Deep work, in a container built to hold it.
Some things don’t move in a 50-minute hour. You’ve talked about it. You understand it. You could probably explain your patterns better than most therapists could. And still, something in you stays stuck.
That’s where this work comes in.
Starting in April 2027, I’m working with a small number of individuals and couples at a time, in focused containers of 12 weeks to 6 months. We meet for longer sessions, two to three hours at a time, and move through three phases together:
Preparation, Medicine Work, and Integration.
This is for a season of your life, not your whole life. We go deep, we do the work, and then you go live it.
Why not just do weekly therapy?
Weekly talk therapy is great for a lot of things. It’s steady. It’s supportive. It gives you a place to land every week.
But for some people, it turns into years of circling the same material. You get 10 minutes to settle in, 30 minutes to actually go somewhere, and 10 minutes (or often less than that) to pull yourself back together before you walk out into the parking lot. Then a week of life happens, and we start over.
Longer sessions change that. We have time to settle in, go all the way into what needs attention, and come back out without rushing. Your nervous system gets enough time to trust the space. Your parts get enough time to actually show up. And because we know from the start that this has a beginning, middle, and end, the work stays focused on where you want to go.
This isn’t a replacement for every kind of support. It’s an option for people who are ready to go deeper, and who want to do it with a guide, a plan, and an end date in mind.
For individuals and couples.
Individuals: This is the heart of my work. You might be navigating trauma, a dark night of the soul, a major life transition, or something that just won’t shift no matter how hard you’ve tried. We work with all of you: the parts, the body, the story, and the shadow. Learn about individual work →
Couples: For couples who want to go deeper together, and for couples in crisis: after infidelity, through unbearable grief, or standing at the edge of divorce. We look at what each of your systems brings into the relationship, and what happens when those systems collide. Learn about couples work →
What is the process?
Preparation
We get to know each other, and we get to know your system. What’s bringing you here, what parts of you are showing up, what your body is holding, and what you want to be different when we’re done. This is also where we set intentions, build tools for regulation, and make sure you’re resourced before we go deeper. If you’re doing medicine work, this is when we connect you with a prescriber.
Medicine Work
This is the deep end. For many clients, that means ketamine-assisted sessions, where I’m with you the whole time. For others, the “medicine” is breathwork, meditation, and somatic work that takes you into a non-ordinary state without a substance. Either way, this is where the stuck stuff tends to loosen, and where parts of you that have been hiding finally get to be seen.
Integration
What comes up in the deep end doesn’t mean much until you bring it home. In integration, we make sense of what you experienced, follow up with the parts that showed up, and translate insight into real changes in your relationships, your body, and your daily life. As you get your feet under you, we start meeting less often, so you leave feeling steady, not dropped.
After we finish a container:
The end of our container isn’t the end of your healing. It’s the moment you start living what you’ve learned without me in the room every week.
Once you’ve completed a container, you’re welcome to come back for quarterly check-in sessions. Some people use them to integrate what’s been unfolding since we finished. Some use them for a single medicine session, with prep and integration. Some just like knowing the door is open.
About the Medicine:
I’m supportive of expanding legal access to psychedelic medicines for healing. Right now, ketamine and cannabis are the medicines I work with in Minnesota, where I’m licensed. Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with a long safety record, and it can open a door to healing on a deep, non-logical level, the kind of level where talking about it isn’t enough. Cannabis, when used in the right setting and with the right intentions, can be equally effective for management and cessation of mental health symptoms.
Here’s how the medicine process works:
Ketamine is prescribed by a separate medical provider, not by me. After our preparation sessions, I’ll refer you to a prescriber I trust.
The prescriber does their own medical and mental health screening, and they decide whether ketamine is safe for you.
Most people do somewhere between 4 and 8 medicine sessions over the course of our work together.
I’m with you for the entire medicine session, and we follow each one with integration.
Medicine work isn’t required. Some people come in knowing they want it, some decide during preparation, and some decide it’s not for them. All of those are fine. The container works either way.
Moving forward with a prescriber referral is at my clinical discretion, and the prescriber reserves the right to decline to prescribe based on physical and mental health history.
Clients utilizing Cannabis will be responsible for obtaining and providing their own medicine, as it is sold (or prescribed) in Minnesota.
What my clients have to say about working with me:
No. Healing on your own terms means more than finding the right guide. It means protecting your privacy, being seen as a whole person, and doing this work outside a system that wants to put you in a box. Insurance also wouldn’t cover the session lengths or structure this work needs. Read why I don’t take insurance, and how that benefits you.
No. Ideally, it will be part of our work together, BUT medicine work is an option, not a requirement. Some people come in knowing they want it, some decide during preparation, and some decide it’s not for them. Without ketamine, we go to the deep end through breathwork, meditation, and somatic work instead. The container works either way.
We start by checking in and setting an intention. Then you get comfortable, usually lying down with an eye mask and music, and I stay with you the entire time. The strongest effects of the medicine usually last 60-90 minutes. After that, we spend time talking through what came up while it’s still fresh. You’ll need someone to drive you home, and it’s best to keep the rest of your day open.
It sounds like a lot until you’re in it. Most people tell me the time goes faster than a regular session, because we’re not rushing. The longer format gives your nervous system time to settle, gives us time to go somewhere real, and gives you time to come back to yourself before you leave. We’ll build in breaks, and you can always tell me you need one.
Yes. A lot of people come to me through their therapist, for a focused block of deeper work alongside their ongoing support. With your written permission, I’m happy to coordinate with your therapist so we’re all on the same page.
Because some things live below the level of words. You can understand your trauma, name your patterns, and still feel stuck, because the part of you that’s stuck isn’t the part that’s doing the talking. Psychedelics can quiet the protective, overthinking mind long enough for other parts of you to come forward. Research also suggests it opens a window of greater neuroplasticity in the days after a session, when the brain is more open to new patterns.
I’m a licensed therapist, and I’ve also spent a long time in my own dark nights. I wrote a whole book about it, Embrace the Dark. I don’t believe in fixing people. I believe in helping you get to know all of yourself, including the parts you’ve been trying to get rid of. My work brings together parts work, the body, spirituality, and the shadow, without pathologizing any of it. If you’ve ever felt like you were too much, too weird, or too “woo” for a traditional therapist’s office, you’re probably in the right place.