frequently asked questions

Talk Therapy / Trauma Therapy53-minute session: $160 Available in person or via secure telehealth.Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy2-hour in-person session: $395 Guided, low-dose ketamine with psychotherapy tailored to your goals.3-hour in-person session: $595 Extended ketamine and psychotherapy session for deeper exploration, transformation, and integration.Psychedelic Integration Therapy53-minute session: $160 Professional support to help you prepare for and integrate insights from psychedelic experiences.

I am in-network with HMHI-BHN. For all other insurance providers, I am considered out-of-network. Upon request, I can provide a superbill that you may submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement of therapy services.

My office is located in the Marmalade District, just north of downtown Salt Lake City and only minutes from the 600 North freeway exit. I also offer secure telehealth appointments through SimplePractice, a HIPAA-compliant platform, so you can attend sessions conveniently from your preferred location.

Yes. I offer secure virtual therapy sessions through SimplePractice, a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform. This allows you to receive care from the comfort and privacy of your own location.

Yes. Traditional talk therapy is available both in person and via telehealth. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy sessions are conducted in person, while other therapy services may be available virtually depending on your needs.

Talk therapy primarily focuses on helping people gain insight into their behavior and patterns and may help individuals gain coping skills to deal with distressing symptoms (top-down processing).Trauma therapy on the other hand uses specialized bottom-up processing techniques like EMDR, psychedelic assisted psychotherapy, IFS and Brainspotting to get to the root of distressing symptoms and patterns and heal the underlying trauma that is contributing to symptoms and patterns.Think of top-down processing like taking a medication for high blood pressure and bottom- up processing like finding the root cause of high blood pressure and fixing the root cause

A good working definition of trauma is any event, or series of events, that overwhelms our ability to cope combined with lack of adequate support in the aftermath. Everyone has some trauma based off the definition above. Trauma affects the way we think, the way we feel, the way we behave and way we show up in the world. Trauma therapy isn’t just for those struggling with PTSD or CPTSD but is for anyone who is struggling with things like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, performance issues or anyone interested in getting to the root cause of their distress and creating lasting change. Trauma therapy techniques like EMDR and Brainspotting can also be used to help people uplevel performance and expand.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a deep brain/body psychotherapy that helps people heal from trauma, PTSD, CPTSD and other mental health and stress related conditions. It works by using side-to-side eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation to help the brain process and release trauma, regulate the nervous system and enhance performance.

While initially developed to alleviate severe trauma and PTSD, research shows EMDR is an effective, evidence-based treatment for a variety of mental health conditions including PTSD, CPTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Addictions, OCD, and Chronic Pain (just to name a few). EMDR can also help people expand and enhance performance by helpinghigh achievers, athletes, executives, and creatives eliminate mental blocks, reduce performance anxiety and get info flow states.

Brainspotting is a specialized deep brain-body therapy that uses a person's eye positioning to locate, process, and release deep-seated trauma, emotional distress, and regulate the nervous system. It is very similar to EMDR and can sometimes even provide deeper processing than EMDR (think EMDR on steroids). It can also mimic psychedelic assisted psychotherapy without using any mind-altering substances because it accesses the deep subcortical brain where both trauma lives and real lasting change happens.

Brainspotting has vast implications and helps with things like PTSD, CPTSD, nervous system regulation, grief, anxiety, depression, anger, stress, chronic pain, substance use, attachment issues, creativity blocks, performance enhancement and expansion.

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is a form of therapy that uses psychedelic or dissociative medicine combined with strategic psychotherapy with a licensed therapist.The medicine is not the entire treatment. It is one part of an integrated process that includes screening, preparation, the medicine session, and integration afterward.At The Growth Establishment in Salt Lake City, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is offered through low dose ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and low dose cannabis assisted psychotherapy.Not everyone is a good candidate for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, but for those who are a good candidate, this kind of therapy, done in the right way, can be transformative.

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy may be considered for people experiencing depression, mood disorders, PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, panic, eating concerns, substance use recovery, chronic pain, and stress-related symptoms.It may also be helpful for people who feel emotionally stuck or who continue to experience performance blocks, even when they appear successful in other areas of life.This treatment is not appropriate for everyone. Both a therapist and a qualified medical provider must review your history and determine whether it is a suitable option before treatment begins.

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, also known as KAP, combines a low dose of ketamine with psychotherapy. Your therapist remains with you throughout the session and facilitates some combination of low dose ketamine-assisted EMDR, Brainspotting or IFS. Combining low dose ketamine with deep brain/body therapeutic modalities can supercharge trauma processing and may help increase neurogenesis and neuroplasticity (brain change and brain growth).Ketamine may also help reduce emotional barriers that can make deep trauma work feel difficult. At The Growth Establishment in Salt Lake City, KAP takes place within a structured therapeutic process that includes preparation, the ketamine experience, and integration afterward

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy may be helpful for people experiencing depression, mood disorders, PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, panic disorders, eating concerns, substance use recovery, chronic pain, and stress-related symptoms.It may also support people who feel emotionally stuck or who are working through personal or professional performance blocks.KAP is not appropriate for everyone. Before treatment begins, both a therapist and a qualified medical provider must determine whether it is a safe and suitable option for you.

Ketamine-assisted EMDR combines low-dose ketamine with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy.Ketamine may help some clients feel more emotionally open and less overwhelmed while approaching trauma. This can support the EMDR process reducing anxiety, decreasing psychological defenses, and opening the heart and mind.This approach may be considered for people with complex trauma, treatment-resistant depression, severe anxiety, or those who have not reached their goals through conventional EMDR alone.

Ketamine-assisted Brainspotting combines low-dose ketamine with Brainspotting, a deep brain/body-centered approach to trauma therapy. Brainspotting is a specialized therapy thatuses a person's eye positioning to locate, process, and release deep-seated trauma, emotional distress, and regulate the nervous system.Ketamine may reduce anxiety and emotional defenses, making it easier for some clients to process trauma and reach successful trauma resolution.Together, these approaches may support deeper emotional processing and help release tension and trauma held in the body and nervous system and improve performance.

Ketamine is a controlled substance and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy requires careful screening and medical oversight. It is not safe or appropriate for everyone and is not risk free.Both a therapist and a qualified medical provider must review your medical history, mental health needs, current medications, and other relevant factors before treatment begins.At The Growth Establishment, KAP is provided in a structured and supportive setting and ketamine is taken in low doses so it can be combined with deep trauma modalities like EMDR, Brainspotting and IFS. Screening, preparation, therapist support, and integration are all included as part of the process.

A psychotherapy intensive is a longer block of therapy that may last anywhere from 2 hours to several days. Psychotherapy intensives can often cover far more ground than traditional 50-60 minute weekly sessions, as in weekly sessions there is often time spent settling in and catching up which can limit deep processing time. Many people choose intensives because they want more processing time in session, want to cover a large amount of material at a time and/or want to gain a big burst of healing momentum without the starting and stopping of shorter weekly sessions.The Growth Establishment offers both psychedelic and non-psychedelic medication intensive appointments. Get in touch with Kaleo to learn more about which type/length of psychotherapy intensive would be the best fit for you.

People pursue psychotherapy intensives to achieve accelerated healing and progress in therapy. By dedicating multiple hours in a condensed timeframe, folks can really focus in on big topics or focus in on a lot of different topics which can result in significant healing and big change in a short period. Think of it like going to intensive bootcamp vs hitting the gym for just one hour a week.