Sessions may be offered in June 2026
Virtual or In Person
For clients residing in Missouri or Kansas
Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy, developed by Danielle Ciccone & Michele Topel in 2024, is an "... integrative approach that combines EMDR therapy—a proven method for processing trauma—with a carefully prescribed low dose of ketamine, a medicine known to enhance emotional flexibility and neuroplasticity."
They describe that this creates an ideal state for reprocessing difficult memories, allowing clients to resolve trauma more effectively.
These researchers and trainers are my current teachers!
With a low dose of ketamine combined with EMDR, it has been shown to:
The reason I chose to train in this combination of therapy, is that I've seen (and experienced myself) situations where the anxiety and stress around participating in EMDR Therapy is greater than the capacity to successfully engage in it.
If I can offer a modality that is gentle and nervous system informed, that safely allows a nervous system to access the treatment that resolves the trauma, -and that makes to sense to my own mind and body, - then I'm on board.
I am now in training to be certified in Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ and experiencing this medicine myself so that I can provide you with ethical, appropriate and informed care.
I am motivated by helping people safely access the capacity to move through their trauma or blocks, to heal and move forward in their life with clarity, ease and actually joy and hope with renewed capacity for living a good life.
That motivates me.
Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ helps clear a hurdle for some, and I'm excited about providing it as needed, for you the human, the client, my fellow traveler in this life.
I will post here when my training is complete and this treatment option is available, likely in June 2026.
I have a referral network if you'd like to get started before then!
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