The Therapy Road Trip

An Interview with Dr. Craig Heacock: An experts view on Ketamine therapy, a client psychiatrist bond, and a run through a graveyard.

Dr. Craig Heacock talks raw and honest about his incredible and sometimes horrific journey as a psychiatrist. We talk all things Ketamine including the differences and similarities of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and Ketamine infusions. We also share our personal bond as doctor and client.

Ringo: Ketamine Gives Him Relief from Depression but Does Not Cure It. Episode 4.

Ringo is one of the kindest men I know. He suffered an abusive stepmother and had to become invisible. Depressed from the age of six, and resistant to SSRI's, he came to me for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy which gave him relief from his depression, but did not cure it. Writing and playing music has been a huge factor in his will to keep going. At the end of this episode we are blessed with his powerful music.

Hailey's Fist Fight with Alcohol and her Ketamine Experience

Today we interview a woman who is a truly caring, giving, and brilliant! She shares her story of success with sobriety, and how Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy is helping her not drink. We explore her amazing new relationship with boundaries, and her journey of empowering her strong self!

A Native American Approach to Healing: Challenging the Western model of Mental Health by Mary Porter

Mary Porter is the co-founder and director of the Looking Glass Peyote Church in Oregon. Mary is a descendant of the Nez Perce; Yakama, Wasco tribes, and is the co-founder of Looking Glass Peyote Church of Oregon. Recognized by the Peyote People in Texas as a non Tribal-4/4th, full blood American Indian with intact knowledge of her ancestral descendancy that spans 50,000 years, a history that has been maintained orally and recently verified scientifically. Mary's wisdom is transformative. listening to her I can feel new–old truths–arise in me. There is power in her teaching that calls therapists and clients alike to new understanding and responsibility. Mary will speak of the tragic racism she faced as a child and continues today. She will challenge the idea of personal healing in the western model. She will speak of plant-medicine and the use of psychedelics in spiritual healing, a healing that Mother Earth calls us to carry forward; a concept foreign to most of us in the individualized western model of mental health. You are in for a good ride on the Therapy road trip!