Consultation

I provide clinical consultation for therapists and other mental health professionals working with psychedelic experiences, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, trauma, addiction, and related areas of practice.

As psychedelics become increasingly visible, therapists are encountering clients who are considering these experiences, participating in formal psychedelic treatments, using psychedelics independently, or trying to understand experiences that have already occurred. Clinicians may also find themselves working with unusually intense material, altered-state experiences, or questions that do not fit neatly within conventional psychotherapy frameworks.

Consultation can focus on a specific clinical situation or on developing a broader approach to this work.

Areas of consultation include:

• Psychedelic preparation and integration

• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy

• Supporting clients who use psychedelics outside formal treatment

• Difficult or destabilizing psychedelic experiences

• Trauma and attachment

• Addiction and harm reduction

• Therapist reactions and relational dynamics

• Ethical and scope-of-practice questions

• Developing psychedelic-related services within an existing practice

My consultation style is collaborative and exploratory. I am less interested in providing clinicians with a prescribed set of interventions than in helping them think carefully about what is happening in the room, what the client may need, and how the therapist’s own responses are participating in the clinical process.

Individual and ongoing consultation are available.

When the Challenge Is Personal

Therapists and other helping professionals sometimes seek consultation because something in the work has become difficult. At other times, what is emerging extends beyond a particular case or professional question.

Clinicians can experience many of the same difficulties as the people they support, including depression, anxiety, problematic substance use, relationship difficulties, trauma, burnout, or challenging experiences with psychedelics. These concerns can carry an additional layer of complexity when professional identity, licensing, reputation, or privacy are involved.

I have extensive experience providing support to therapists and other helping professionals and understand the importance of discretion in this work. When this kind of support, rather than clinical consultation, is the more appropriate setting, I am available to discuss that separately.