Rooted Oak Therapy & Coaching

02/12/2026

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Jeff Kukral is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. See if your insurance is accepted and schedule your first appointment instantly.

02/10/2026

I’ve officially completed my Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) training through Journey Clinical. I’m proud to bring this powerful modality into my private practice to support my clients.
If you’re curious about how KAP works or think it could be helpful for someone you know, feel free to reach out. I’m happy to share more.
Learn more via journey.click/education

01/25/2026

I want to share something I’m genuinely excited about and deeply hopeful for.

I’m currently working toward being cleared to provide the therapeutic side of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) as part of my ongoing commitment to offering thoughtful, evidence-informed care. While this process takes time and training, I believe strongly in doing this work the right way—with intention, ethics, and solid clinical grounding.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines the medical use of ketamine with structured psychotherapy. Ketamine can help reduce fear, quiet mental loops, and create a sense of openness or flexibility. Therapy then helps make sense of what comes up and turn insight into real, lasting change through preparation and integration sessions. It’s not about “taking something and hoping for the best”—the therapy is the core of the work.

I believe we’re in a mental health crisis that can’t be met with one tool alone. Expanding our toolbox—when done responsibly—matters. Approaches like KAP offer hope for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or failed by traditional paths.

More to come as I continue this journey. 🌱

01/24/2026

Has a point

01/21/2026

I do not know about you but I love my new logo for my private practice. I also got word today that I will be getting more Kaiser "North" clients.

11/24/2025

Fact: Neurodivergent individuals (for example those who are autistic, have ADHD, dyslexia, etc.) often experience higher levels of anxiety and depression when their differences are not affirmed — i.e., when they feel pressured to mask or conform to neurotypical norms. For instance, research found that neurodivergent people who did not receive an affirming diagnosis reported significantly worse mental-health symptoms at intake compared to those who did. (https://www.charliehealth.com/research/new-research-neurodivergent-affirming-care?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
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How therapy can help: A therapeutic approach that is neurodiversity-affirming can make a meaningful difference. This involves shifting from a “fix-the-person” model toward a strengths-based, identity-affirming, collaborative model.

11/13/2025

Neurodivergent people deserve spaces where they don’t have to mask, over-explain, or feel misunderstood.
But the truth is… they’re still deeply underrepresented in the therapy world.

Too many autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, and otherwise neurodivergent folks walk into therapy and end up feeling unheard, misread, or pushed into a “normal” that was never designed for them. That’s not good enough.

I’m working to change that.

I’m committed to creating a non-shaming, sensory-aware, ND-affirming space where people can show up exactly as they are—no scripts, no pressure to fit neurotypical norms, and no pathologizing who you are at your core.

If you’ve ever felt like therapy wasn’t built for you… you’re not wrong.
But it can be rebuilt.

And I’m here doing that work every day.

10/30/2025

02/04/2024

Someone asked a question, “What is a common misconception about transgender people “. I thought this was a great and sad answer. I copied from the forum I was reading.
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For me, it’s that we’re just normal people. I’m FTM and I transitioned 6 years ago. I’m 100% passing. I just go about living my life. I go to work, come home, mow the lawn, eat dinner with my wife, gossip with the neighbors about the things going on in our suburban neighborhood, etc. Pretty basic. You could almost say, boring even.

Then I turn on the news, or go online, or look at tiktok. Trans people are the hot topic apparently. And it seems cis people have this crazy idea that we’re monsters. They think we run around naked or half clothed. We’re invading bathrooms to sexually assault people. We’re grooming children. Or we’re outright pedos. We’re infiltrating sports teams to make sure cis women never win a competition again. We’re destroying the military. We’re a danger, a scourge on the earth.

I see this on the new or online and then I stop and look around myself. At my normal, average looking house. And my average normal looking life. I work in insurance. The most boring job there is. I go paddle boarding or hiking on the weekend. I go get my neighbors mail when they’re on vacation. I don’t ever recall stripping down to my underwear and running off to go expose myself to children. I don’t recall assaulting anyone in a changing room or a bathroom. And I don’t recall waking up in the morning and making it my mission to destroy women’s sports teams.

I don’t know where all this insanity has come from. The hysteria I see would ALMOST be comical… if it wasn’t hurting me and my friends so much. The laws born from his absurdity is literally killing one of my friends in Florida. She’s a trans women. And in Florida it’s now illegal for trans people to access healthcare. She lost her medicaid, is off her hormones, and is dying of advanced stage kidney disease. No doctor will teat her, in fear of losing their license and being thrown in jail if they’re found out to be helping a trans person.

The greatest misconception is that we’re monsters.

01/02/2024

I am looking to hold a 1 hour guided meditation session this weekend (Sunday). Anyone interested? I would like to do it in person at Authentic Counseling Associates, but if its bad weather then we can do it over zoom.

05/20/2023

Kentucky Butter Cake with Sweet Almond Butter Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
Butter Sauce:

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to the creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk and beating well after each addition.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
Bake for 55-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edges and center tube of the pan. Invert the cake onto a wire rack over waxed paper.
For the butter sauce, combine the sugar, butter, and water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; stir in almond and vanilla extracts.
Using a skewer or toothpick, poke holes in the top of the warm cake. Spoon 1/4 cup of the sauce over the cake. Let stand until the sauce is absorbed. Repeat this step twice.
Poke holes into the sides of the cake and brush the remaining sauce over the sides.
Cool the cake completely before serving.
Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cooking Time: 1 hour | Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Kcal: 473 kcal | Servings: 12 servings