Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

I offer ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), as well as preparation and integration support for psychedelic experiences.

About psychedelic-assisted therapy

Psychedelic-assisted therapy pairs a carefully supported medicine experience with the ongoing work of psychotherapy. Medicines such as ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA are being studied for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction, and many people describe these experiences as some of the most meaningful of their lives. The medicine is only part of the process. What matters just as much is the relationship, the preparation beforehand, and the care taken afterward to make sense of what unfolds.

Integration

Integration is the work of bringing what you experienced in a psychedelic session back into your daily life. Insights can fade, and difficult experiences can feel unsettling, if there is no space to explore them. In integration sessions, we slow down and look closely at what came up: the emotions, memories, images, and realizations. Together we find ways to let them shape how you relate to yourself, to others, and to the patterns you’re ready to change.

I offer integration therapy whether your experience happened in my practice or elsewhere, including experiences from years ago that still feel unresolved.

My training and experience

I completed the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Certificate at Naropa University, a postgraduate program covering ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA-assisted therapy, along with ethics, trauma-informed care, and integration. This training builds on nearly two decades of clinical work grounded in depth psychotherapy, trauma treatment, and mind-body approaches, including years of work with people facing serious illness and the end of life. I am also a certified meditation teacher, and I have been fortunate to learn from Indigenous healers and their traditions of plant medicine, which deeply shape the reverence and care I bring to this work.

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP)

Ketamine is a legal medicine that, in a supportive therapeutic setting, can loosen long-held patterns and open space for new perspectives. In KAP, ketamine sessions are woven into our ongoing psychotherapy. Research and clinical experience suggest KAP may help with:

Depression and anxiety, often with faster relief than other treatments, including when other approaches haven’t helped
Trauma and PTSD, by making painful material easier to approach and process
Rumination and rigid thinking, softening the loops of thought that keep us stuck
Emotional insight, greater access to feelings, memories, and parts of ourselves that are hard to reach
Neuroplasticity, a window of greater openness to change that therapy can build on
Self-compassion and resilience, a gentler, steadier relationship with yourself
Substance use, by loosening the grip of cravings and habits and opening space to look at what lies beneath them
Meaning and connection, including spiritual or existential insight

Every person’s experience is different, and these benefits aren’t guaranteed. Lasting change usually comes from the integration work that follows.

Is KAP right for me?

KAP isn’t right for everyone. Some medical and mental health conditions, such as a history of psychosis or mania, certain heart conditions, or uncontrolled high blood pressure, can make it unsafe. Before beginning, we’ll review your health and history carefully, and you’ll have a medical evaluation with a prescriber. If KAP isn’t a good fit, there are many other paths to healing we can explore together.

What is the process?

Getting to know each other. We begin with regular therapy sessions to build trust and clarify your intentions. This may take a few sessions or longer, depending on what you need.
Medical evaluation. You’ll meet with a medical provider through Journey Clinical, who reviews your health and determines whether ketamine is safe for you. I’ll help coordinate this step.
Preparation. We talk through what to expect, set intentions, and practice ways of staying grounded.
Medicine sessions. Ketamine is taken orally. I’m with you throughout, offering support as the experience unfolds.
Integration. We meet soon after each medicine session, usually within a few days, to explore what came up and carry it into your life.
A course of treatment. Together we’ll shape a plan around your needs, intentions, and schedule, and I’m happy to talk through the details when we meet.

Retreats for individuals, couples & groups

For those who want to go deeper than weekly sessions allow, I offer personalized retreats for individuals, couples, and small groups. Retreats create time and space away from daily life, combining medicine sessions with preparation, integration, and mind-body practices such as meditation, somatic work, and time in nature.

Individual retreats offer focused, immersive support for healing, insight, and renewal.

Couples retreats draw on my training as a marriage and family therapist, helping partners move past stuck patterns, reconnect, and see each other with fresh openness and compassion.

Group retreats offer the support of shared intention and community, held with the same care and attention.

Each retreat is shaped around your needs and intentions. I share the details in conversation, so please reach out to learn more.

If you’re curious whether psychedelic-assisted therapy might be right for you, I’d be glad to talk. Reach out through the contact form to schedule a discovery call.