Dr. Katelyn Kalstein
Healing is possible.
Our nervous system communicates through the delicate language of emotion and sensation, expressing itself through our bodies, thoughts, and behaviors.
This primary, pre-verbal language developed long before we acquired the ability to articulate words. And, it's largely automatic.
If you're grappling with emotional or mental health challenges of any sort, your nervous system is desperately trying to communicate with you.
This can manifest as intense emotional reactions, feeling numb or frozen, having distressing or intrusive thoughts, or engaging in behaviors that don't align with who you are at your core... yet, despite wanting to, you are unable change.
My entire life I've been obsessed with the question: Can people really change?
After 25 years of personal trial and error, extensive traditional education, two decades of meditation study and practice, and with mentors from Berkeley psychiatrists to Brazilian shamans, I found a way.
While talk therapy may offer insights into our past and patterns, it often falls short in creating a real shift in feeling. Unless we engage the source - through a direct conversation with the nervous system - we can't heal the root of misaligned emotions and behaviors.
My approach is simple: make the unconscious conscious.
In our work together, we accesses parts of the brain beyond verbal communication, fostering true healing, increased authenticity, heightened joy, and a more profound sense of fulfillment.
Services
Ketamine Assisted
Psychotherapy
Ketamine has the power to catalyze profound change when used in a supportive, therapeutic environment. As a safe, effective and rapid-acting antidepressant, ketamine has demonstrated to do better than standard antidepressants in clinical trials. Because of its mind-altering effects, Dr. Kalstein recommends undergoing your treatment with a trained therapist.
Naturopathic
Consultation
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a comprehensive and holistic system of medicine that utilizes diet, movement, lifestyle, herbal remedies, and acupuncture to restore balance in the physical and energetic body. In addition to using specialized acupuncture needles, Dr. Kalstein utilizes cupping, moxibustion, and gua sha to move stagnant Qi throughout the body.
Psychedelic Integration
Dr. Kalstein takes a harm reduction, trauma-informed approach to integration and psychedelic work. She incorporates a variety of modalities including acupuncture, somatic work, lifestyle changes, nutritional support, supplementation, and psychotherapy, depending on individual needs. The client, as always, will guide the work.
Dr. Katelyn Kalstein ND, LAc, MSSW cand.
Dr. Katelyn Kalstein, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor in California and a licensed acupuncturist in Tennessee, is currently pursuing a Master's in Social Work, expanding her expertise to provide comprehensive integrative mental health care. At Simply Being Therapy in Nashville, Tennessee, she offers a range of services, including psychotherapy, ketamine assisted psychotherapy, acupuncture, and naturopathic consultations.
Formerly the Clinical Director of Field Trip Health in Los Angeles, Dr. Kalstein was trained in ketamine therapy by Dr. Phil Wolfson starting in 2018. She has over six years of clinical experience specializing in ketamine-assisted therapy, as both a prescriber and guide, for patients with depression, anxiety, substance abuse disorders, and many other mental health issues.
With a rich background spanning over 20 years of empirical experience in psychedelics and meditation, Dr. Kalstein has seamlessly integrated her expertise into clinical practice through the legal use of ketamine. In 2022, she earned her Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Research from CIIS and is currently undergoing training to become a MAPS therapist. Driven by a passion for the safe and ethical use of psychedelics, she envisions these transformative medicines as catalysts for lasting and meaningful change, fostering connections, infusing life with meaning, and promoting compassion and fulfillment. Dr. Kalstein is dedicated to advancing mental health treatment options, believing in the profound potential of psychedelics to enhance our quality of life.
Her varied background results in a practice that weaves Western science and Eastern tradition, taking the best from the worlds of conventional and alternative medicine. In her psychotherapy practices, she draws heavily on somatic based practices, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and interweaves mindfulness throughout her work. The result is a truly integrative experience, calling on what is needed for the client in any given moment.
About
April N.
"Dr. Kalstein is the most patient, kind, and attentive doctor. She is smart, well-read, open-minded, and thinks outside the box. She's in the health industry for all the right reasons- someone who clearly has a pure and genuine desire to help people suffer less and live fuller, healthier lives. I'm extremely grateful to be her patient."
Sarah G.
"As a dietitian and functional medicine practitioner, I am VERY picky about who I will work with. After meeting Dr. Kalstein, I knew she was the person I wanted to have be a part of my own personal health journey. I love referring clients to her whenever I can, she is a healer!
Ben X.
“Dr. Kalstein has been the most meaningful individual during my journey of personal growth, helping me to realize my full potential, step past limitations, and embrace reality. She provides a wealth of knowledge and experience, but more importantly, the compassion necessary to go from where you are to where you will be.”
Medical Grade Supplements
Supplements are not FDA regulated, which means... it's a free-for-all. In this billion-dollar industry people have been know to sacrifice quality for profit (shocker).
Where you get your supplements matters. At my online dispensary, you know what you are getting: medical grade supplements that have been third-party tested.
Many of these brands are only available with a medical license. I've extended a 15% discount on to anyone who shops at my store. Just because.
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