Dr. Bains earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology before studying medicine at the University of Manitoba, his home province. He completed a psychiatric residency at Dalhousie University, where he completed a fellowship in ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy).

After graduating in 2006, he has practiced as an inpatient psychiatrist, as well as a psychotherapist who developed a passion for promoting body/mind/spirit health, “deprescribing,” and working with trauma.