Dr. Katelyn Kalstein
Services
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Research on low-dose ketamine since the early 2000s supports its effectiveness, offering a new, fast-acting, and low side-effect medication, particularly hopeful for treatment-resistant depression.
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) offers a integrative psychotherapeutic approach that can rapidly improve various mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, and suicidality. Compatible with most psychiatric medicines, KAP creates powerful and sustained healing when traditional interventions fail. Unlike the IV medical model, KAP sessions, conducted with a therapist and physician, last between two and three hours. The therapy involves integrative support before, during and after the medicine sessions.
Ketamine is a legal and safe medicine, acts as a rapid antidepressant with mood-enhancing effects, stimulating synaptic connections and enhancing overall neuroplasticity. Administered through sublingual lozenges, ketamine's clinical safety supports its use in psychotherapeutic settings.
Leveraging ketamine as a catalyst to deep psychotherapic work, KAP significantly improves clinical outcomes, particularly for those with severe symptom burdens.
Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
Dr. Kalstein's approach is client-centered, evidence-based and trauma informed. She believes the therapist and client are partners in healing and makes an effort to reduce the power dynamic in a traditional Western therapy setting wherein the therapist "analyzes" or knows better than the client.
Instead, Dr. Kalstein adheres to the theory that the mind and body contain self-healing mechanisms and through education, appropriate techniques and a supportive environment, the client can heal.
The ultimate goal is to help clients gain insight and skills necessary to integrate their past and create the most authentic vision for their futures.
Dr. Kalstein's approach to therapy is influenced by Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Relational Therapy, NARM, EMDR and DBT.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been shown to be beneficial for a variety of health conditions, including pain conditions, insomnia, stress, fertility, and many others.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is an ancient and comprehensive holistic system that utilizes diet, movement, lifestyle, herbs, and acupuncture to restore balance in the physical and energetic body.
Dr. Kalstein is a licensed acupuncturist in Tennessee.
Initial appointment – 60 mins – $110
Follow Up Appointments – 45 mins – $85
Psychedelic Integration
Dr. Kalstein has 20 years of experience with psychedelic integration. She spent over 10 years studying with teachers in Brazil in the Santo Diame lineage, a group that uses ayahuasca as a sacrament. She has also studied in Peru and is familiar with Kambo (Sapo), peyote, psilocybin, DMT, and MDMA.
She received her Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Research (CPTR) from California Institute for Integral Studies in 2021, where she was taught by Rick Doblin, Bill Richards, Mary Cosimano, Michael and Annie Mithoefer, and many other experts in the field. She has completed 100 hours of training with MAPS to become a certified MDMA Therapist, and will complete the training once MDMA is legalized. She takes a harm reduction, trauma-informed approach to integration and psychedelic work.
Dr. Kalstein may offer a variety of modalities including Acupucnture, somatic work, lifestyle changes, nutritional support, supplements, and/or psychotherapy, deepening on the individual need.
Your particular goals and needs, as always, will guide the work.
Naturopathic Consultation
Dr. Kalstein offers naturopathic consultation and education, and will make recommendations regarding nutrition, lifestyle practices, herbal medicine and supplement suggestions for a variety of health concerns and overall wellbeing.
She specializes in integrative approaches to mental health, women’s health, hormones, stress management and gut health.
This is for clients who are holistically minded, those looking for an in depth understandings of their biology, physiology, and/or those looking to optimize their health. If you live in California, Dr. Kalstein can order labs, diagnose and prescribe medications when necessary.
Dr. Kalstein is a licensed naturopathic doctor in California and has been licensed since 2016. Tennessee does not license Naturopathic Doctors (ND) therefore Dr. Kalstein does not practice medicine, that is diagnose, treat or prescribe, here in Tennessee. Dr. Kalstein cannot serve as your physician here and strongly recommends that you maintain a primary care physician locally.
Initial consultation 75 mins – $300
Follow up consultation 30 mins – $150
