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Description
I'm a licensed clinical social worker, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and the
founder of Samadhi Healing Collective in Buffalo, New York. For eighteen years
I've worked with complex trauma, and for sixteen of those years continuously
with dissociative disorders — Dissociative Identity Disorder, OSDD, and the
complex dissociative presentations that often go unrecognized for decades.
My current practice is devoted to ketamine-assisted psychotherapy: in person in
Buffalo and by telehealth for clients in Pennsylvania. We are a psychotherapy
practice, not an infusion clinic. Every course of treatment is built around
preparation, therapist-accompanied dosing, and real integration work, and I
bring EMDR, internal family therapy and ego state work, attachment repair,
somatic awareness, and contemplative practice into that frame depending on
what the person in front of me needs.
Buddhist practice is the through-line in how I work. Trauma treatment is
paced, phase-oriented, and collaborative — I'm not interested in pushing
anyone through material faster than their system can hold. I take seriously
that people are the authority on their own inner experience, and I work with
dissociative systems as systems, not as symptoms to be eliminated.
Alongside clinical work I consult to other clinicians on dissociation and on
integrating psychedelic-assisted work with phase-oriented trauma treatment,
teach a monthly national continuing education series, and write on the
treatment of DID. I'm currently accepting new clients for ketamine-assisted
psychotherapy.
Professional Memberships
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) — member since January 2015
EMDRIA Approved Consultants Workgroup — member since March 2015
Trauma-Specific Training and Certifications
EMDRIA Approved Consultant (2015–present) and EMDRIA Approved Trainer;
co-founder of an EMDRIA-approved 50-hour EMDR Basic Training program.
Certified EMDR therapist.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy — Polaris Insight Center, San Francisco (30 hrs).
The Integrative Treatment of Complex Developmental Trauma Disorders with
Kathy Steele, MN, CS — 39 hours across five modules: assessment and diagnosis,
stabilization skills for trauma-related dissociation, working with dissociation,
resolving traumatic memories, and special issues and integration.
Additional trauma training: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Trauma and the Body);
Internal Family Systems model; Schema-Focused Therapy for traumagenic,
personality, and co-occurring disorders; comprehensive DBT; adult survivors of
childhood sexual abuse; trauma and addiction; trauma, attachment, and the body;
vicarious traumatization and therapist self-care; creating systems of
trauma-informed care.
Assessment instruments in routine use: DES-II, Multidimensional Inventory of
Dissociation (MID), Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule (DDIS), PCL-5.
Trauma CE delivered as instructor (2026, 3 CE hours each): the MID; Dissociation
— Definition, Assessment, and Treatment; Attachment Repair; The Conference Room;
Phase-Oriented Treatment of Dissociative Disorders; Cluster B Personality
Disorders.
Cultures Identified With
Jewish Buddhist (JuBu); Buddhist; Jewish; contemplative and meditation community; non-binary; neurodivergent; transpersonal / non-ordinary states of consciousness; Western New York
Language
English
Sessions
Hybrid
Supervision / Training
Provides Supervision
Provides Training
Populations
Migration & Displacement
LGBTQIA+ Identity
Sex Workers
Neurodiversity and Development
Health, Disability, and Accessibility
Socio-Economic Vulnerability
Individual
Ages
Adults (18–64)
Older Adults (65+)
Trauma Specialities
Childhood & Developmental Trauma
Complex Trauma & Dissociation
Single-Event Trauma
Grief & Loss
Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
Identity-Based & Systemic Trauma
Intergenerational & Collective Trauma
Modalities
EMDR
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Schema Therapy
Ego State Therapy
Body-Based Trauma Integration
Attachment-Based Trauma Therapy
Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
Mindfulness-Based Trauma Therapy
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Integrative Trauma Therapy
Others
Fee Range
USD $200+
Trauma Expertise Level
Trauma Specialist

