LCSW-C
No one is immune from mental illness. Rates of major depression and anxiety soared during the pandemic. My own two-year struggle to resolve my own symptoms reached a turning point after several of my own clients told me they were using ketamine treatments to accelerate the course of their own treatment. They didn’t have to tell me how it was working. I could see it plainly, like seeing night and day. Soon after, I consulted with my doctors and finished a successful course of ketamine treatment for myself. Since then, I’ve devoted myself to learning everything about the best practices for ketamine to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic illness from stress. I’m also committed to learn how ketamine fits into the larger medical renaissance of psychedelic-based treatments, since MDMA is slated to become FDA-approved in 2023, followed by psilocybin in 2024. I've been a certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist for 15 years. IFS fits like a glove with the work we do providing Ketamine Assisted Therapy. We focus on IFS in our KAP sessions to help facilitate getting to know how Protectors are trying to help, and safely exploring Exiles, which carry the most pain. I've also specialized in relationship and marriage counseling for 20 years, helping couples improve emotional connection, sexual intimacy, and become masters at conflict resolution. We regularly offer unique, one-day retreats in our Bethesda office for clinicians (medical or mental health) to have an experience with IM ketamine, in a loving and supportive group container. Once per month, on the last Tuesday of each month, we offer a Psychedelic Peer Integration Group. It's a place to get support and insight into prior psychedelic experiences and give/receive encouragement for each person on their healing journey.
Calliope Health
Bethesda
MD
20814
General Psychiatry (medication management)