Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in Pasadena
When talking isn’t enough—
this is a deeper way to create change.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
IN-PERSON PASADENA | ONLINE IN CALIFORNIA
You’ve done therapy. You understand your patterns.
But you still feel stuck.
The anxiety, depression, or disconnection doesn’t fully shift—
no matter how much insight you have.At a certain point, insight alone isn’t enough.
What Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Is
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy combines medication with therapy to help you access deeper emotional layers. It can soften rigid patterns, reduce internal defenses, and allow new perspectives and experiences to emerge.
But the real change comes from the therapy. Making sense of what comes up, and integrating it into your life.
I offer two forms of this work.
KAP, traditional ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, uses a moderate dose in a more inward, open-ended session. You turn inward with music and eyeshades. The material that surfaces becomes what we work with afterward.
KA-EMDR® pairs a low dose ketamine with EMDR reprocessing. Low enough that you stay present, alert, and talking with me throughout. We work a specific memory rather than seeing what arises.
Which one fits depends on what you're carrying, and we decide that together.
How I Work
I provide the psychotherapy component of KAP and KA-EMDR® —
including preparation, support during sessions, and integration.
I've completed advanced training through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI), in conjunction with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and have been certified as a psychedelic-assisted therapy provider since 2023. I am also a vetted member of the Psychedelic.Support provider network, a directory dedicated to connecting clients with qualified, ethical psychedelic-assisted therapy providers. I'm trained in KA-EMDR® through the Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy Institute.
Medical care, prescribing, and monitoring are handled by independent medical providers:
Journey Clinical, and a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner.
What Makes This Different
This isn’t just about having an experience.
It’s about creating lasting change.
We focus on:
• Emotional processing
• Understanding patterns
• Integrating insights into daily life
Ketamine supports the process —
but therapy is what makes it meaningful and lasting.
Who This Is For
This work may be a fit if you are living with:
Treatment-resistant depression — you've tried therapy or medication, but the depression hasn't fully lifted
Anxiety — chronic worry, nervous system dysregulation, or anxiety that feels stuck in your body
PTSD or trauma — including complex or developmental trauma that hasn't responded to talk therapy alone
Emotional numbness or disconnection — feeling cut off from yourself, your feelings, or the people you love
A sense of being stuck — you have insight into your patterns, but something still isn't shifting
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy isn't right for everyone, and we assess readiness carefully before beginning.
What the Process Looks Like
What the KAP Process Looks Like
Preparation We clarify your intentions, build grounding skills, and create a sense of safety before beginning.
Dosing Sessions You self-administer medication as prescribed, with therapeutic support throughout the session.
Integration We process what came up and help you apply it to your life. This is where real change happens.
What the KA-EMDR® Process Looks Like
Preparation and Resourcing We build the same grounding skills, and we spend real time strengthening your capacity to settle. In EMDR, you don't turn toward hard material until coming back down is reliable.
Target Identification We choose the specific memory to work with, along with the belief about yourself that came out of it.
Activation, Then Medicine We activate the memory first, in an ordinary state, before any medicine is taken. This order is deliberate.
Reprocessing The EMDR work happens while the memory is open and the low dose is active. You stay present and in conversation with me throughout. The lower dose eases the fear response, so you can stay with the material instead of bracing against it.
Integration We consolidate what shifted, and notice what's different in the weeks that follow.
My work with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is part of a broader commitment to the emerging field of psychedelic medicine. If you're interested in the research behind these therapies — and what psilocybin-assisted therapy may look like when it becomes legal in California — I invite you to explore Path of the Pearl, where I write about the science, the integration process, and what to expect.
Important to Know
I do not prescribe medication.
All medical care, prescribing, and monitoring
is handled by an independent medical providers, Journey Clinical and
a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner.
This work is done within legal, professional guidelines.
Next Steps
If you’re curious whether this is right for you,
we’ll start with a consultation.
We’ll talk through your goals, history, and whether this approach fits.