KAP Workshop + Experiential for Therapists In St Thomas

Dr. Laurie McCormick, MD, DFAPA is Board Certified Psychiatrist & Family Physician who provides Integrative Psychiatry and Ketamine Assisted Therapy in her private practice locations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as well as St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

She offers a hybrid of in-person and/or telehealth appointments. Her experience in the field of mental health started with a career in academic medicine and neuroscience research in eating disorders and brain stimulation and now primarily in an outpatient clinical setting in private practice to improve access to safe and equitable ketamine and other psychedelic assisted therapies. Laurie has been prescribing ketamine (intranasal and/or sublingual routes) for nearly 4 years and is completing the Numinus (Explore now) and IPI Year Long Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Ketamine Provider Training(Explore now). She is passionate about being able to offer new options where other treatment interventions have failed and the impact of one’s spiritual experience being a valued as part of the healing process.

Dr. Yael Baldwin is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Asheville, NC. She specializes in psychodynamic and existential approaches to enhancing our relationships (to self, others, and the world) while working through trauma, loss, and life transitions.

She is also a psychedelic-assisted therapist (trained through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and Living Medicine Institute) currently offering Ketamine-assisted therapy. Yael is also a Professor Emerita from Mars Hill University where she was the chair and professor of clinical psychology for almost twenty years. She has been researching, writing, teaching, and practicing a variety of mental health treatments, from psychoanalysis to meditation and psychedelics, for over two decades. Dr. Baldwin is on the board of the Western North Carolina Psychologists Association and is an international author and speaker. Her life’s work focuses on how we can all suffer less and flourish more, together.

Michal Klau-Stevens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in West Hartford, Connecticut. She specializes in working with women before and during pregnancy, and during early parenting years, with a focus on treating trauma and substance use disorders. She is licensed in CT and MA and offers in-home services in select locations and telehealth sessions.

Michal is a Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute’s year-long training program and offers preparation and integration sessions for ketamine therapy. She holds MSW/MPH degrees with a focus on Maternal and Child Health from the University of Connecticut. She is an advanced training Accelerated Resolution Therapy provider. As an advocate and activist for two decades promoting healthy birth options and the midwifery model of care, and as a therapist for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders in community health settings, she experienced the challenges to families of untreated trauma, which often does not respond well to traditional therapy approaches. Her search for treatments that work led her to psychedelic-assisted therapy. She is excited to be a part of expanding ketamine-assisted therapy training to other providers to expand access to this unique and effective treatment.

Dr. Aaron McDonough, PharmD is a Co-Owner and the Chief Innovation Officer of Towncrest Pharmacy Corporation.

Towncrest Pharmacy has six ambulatory community pharmacy sites, one Long-Term Care pharmacy and one alternative/functional medicine clinic and compounding pharmacy. Dr. McDonough spends majority of his time working in the functional medicine clinic and compounding pharmacy offering comprehensive functional medicine/wellness consultations and precision compounding expertise in areas of mental health, pain, women’s/men’s hormonal health, dermatology, dental, and veterinary medicine. The functional wellness clinic serves a diverse patient population and manages drug-induced nutrient depletion, mental health, chronic pain, cardiometabolic, gastrointestinal, pediatrics, and various other unique patent health concerns. Dr. McDonough’s goal is to personalize alternative medicine and compounds to tailor the individual needs of every patient he serves.

Getting up-to-date on the research and practical application of psychedelic-assisted therapy from the co-founders of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute. Only half of the ketamine story is about its bioactive properties for treating depression, but it can also produce a powerful psychedelic experience that can be leveraged with psychedelic-assisted therapy.

In today’s episode, Keith and Will discuss their personal experiences with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in an intimate look at the power of this medicine, how to integrate both uplifting and very challenging experiences, and ways to start to get involved in the psychedelic-assisted therapy revolution.