Karen King joined me for another chat. This time she wanted to share a

recent experience at a MAPS conference, where she went out of her way to

address the political elephant in the room. To her surprise, when she

opened up to new people about her concerns about ideological bias, every

person with whom she spoke agreed with her.

About Karen:

Karen King, LMHC has been a psychotherapist for almost two decades, and

has loved every minute of it. Her background in dance and meditation

informs all that she does in work with clients and clinicians every day.

Karen started a Counseling and Psychiatry group practice in 2015 and it

has evolved into a Ketamine Assisted Therapy clinic. Karen completed

the MAPS MDMA Assisted Therapy training as well as the MAPS Naropa

Psychedelic Assisted Therapy training and has worked as a Ketamine

Assisted Therapist for over two years. She regularly Supervises in WA

state, and is beginning to present and offer trainings for clinicians

interested in adding Ketamine Assisted Therapy to their practices. She

also offers individual and group Ketamine Assisted retreats and offers

consultation to therapists and also trip sitters. Her website is

karencking.com and her Instagram account is @thepsychedeliccounselor. About

Karen's clinical work : "The most potent skill I want to offer clients

is the ability to both witness and experience fully whatever is arising

within them with kindness and curiosity. Holding this paradox gently

appears to be the way to move through difficulty with softness and be

open to the wisdom of the challenge. We can allow ourselves be

transformed by looking into these difficult places directly, and yet our

world conspires to keep our eyes averted. It takes a brave spirit to

look inward, and through therapeutic preparation you will begin to feel

confident in this way of looking at the world and yourself. Then before

you know it, it becomes your wild talent, reclaimed as a new way of

being."

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