Dr Brian Broom is an immunologist and a psychotherapist - an expert in both mind and body disciplines. He has also authored two books and for years lead a post graduate mind body course at AUT in Auckland. 

 

When I met Dr Broom he had just finished writing a book called "Meaning-full Disease" and was looking for an idea for a cover image. An idea came to me, he liked it and I ended up designing the cover and on reading it, I became further fascinated by his work and excited by its potential. Later I went to NZ and conducted interviews with the doctor, his colleagues and his expatients. This became the research I undertook in my Masters of Fine Arts. 

 

Initially an immunologist, he later became a psychotherapist.  He sometimes found patients who had chronic immunological diseases had a healing response to talk therapy.