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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