Lewis E. Mehl-Madrona (born January 26, 1954, Berea, Kentucky) is the author of the Coyote trilogy.
His work discusses healing practices from Lakota, Cherokee and Cree traditions, and how they intersect with conventional medicine (via a social constructionist model).
His research collaborations include work on various psychological conditions, issues of psychology during birthing, nutritional approaches to autism and diabetes, and the use of healing circles to improve overall health outcomes.
He was on the core faculty of the former PsyD program at Union Institute & University.
[2][3][4] He writes a regular column for Futurehealth.org,[5] in which he contributes his insights to modern psychiatry, the frustrations of health care and alternative ways of seeing mental illness, including an article about the January, 2011 tragedy in Tucson, Arizona.