Growth-in-Connection

In psychotherapy, we work with people ready to face the burden of stuckness. What is daunting and overwhelming at first is the beginning of a process that ignites courage, creativity, and access to innate intelligence

A CONTEXTUALIZED, WHOLE-PERSON APPROACH

Our realities are shaped by multiple influences. With a client-centered approach, the intricacies of our clients’ unique historical experiences and culture are key. Through a foundational alliance, our clients gain important critical insights and make meaningful self-directed change.

☑️ Individuals

☑️ Couples & Families

☑️ Groups

EXPERIENTIAL MEDICINE

PARTNERSHIP THAT INTEGRATES OVERLAPPINGN APPROACHES

Amplifying psychotherapy with an impactful pharmacological tool

Carefully prescribed ketamine is a legal, safe, and effective medicine used as an adjunct to the psychotherapeutic process. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is particularly transformative when standard pharmacological treatments alone have not been effective. For most people, the combined approach amplifies the impact and durability of psychotherapy.

A “Bio-Psycho-Social” approach considers contextual contribution and relational consequences of “dis-ease” and “dis-order.” It also explores wellbeing and strength-based resiliency factors. Automatic patterns and unresolved historical wounds that sustain life problems can become locked in place. This state of being can block access to inner resources and limit the expression of our best qualities.

KAP with Essensuate Psychology Group is partnership in self discovery. Our clients chart an active personal change path that stems from calibrating the mind and the body in context to others and the world. and intelligence deepens somatic experience, expands cognitive flexibility, and facilitates clarity of meaning and purpose.


Prescribing Partnerships

Coordination with leading medical specialists in their respective fields

Ketamine is a legal, safe, and effective medicine

With a thorough eligibility review of each client, our medical affiliates ensure that KAP is a safe choice. Once cleared by physical medicine specialists, ketamine is prescribed in a controlled manner. Sessions and outcomes are monitored; Medical partners and psychotherapists maintain open, cross-disciplinary, communication.

It is critically important for KAP clients to make informed choices about their care. The standard-of-care modes of Ketamine administration include intravenous infusion (IV), intramuscular (IM), nasal spray, and oral methods with sublingual lozenges or rapidly dissolving tablets (RTD.) We trust each of our prescribers to work collaboratively with us regardless of the mode used in their practices. Each has its advantages and all typically invoke a rapidly-acting mood-enhancing quality that assists the psychotherapeutic process in treating a variety of mental health conditions, including treatment-resistant depression, disordered anxiety, chronic pain management, PTSD, complex grief, addiction, and other psychiatric conditions characterized by rigid thoughts or repetitive problematic repetitive behavior.

Collaborative Medical Partners

Partnership with “psychotherapy-forward” prescribers”

COLLABORATIVE

Client-centered

research-based

harm reduction

KETAMINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY (KAP)

Assess and Explore

… functional strengths, limitations, mindset, worldview, context

Connect and Collaborate

… identify realistic stepwise approaches

Prepare and Engage

… customize transformative practice aligned with intentions

Activate and Integrate

personalize day-to-day growth edges

GROUPS & SERIES

PROCESS WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Couples in Context (with KAP)

Couples in Context (with KAP)

A Virtual/hybrid Psychotherapeutic Intensive to shift Relational Challenges into Growth-in-Connection A 10-Session Transformative Intensive Series (18.5 hours...

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LEVEL 1: Psychedelic Integration

LEVEL 1: Psychedelic Integration

Psychotherapeutic group for Support, Process & Integration Currently Enrolling Purpose This is a group for people who have had, or are contemplating, journeys...

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LEVEL 3: Daylong Workshop

LEVEL 3: Daylong Workshop

REGISTRATION NEW GROOVES: Becoming Change with Somatic Articulation, Connection, and Creative Expression A daylong experiential integration workshop open to...

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If this process actually worked, what would be different in my life?

Whether engaged in KAP, executive consulting, depth psychotherapy, or some combination, activating change depends on fierce CURIOSITY. The benefits of “inner work” emerge through the practice of new daily choices.

With increased connection and creativity, a new level of calm, clarity, and confidence may unfold.

Transformative “post-traumatic growth” entails both courage and radical compassion and we have been humbled by witnessing the strength of our clients.

It is a great privilege to safely guide people through this personally immersive, embodied, and experiential process.

TESTIMONIALS

“It is overwhelming to put into words the impact Dr. Jodie has had on my life. Prior to working with her, I was disconnected from myself and numb. I was at the mercy of the ups and downs of life, and my behavior was erratic. Through our work, I have recovered from a longstanding eating disorder, have learned to manage PTSD after years of suppressing childhood sexual assault, and have survived suicidal ideation. Dr. Jodie has also helped me navigate a number of difficult medical diagnoses. This list does not begin to capture the enormity of my internal transformation from someone who believed I had little agency, worth, or value in this world, into a person who is deeply connected to, proud of, and in love with who I am every day. Today, I feel grounded and skilled to navigate both the difficulties and joys of life, excited to keep discovering, learning, adjusting, and readjusting as an individual, partner, friend, and family member. Though Jodie always reminds me that I am responsible for getting myself here, she has been the catalyst, guide, and teacher through this incredible journey.”

I.W. (30)

“Dr. Jodie is my most recent therapist in a lifetime spent jumping from doctor to doctor. And now, I can stop looking! Jodie has such an uncanny way of zeroing in on information, whether extracted by her insightful line of questioning or just by observation and connecting the dots. She is able to see patterns and expose underlying conflicts that may be affecting current behavior. She is the first therapist to present tangible, practical, pragmatic solutions to current problematic behavior or thinking. It is not an ivory tower situation. Additionally, she always treats me as a peer and the appointments seem more like meetings. I actually enjoy them and look forward to the next one each week. Jodie is a keeper!!!”

Lisa A. (47)

“What immediately resonated with me about Dr. Jodie’s approach is her integration of science-based therapeutic methods with a genuine understanding of me as a whole person. She has a keen sense of when to hold gentle space and when to challenge me to dig deeper. Our sessions are a place I feel safe, nurtured, and strong enough to face difficult and scary things. Moreover, I am in awe of the investment Dr. Jodie makes in our work and her practice as a therapist. She regularly shares relevant resources and new research in psychology and neurobiology that she has gleaned from her own commitment to learning via conferences and seminars. I am so deeply grateful for my time with Dr. Jodie and for the continued impact in every session.”

JOE M. (61)

Growth-in-Connection: TENETS

Wisdom stems from curiosity

Development​ means a commitment to ​continuous learning

Self-care is integral

Impactful change stems from receptivity to feedback and responsible risk-taking

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