I utilize an array of therapeutic techniques, that are custom to each client, including internal family systems. trauma-informed yoga and other somatic techniques, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, ecotherapy, and DBT.

I am not currently accepting insurance.

My private pay rate is $140/hour.

KAP is an iterative process integrating ketamine journeys as atool for transformative healing within the context of psychotherapy.

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has been used since the 1970’s in many different ways. Ketamine is now used extensively for many chronic mental health conditions such as depression, suicidality, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), existential distress, and more.

In several studies, more than half show a significant decrease in depression symptoms in 24 hours and approximately 4 out of 5 went on to find significant improvement.

A less scientific interpretation of why ketamine works is that it allows our conscious selves to access our unconscious and unique inner healer.

I partner with a specialized prescriber who will assess you to ensure Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy is a good fit for you from a medical standpoint. Ketamine is one of the safest and most widely used medicines in the world so most people can use it.

Most people can safely use ketamine. A few who cannot include those with unmanaged high blood pressure, pregnant or nursing individuals, those with current mania, history of psychosis, and schizophrenia. Some medications may be contraindicated (though very few). Those in active addiction are not good candidates.

There are separate costs for the therapist and prescriber in KAP.

The therapist is paid hourly for therapy sessions.

The prescriber costs are separate, with the initial evaluation typically costing $250, and the medicine costing an additional $100.

Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) consists of the administration of psychedelic substances, in the context of psychotherapeutic environment.

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The only psychedelic that is currently legal in the state of Wisconsin is ketamine. Many states around the country are in varying states of legalization or decriminalization for psychedelics ranging from psilocybin, to MDMA, to ayahuasca, and more. Some are predicting that MDMA could be legalized for PTSD treatment as soon as 2025, and soon following will be approved use of psilocybin for the treatment of depression. Some people are legally using psychedelics through psychedelic churches such as the Ayahuasca Church of Mother, which has been granted religious constitutional freedoms to practice. As research marches forward, federal legalization is on the way.

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of talking therapy. It's based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it's specially adapted for people who feel emotions very intensely and as such combines techniques that are reminiscent of buddhist mindfulness practices.

The aim of DBT is to help you:

• Understand and accept your difficult feelings

• Learn skills to manage them

• Become able to make positive changes in your life

‘Dialectical’ means trying to understand how two things that seem opposite could both be true. For example, accepting yourself and changing your behavior might feel contradictory. DBT teaches that it's possible for you to achieve both these goals together.

IFS is a transformative tool that conceives of every human being as a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. IFS believes the mind is naturally multiple and that is a good thing. Just like members of a family, inner parts are forced from their valuable states into extreme roles within us. Self is in everyone. It can’t be damaged. It knows how to heal.

https://ifs-institute.com/

Ecotherapy includes utilizing a connection to nature, and the natural cycle of life to help clients develop a deeper sense of meaning in their lives, and as a way to cope with and regulate emotions. Nature is, well, a powerful natural healer.

Integrating aspects of yoga practice both not a therapy session, and into your daily life, and help you move from the worries swirling into your head, into your body, where you can be present in the moment, and remember what it is like to be a whole being. Embodiment is the key to being in the present moment, where your life is truly happening.

The goal of integrative medicine is to combine aspects of traditional Western medicine with holistic medicine practices to create a personalized treatment option for patients. In my practice, I bring ancient healing and social arts such as yoga, psychedelic medicine, earth based spirituality, and healthy eating, into a western medical model (psychotherapy). I believe they both have much to offer you on your journey.