“If you are reading this and wondering if Angie might be the right fit for you, let me tell you, you have found someone very good at their job. Angie is a remarkable therapist. My work with Angie was transformative. Before seeing Angie for ketamine assisted therapy, I had done a lot of deep work. I had been in intense cognitive therapy for up to 3 times a week for 5 years. And before that, 10 years of off and on therapy. What brought me to my ketamine journey was a recognition of unhealthy cycles that I noticed in myself that kept showing up in a new relationship I was in. My anxious attachment style had never been so clear and I knew I needed help to get to the root of my issues. I was so frustrated because of all of the work that I had previously done, I thought I was past this stuff. I was surprised that my old patterns that I thought had been healed, were still dictating my life. I could feel the trauma in my body bubbling over. I felt overwhelmed by my own emotions and was desperate for help.
Angie provided a safe space in a loving container. Immediately upon meeting Angie I felt supported and cared for and completely trusted her. Because of how much I trusted Angie and how much she trusted the process of ketamine assisted therapy I knew I was in the right place with the right therapist. My six week ketamine journey with Angie was life changing. Whatever came up we processed together. I never knew how much pain and grief were stored in my body until I went through these treatments. The ketamine seemed to soften my pain and created a container for my grief. I cried and felt so much, so deeply, during this process of unraveling. I believe that 42 years of trauma and pain was released during our work together. It was a courageous, painful, beautiful and deeply humbling process. When I was terrified of my own feelings Angie was there to comfort me and explain that the medicine was doing exactly what it was supposed to be doing on me. Because of her trust in the process, I trusted the process, even in all of its pain.
I now strongly believe that, no matter how much cognitive work we do on ourselves we need more help than that in order to truly release trauma from our bodies. My nervous system is more at ease now, and I am more at peace in my body and my life. I know myself on a much deeper and more intimate level. I trust that the next relationship I choose to be in will be very different than the previous one that brought up so much pain for me. During my treatments, I also became more committed to my meditation and spiritual practices, which is a huge continuous gift from this work. I’m more comfortable with going inside now that my pain has shifted and softened. I know that life will continue to bring painful situation’s to me, and I strongly believe that I will be able to handle them in a more productive and healthy way. I’m no longer scared of my own emotions and can access feelings in a much more authentic way. Angie was imperative in this process and I am forever grateful for her work.”
-Anne C.