Modalities
What is Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy?
In partnership with Journey Clinical, I offer Ketamine‑Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), a legal, research‑supported modality that combines prescribed ketamine with dedicated psychotherapy sessions. In this model, Journey Clinical’s medical team manages all medical aspects—including eligibility, prescribing, and monitoring—while I provide preparation, dosing‑session support, and integration therapy.
KAP may be helpful for people living with depression, anxiety, and PTSD who are seeking more frequent breakthroughs and more durable symptom relief. Sessions emphasize safety, intention, and integration, helping you translate ketamine‑facilitated insights into sustainable changes in mood, behavior, and self‑relationship. You can learn more about KAP and ketamine treatment through Journey Clinical’s educational resources at https://www.journeyclinical.com/category/kap-101 and https://journey.click/education.
What is Psychedlic Assisted Therapy?
Psychedelic‑assisted therapy is a structured, intentional process that uses non‑ordinary states of consciousness as a catalyst for healing and insight, always within a clear therapeutic frame. It typically includes three phases: preparation (building internal safety, clarifying intentions, and developing mindfulness and IFS‑informed skills to relate to thoughts, emotions, and body sensations with curiosity), the experience itself (approached as an opportunity for parts of you to be seen and supported in connection with your inherent Self‑energy), and integration (making meaning of what arose and turning insights into concrete, sustainable changes in daily life and relationships). My approach is trauma‑informed and grounded in ethical responsibility, cultural humility, and respect for Indigenous plant medicine traditions; I do not provide or facilitate illegal substances in Montana, but instead offer legal, clinically appropriate preparation and integration services that support psychological flexibility, emotional regulation, and internal leadership.
What is Internal Family Systems?
I offer Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy as a primary framework for people seeking greater emotional balance, self‑understanding, and resilience. In this approach, your inner world is seen as a system of “parts” that each hold their own feelings, roles, and protective intentions, rather than as symptoms to be eliminated. Together, we work to access your inherent Self‑energy—a natural state of calm, clarity, and compassion—and build a respectful relationship with your parts so they can be understood, unburdened, and supported in new roles. Sessions focus on noticing internal experiences with curiosity instead of judgment, tending to the wounds parts carry, and reducing internal conflict over time. The intention is to cultivate a lasting, compassionate relationship with yourself and to restore balance in your internal system, so you can move through life with more ease, authenticity, and connection.
What are Mindfulness-Based Practices in Therapy?
I offer mindfulness‑based therapy that integrates Mindfulness‑Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as a practical, evidence‑supported way to relate differently to stress, pain, and emotional difficulty. Drawing from both clinical research and the contemplative traditions that shaped mindfulness, our work focuses less on “getting rid of” distress and more on cultivating awareness, presence, and non‑reactivity, so you can respond to life with greater clarity and choice. In sessions, I introduce accessible practices such as breath and body awareness, gentle movement, and guided inquiry into thoughts and emotions, helping you notice your inner experience without becoming overwhelmed or defined by it. Over time, this approach supports emotional regulation, reduced stress reactivity, improved concentration, and a more stable sense of well‑being. The intention is not to force calm, but to strengthen an inner capacity to meet experience as it is, fostering a more grounded, compassionate, and resilient relationship with yourself and the changing conditions of your life.