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Try it out this Saturday
By Shalina Ramirez
The Paris News
Published September 4, 2007
Dr. Fernando Siles uses what he describes as a very powerful technique at his Greenville-based practice — music.
The practicing psychiatrist provides music at his patients' session with a quena, a native Peruvian wood flute.
Siles performs on the quena and conducts a visual imagery session at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hastings in Paris.
Originally from Peru, Siles has been playing the quena for more than 15 years and uses it as a therapy tool in his practice.
He says visualization/music therapy has been effective with anxiety disorder, clinical depression, insomnia and helping patients through periods of grief.
Known as "the flute doctor," Siles recently released his debut CD, "Peruvian Soul."
The New Age/Ambient album combines traditional Peruvian flute melodies with rock and soul back beats and chord progressions.
It has been described as "'Enigma' meets some 'Peruvian wood flute player.'"
Siles has a bachelor of science as well as a medical degree from Cayetano Heredia Universidad in Lima, Peru.
His post-graduate psychiatry residency was at Indiana University Medical Center.
In addition, he completed a one-year fellowship in child adolescent psychiatry at Tulane University.
Siles worked at the Dallas County Mental Health Center and at Terrell State Hospital before relocating to Greenville to establish his private practice, The Family Place, in 1993. He's also on staff at Glen Oaks Psychiatric Hospital.
Siles primarily works with disadvantaged and abused children from foster homes around the DFW metroplex.
A Peruvian native as well as an American citizen, Siles resides in Plano with his wife, Gladys.
Visit www.doctorsiles.com for more information on "the flute doctor" or to listen to clips from "Peruvian Soul."
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