Board-Certified Psychiatrist · Spiritually Integrated & Psychoanalytic Psychiatry · Adult Psychiatric Care
John Bocock, M.D.
Dr. Bocock offers a rare depth of care — combining contemporary psychiatric medicine with psychoanalytic insight and a spiritually integrated, whole-person perspective. He treats not only symptoms, but the person, their relationships, values, and sources of meaning.
Telehealth only · Whole-person care · Accepting new patients
Dr. John Bocock is a psychiatrist providing care to adults across a full range of settings — inpatient, outpatient, telehealth, emergency, and consultation-liaison. He treats anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and other psychiatric conditions, and brings particular experience with complex and acute psychiatric needs.
What distinguishes Dr. Bocock is his spiritually integrated, psychoanalytic approach. He considers the biological, psychological, relational, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of mental health — helping patients develop a deeper understanding of their symptoms, life experiences, relationships, values, and goals. His background as an attending physician, educator, and private-practice psychiatrist informs a thoughtful, evidence-informed style of care.
Clinical Focus & Expertise
● Anxiety disorders
● Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
● Depression and other mood disorders
● Bipolar disorder
● Post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma-related conditions
● Complex psychiatric presentations
● Consultation-liaison, emergency, and geriatric psychiatry
● Medication management and treatment planning
● Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) — certified
● Psychoanalytic-informed psychiatric care
● Spiritually integrated psychiatric care
● Telepsychiatry
Education & Training
Dr. Bocock completed a four-year residency in general psychiatry at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, gaining broad experience across:
● Adult and child/adolescent inpatient and outpatient psychiatry
● Veterans Affairs inpatient psychiatry
● Consultation-liaison and emergency psychiatry
● University outpatient mental health clinics
● Outpatient Suboxone (medication-assisted) treatment
● Geriatric outpatient psychiatry and telepsychiatry
● Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) clinics
TMS Certification
Dr. Bocock is certified in transcranial magnetic stimulation, with clinical experience in TMS clinics and the evaluation of patients who may be appropriate for interventional psychiatric treatment.
Professional Experience
Psychiatry Attending Physician — UNC Appalachian Regional Hospital
Provided adult inpatient psychiatric services
Psychiatry Attending Physician — HopeWay
Provided psychiatric services to adult clients across all levels of care in RTC, PHP, and IOP programs — psychiatric assessment, treatment planning, medication management, and collaboration with multidisciplinary treatment teams.
Psychiatry Attending Physician — Broughton State Hospital
Led treatment teams for adult and child-adolescent units and provided psychiatric care during emergency restriction interventions — experience with acute and complex presentations.
Psychiatry Attending Physician — Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Provided adult inpatient psychiatric services
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry — Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest School of Medicine
Taught and supervised resident physicians and medical students, contributing to an evidence-informed clinical approach.
Private Practice — Zen Soul Integrative Psychiatry
Provided outpatient integrative psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and follow-up care in private-practice setting.
A Whole-Person Approach
Dr. Bocock’s treatment approach combines contemporary psychiatric medicine with psychoanalytic and spiritually integrated perspectives — seeking to understand not only a patient’s symptoms, but the emotional conflicts, relationships, developmental experiences, personal values, and sources of meaning that shape well-being.
Spiritually Integrated Psychiatry
Recognizing that spirituality, faith, meaning, values, and existential concerns may be significant parts of a patient’s experience, these dimensions can — when relevant and consistent with the patient’s preferences — be incorporated into assessment and treatment, without imposing any particular belief system.
Psychoanalytic Psychiatry
A psychoanalytic perspective explores patterns of emotion, thought, behavior, relationships, and internal conflict — helping patients gain insight into recurring difficulties and understand how past experiences influence present functioning.
Why Choose Dr. Bocock
Whole-Person Perspective
Certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Interventional Expertise
Certified in TMS, with clinical experience in both ECT and TMS settings.
Experience With Complex Care
State-hospital, emergency, inpatient, and consult-liaison experience with acute, complex needs.
Academic Teaching Background
Former assistant clinical professor — teaching and supervising residents and medical students.
Broad Clinical Range
Inpatient, outpatient, telehealth, emergency, hospital, academic, and private-practice settings.
Insight-Oriented Care
A psychoanalytic approach that helps patients understand recurring patterns and find lasting change.
Services Offered
● Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and diagnostic clarification
● Medication management
● Treatment planning for mood, anxiety, trauma-related, and attention disorders
● Psychoanalytic-informed and spiritually integrated psychiatric care
● TMS evaluation and treatment
● Outpatient psychiatric follow-up and telepsychiatry (when clinically appropriate)
● Coordination with therapists, primary-care clinicians, and other treatment professionals
Now Accepting New Patients
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