At the core of my treatment philosophy is a simple belief: people heal when movement occurs. Change happens when someone steps outside the comfort zone they built in order to survive and looks honestly at the pain underneath. Most people I work with aren't stuck because they haven't tried. They're stuck because the pain has been carefully avoided for a long time, and avoidance works — until it doesn't.
For more than 20 years I've worked with trauma, addiction, emotional regulation, and relationships across wilderness programs, hospitals, substance use treatment centers, military and community-based programs, and now private practice. That range matters. I've sat with people at the worst moment of their lives, and I know relief is possible even when someone has been told — or has decided — that nothing will work for them.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is an extension of that work, not a replacement for it. The medicine can create an opening: a temporary loosening of the thoughts and defenses that hold trauma, depression, and anxiety in place. What you do with that opening is the therapy. My role is preparation, presence, and integration — helping you get ready for the experience, supporting you through it, and then doing the slower work of turning insight into changed behavior, changed relationships, and a life that feels like yours again.
I draw on CBT, EMDR, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, and integration work, and I adapt to the person in front of me rather than the other way around. Whether you come alone or with your family, my goal is the same: meet you where you are struggling and build a path toward healing from there.
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