"You have done the work. You have read the books. You have named what happened to you. You can explain your patterns in clean, articulate sentences."
And your body still responds like the danger is in the room.
This is not a failure of effort. This is what trauma does. It lives in the nervous system, not in the story you tell about it. And some of it cannot be reached by words alone.
This is where psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can open a door.
THE WIDER RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
The field is shifting fast. You deserve to know what is coming.
MDMA-ASSISTED THERAPY
Phase 3 trials by MAPS showed a 71 percent response rate for severe PTSD compared to 48 percent for therapy with placebo. The FDA initially declined approval in 2024 citing trial design concerns. In April 2026, an executive order fast-tracked the pathway back to approval.
Research from Johns Hopkins in 2023 suggests MDMA also opens a critical period for relational learning, similar to the neuroplasticity windows we have as infants. For people whose wounds are attachment wounds, this is significant.
PSILOCYBIN-ASSISTED THERAPY
Johns Hopkins RCTs show over 50 percent remission rates for treatment-resistant depression and 80 percent anxiety reduction in people with cancer. Oregon and Colorado have legal therapeutic frameworks. Federal approval is widely expected to follow.
IBOGAINE
Showing remarkable results for opioid dependence and treatment-resistant trauma. Fast-tracked by the April 2026 executive order. Still in research phase and requires cardiac monitoring. Not yet available in standard clinical practice.
KETAMINE
The one I currently offer. Legal, studied, and when held inside real therapy, remarkably effective. I follow all of this research closely. As these medicines become legally available within ethical frameworks, my practice will expand to include them.
If you are exploring MDMA, psilocybin, or ibogaine experiences in a legal jurisdiction or clinical trial, I can support preparation and integration around what you receive elsewhere.
WHO THIS WORK IS FOR
The people who find their way to me usually share something in common.
- You have done cognitive work for years and you still feel stuck in the body.
- You have complex trauma, PTSD, childhood neglect, or attachment wounds that started long before you could name them.
- You understand your patterns and you cannot seem to change them.
- You are exhausted from holding yourself together.
- You are ready for depth, not just coping skills.
SAFETY & CARE CONSIDERATIONS
This work is not for everyone. People with certain cardiovascular conditions, active psychosis risk, unstable home environments, or unresolved substance patterns need different care first. A careful consultation is where we figure out whether this is the right path for you right now.
How I Hold This Work
The Survival Map is the framework that organizes everything I do. Your nervous system learned to survive something specific; healing is about finishing what your body could not finish at the time.
Internal Family Systems
Helps us meet the parts of you that carry the pain, the parts that protect you from the pain, and the Self underneath all of them.
Somatic Experiencing
Tracks what your nervous system is actually doing in real time, so medicine work lands in the body, not just the mind.
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Provides a map for what emotional experience looks like when it is allowed to move through rather than get stuck.
Attachment Repair
The relational ground underneath all of it. You cannot heal attachment wounds alone; they heal in the presence of someone who stays.
Ketamine-Assisted Work
Accelerates access to deeper layers. Most trauma therapists refer medicine out; I do both together because the work asks for both.
This integration is rare. I combine medicine with therapeutic depth because the work asks for both.
WHAT A TREATMENT COURSE LOOKS LIKE
Preparation
Several sessions before any medicine work. We build trust. We clarify intention. We prepare your nervous system. We identify the parts of you that will need care during the experience.
Medicine session
Longer than a standard therapy hour. I am with you throughout. The container is quiet, safe, responsive to what your system needs in the moment. No rushing. No performance. Just your experience and my presence with it.
Integration
The days and weeks after are where the real change consolidates. What opened during the session becomes embodied shift through ongoing therapy.
This is a treatment, not a session. Depth work unfolds over time.