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October 9th - November 13th, 2023
Ketamine & Authentic Movement
6-Week Group Therapy Program
6-Week Group Therapy Program
Join us for a deep encounter with yourself in all its complexities through a unique weaving of ketamine-assisted group therapy and Authentic Movement. This six-week group program, running from October 9th-November 13th, will offer a supportive and nurturing environment for psychological processing and integration through expanded self-awareness, embodied expression, and group process.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy has gained recognition as a powerful therapeutic approach, particularly for people struggling with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health conditions. This group program integrates the benefits of ketamine therapy with the embodiment practice of Authentic Movement, a somatic form that invites participants to explore their inner landscape through spontaneous, non-judgmental movement and imagination. Authentic Movement offers a space for self-exploration, emotional release, and accessing the wisdom of the body through facilitating a dialogue with the unconscious. This series seeks to utilize these practices so that they reciprocally potentiate each other: the Authentic Movement giving space for somatic preparation and integration of the Ketamine experience, and the Ketamine softening the boundaries of the self to access richer expressions of embodied experience and insight in the practice of Authentic movement.
*In order to join this group we ask that participants commit to attending all sessions and pay in full in advance. We also ask that you have an appropriate diagnosis, have had prior experience with Ketamine assisted therapy and are currently engaged in regular individual therapy. Some income based sliding scale spots available.
*Earlybird rate ends August 26.
TO REGISTER:
- Complete your screening intake form and a Sage team member will follow up with you within 1 business day to help you schedule your psychiatric follow-up appointment and answer any questions you might have.
- Email [email protected] if you have any questions prior to registration, or to receive assistance with registration.
- Must Register by September 9. (Earlybird rate ends August 26).
Location: The Berkeley Alembic at 2820 Seventh St, Berkeley, CA 94710
The layout of the group includes:
• Psychiatric follow up with a nurse practitioner or psychiatrist. If you have not had an intake in the past you will need to pay an additional $200 to tuition fee for an intake.
• A 1:1 30-minute facilitator intake.
• A 60-minute Zoom intro/preparation call with the group. (Date TBD)
• Beginning October 9th, weekly in-person groups on Mondays 6:30-8:30pm including group process and authentic movement practices.
• 3 group ketamine assisted therapy sessions on October 15th, October 29th, and November 12th. (Exact time TBD, sessions will last approximately 3 hours). Optional IM for the 3rd session.
• Closing: a 1:1 30-minute call with one of the facilitators
• 1 hr Closing Group Zoom check in (Date TBD)
• A 1:1 30-minute facilitator intake.
• A 60-minute Zoom intro/preparation call with the group. (Date TBD)
• Beginning October 9th, weekly in-person groups on Mondays 6:30-8:30pm including group process and authentic movement practices.
• 3 group ketamine assisted therapy sessions on October 15th, October 29th, and November 12th. (Exact time TBD, sessions will last approximately 3 hours). Optional IM for the 3rd session.
• Closing: a 1:1 30-minute call with one of the facilitators
• 1 hr Closing Group Zoom check in (Date TBD)
Facilitators:
- Julie MeglerPsychiatric Nurse Practitioner & Sage Co-FounderJulie Megler is a psychiatric & family nurse practitioner. She received her masters in nursing from University of Miami & University of California, San Francisco. After working in an ER, the Veteran Affairs, & private practice, Julie co-found Sage Integrative Health, an integrative mental health & wellness center in Berkeley, CA that incorporates legal psychedelic assisted therapy. She is trained in ketamine assisted therapy by the KRIYA Institute, and MDMA assisted therapy with MAPS Public Benefit Corporation. Julie's clinical work focuses on psychiatric care, integration of altered states of consciousness & Ketamine assisted therapy. Clinically her work is informed by her certification in Somatic Experiencing, Integrative Psychiatry, as well as extensive experience in Central and South America working within Mazatec and Shipibo traditions. In addition to her clinical work, over the last decade Julie has spoken at several conferences, facilitated workshops, & co-authored book chapters on the therapeutic uses of psychedelic medicines.
- Alex WeinsteinLMFTAlex Weinstein LMFT is a psychotherapist in private practice who received his Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Touro University and has completed Ketamine Assisted Therapy trainings with Polaris Insight Center and Fluence. His therapy practice is a blend of psychodynamic, somatic, humanistic, systemic, and existential. In addition to being a therapist, Alex has also been a teacher of mindfulness and movement practices for over a decade. His pedagogical and personal development has led him across the world and back; sitting with masters from diverse lineages such as Authentic Movement, Shipibo, Advaita Vedanta, Hatha Yoga, Dzogchen, Zen and Body-Mind Centering. As a facilitator, therapist, and personal seeker; Alex's curiosity is deeply inspired by his teachers/spiritual friends and thinkers such as Angelika Doniy, Nancy Stark Smith, Daniel Higgs, Gilles Deleuze, Starhawk, Robert Anton Wilson, and Bayo Akomolafe.
Tuition
• Earlybird rate: $3300 by August 26, $3500 thereafter.
• There will be a few sliding scale options available based on enrollment and income, please contact us directly to inquire.
• Tuition is due in full at time of registration.
• Superbills for PPO insurance reimbursement will be available upon request.
*Please note that if at time of psychiatric follow up or intake, it is evaluated that this group is not the right fit at this time, or if you decide after intake that you do not want to continue with the group, you will be refunded the remaining of your tuition minus the cost of the appointment, as well $200 for service fees.
• There will be a few sliding scale options available based on enrollment and income, please contact us directly to inquire.
• Tuition is due in full at time of registration.
• Superbills for PPO insurance reimbursement will be available upon request.
*Please note that if at time of psychiatric follow up or intake, it is evaluated that this group is not the right fit at this time, or if you decide after intake that you do not want to continue with the group, you will be refunded the remaining of your tuition minus the cost of the appointment, as well $200 for service fees.
