Sessions will be offered in May 2026
Virtual or In Person
For clients residing in Missouri or Kansas
"Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ (KA-EMDR), developed by Danielle Ciccone & Michele Topel in 2024, "is an innovative, 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 teachers!
The most exciting thing about being a therapist in witnessing people transform; to come in to their own life, their freedom, peace, connection and joy.
In 2012, EMDR Therapy transformed my practice, by allowing me to treat PTSD, including Complex PTSD, more effectively than any approach I had previously provided. What joy to see so much more healing in my clients and in our community.
Yet, for some people, EMDR Therapy was too intense; too much for their nervous system to tolerate or integrate.
I then trained in Somatic Experiencing and have expanded my range of skills and tools to offer clients, with or without EMDR. The therapy I provide is more gentle now; more body and nervous system led.
In the last year, I had a client ask to try ketamine assisted treatment. I collaborated with a local practitioner, and provided therapy after their ketamine treatment session. They were able to successfully integrate EMDR treatment with me, whereas before it wasn't possible.
That's what ketamine assisted therapy can do - it increases neuroplasticity, - the process of change in the brain - which supports personal growth, trauma resolution and living life from a new perspective.
It provides gentle support for the brain to do its own healing.
It was so profound, the experience inspired me on a journey to learn more.
I'm learning, integrating, and experiencing this medicine myself. I will only provide ethical care, be educated about it and trained in any type of therapy that I provide you. That includes personally experiencing the therapy myself. That's my journey right now.
I will post here when this treatment option is available, likely in May 2026.
I am comfortable providing integration sessions now and have a referral network if you'd like to get started!
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