes your operating system.
My approach integrates:
Trauma-informed functional medicine addressing the whole person
Somatic and nervous system work that unlocks what talk therapy can't reach
Psychedelic-assisted therapy where appropriate and legal
Collaboration with your existing medical team
With over 20 years of practice, MDMA clinical research, and training thousands of providers at Integrative Psychiatry Institute, I've seen what's possible when high-achievers get the specialized support their complexity requires.
The goal isn't management—it's resolution.
Leaders who complete this work report breakthrough capacity for presence, decision-making clarity, and authentic connection that transforms not just their results, but their experience of success itself.
Due to the intensive nature of this work, availability is extremely limited. For investment details and current openings, click on the INQUIRE button.
“Dr . Van Derveer is the rarest of psychiatrists. Both a pioneer who is advancing his entire profession and an educator who is training a new generation, Will is, most of all, a man of great depth and soul. His humanistic care and compassion for his patients is evident in his precision, attention to detail, and broad minded whole-human, integrative approach. He’s the psychiatrist that everyone wishes for but rarely ever finds.”