Full Living

12/31/2025

Holidays really do disrupt us. And the people around us. And our kids, our schedules, our self-care rituals, our responsibilities. For folx in the US, starting at Thanksgiving and spiraling through until the end of the calendar year, American life has a very different rhythm/ pace/ sets of responsibilities/ schedule/ travel/ disruption.

So, dont overthink stuff right now! Right now is not good thinking/ processing/ metabolizing time about any of the big topics that have been stirred up. This isnt when we journal about our existential angst, nor try to assess if we are getting a divorce, or if we really are the worst parent.. Now is the time for self-soothing, self-care, a kind and gentle approach to yourself. Even about the ways you have spun out/ been shrill or otherwize assholish.

It isn’t you. It isn’t them. It is just the holiday season :)

Now, later in January, when you come up for air, if you are not in therapy, just do it. It seriously helps. If you are in PA, I can help you connect with the right therapist. If you aren’t in PA, find an actual outpatient psychotherapy practice in your town, where the therapists know each other and can help you connect with the right kind of therapy and therapist for YOU.

12/28/2025

My boy, in Central Park, turning 18.

His birthday is filling me with nostalgia, thinking about all possibilities and opportunities and whole lives he’ll get to live.

At 61 I have chosen and crafted many eras. There has surely been hardship and tragedy, but also just some very different frames and adventures.

Partnered twice for a decade each, and single now coming on 16 years. I had some great child free decades of adulthood, years as a single parent, and am now entering a less parent-focused frame of my own life.

I had years when my family of origin was a burden at the fort front of my life, years where I established distance, and am now a decade in to family being a soft place to lean.

My professional life has had some constants, but also opportunities to dive into decade long interests, and then to move on.

While the importance of friends and community have always been key, both the people and the ways I like to be with people change radically.

My time alone, what self care looks like, what matters and gets valued and prioritized….all moving targets. Thank goodness!

To my boy, and all of you… Live and try and build and taste and craft as many frames and opportunities as you can in this short life.

12/23/2025

One of my favorite X-files episodes starred Ed Asner and Lily Tomlin as Maurice and Lyda, married ghosts who had killed each other on Christmas Eve, and haunt their house every year on that night, which Mulder and Scully visit.

MAURICE: Oh, of all days, why did you pick Christmas? Why not Halloween?

LYDA: Now, who is filled with hopelessness and futility on Halloween? Christmas comes but once a year.

MAURICE: You’re right. These two do seem pretty miserable. We need to show them just how lonely Christmas can be.

LYDA: Now that’s the old Yuletide spirit.

Don’t be fooled. Highs in thrill and hopefulness can be met full on with moments of despair and apathy. Be prepared to weather the storm :)

https://fullliving.com/managing-christmas-expectations/

Interestingly clients rarely schedule sessions over the thick of the holidays. The “reason” is tight and busy schedules. But wow. The holiday season deserves some psychotherapy support! Schedule with your therapist!

And if you dont have one, now is the time. Put some elbow grease into your hopes for the New Year. Contact us in you are in PA www.fullliving.com

12/18/2025

I am all about increasing the moments I call happy, content and joyful. For me the collection of holidays over the dark winter that invite us to bring in the light are sources of delight. But also stress. And disappointment. Exhaustion. Rage. Conflict.

Rather than enter the holiday with ideal dreams, I think it is worth just trying to catch some of the great magic in the air, and assume that it comes with a mix of regular life, plus!

If you find yourself struggling over the holidays, remember, we put a lot of weight on these days. If you are realizing you need extra support, make an appointment for a free consultation so I can help connect you to a well matched therapist. www.fullliving.com

12/17/2025

Get a free digital copy of my book on Amazon this Friday the 19th and Saturday 20th. My colleague Sandra L. Newes, Ph.D. is starting a new cycle of her KAP programming for clinicians and since I am making it available to them, let me make it available all around!

This guidebook is a must have for clinicians working with ketamine assisted psychotherapy, but is also a great way for all mental health professionals to familiarize themselves with the landscape of this emerging field. Get your copy and make sure your psychedelically curious therapist friends get their copy too!

And if you are interested in onboarding ketamine assisted psychotherapy into your outpatient practice, start with a free consultation with me :)

12/15/2025

Checking in with yourself, getting and keeping yourself centered and grounded throughout the day, is no easy task, but worth our devotion. You may have to experiment with what works for you...deep breathing, dancing around the house, journal writing, stretching outside, ect.

But sometimes the way to radically shift our energy is just any action any activity, anything you can “accomplish”. Accomplishment, successfully taking care of some of your business, is an absolute mood changer.

12/14/2025

One of the best ways to handle the brutality that life can deliver, is to make sure you keep your inner well full. This week I got to hang out with a gaggle of psychotherapists, doing some heat/cold contrast in the woods. Delightful. https://www.thefoxdenwellness.com

Here are my two favorite local fb opportunities for therapists to connect in Philly and the greater philadelphia area. https://www.facebook.com/groups/921761048883606 https://www.facebook.com/groups/30429653496633155

12/10/2025

Finding and Making Paths with KAP: A Supervision Group

I am currently working on a follow-up guide book to [Prepare Yourself, Your Client, and Your Practice for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: A Step by Step Guide](https://www.amazon.com/Prepare-Practice.../dp/1962133370...) exploring the range of ways psychotherapists are using ketamine to work with their clients. From clinicians like me who go hard-core on the non-directive by barely engaging their clients during journeys to psychelytic dosing talk and dance sessions. This is a group of differently trained clinicians, trained and using KAP in different protocols and frames. Come help us build an understanding of what works and how.
· Pre-requisite includes prior KAP training* and current KAP client(s)
· Date of Upcoming Sessions: 1/6, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17, 3/3/11, 3/17
· Up to 9 CEUs based on attendance
Here is the design:
· Virtual every other week Tuesday 10 am to 11:30 am
· $360 for 6 sessions over 3 months
· 9 CEU available each cycle (for sessions attended)
· Participants restricted to psychotherapists trained in KAP*
· Maximum of 8 participants
· My practice frame is analytically oriented psychotherapy. Group participants will bring their own frames to the group for sharing

Format for the group will provide opportunity for a couple participants each week to bring their client, question, concern to a discussion. We will identify the theme to help everyone link into the convo. Here is what I mean:
· Bill brings in a case where the client is struggling to drop in, or has a lackluster session, or imagines they aren’t really getting anything out of KAP. We will unpack the particular case, but if we all have the themes in mind, it is easier to get help on our cases at the same time. We won’t be doing anything like thorough formal case presentations.
· Barbara’s client is starting to bubble over in rage at her family during the week between KAP session. We will think about dislodged emotions, how we help clients manage new feelings/truths surfacing while discussing Barbara’s client, so that we all have our cases in mind as well.
· Baxter isn’t sure how to use the lucid dream of the experience to understand how to help the client. While talking about that client’s experience, we will explore how to understand the symbolism and somatic experiences of the medicine and post-medicine experience in understanding client journeys.

The group runs for 90 minutes. The first 75 minutes are the group. The remaining 15 minutes are for folx who want to stay on who have practical/ procedural questions about KAP practice.

*This is not a training in KAP. There will be opportunities for tons of basic questions to the group, since we all work so differently, and are all learning new things every day in this rapidly evolving industry. But this program assumes participants have enough of a KAP knowledge base and frame to be actively working with KAP clients, even if only a couple. We are looking to deep dive into the psychotherapy parts of ketamine assisted psychotherapy. The fact that we bring different clinical approaches and different frames for KAP itself is what makes this group so rich.

If you are interested, lets schedule a consultation to see if this group is the right fit for you. [info@fullliving.com](mailto:info@fullliving.com) or [www.fullliving.com](http://www.fullliving.com/)

12/05/2025

https://mailchi.mp/06b7c6149997/early-bird-deadline-tomorrow-for-our-kap-retreat

We spend the week in virtual groups connections, learning about how to use the medicine and ketamine psychedelic journey, and developing personal intentions for your deep commune with your inner healer.

12/02/2025

If you’re serious about change for the New Year, now is the time to start building your Resolve. Let our ketamine-supported psychotherapy group experience help you enter the New Year with an Ally at your side.

🌿 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝘆 🌿
Becoming Your Own Ally is about accessing a radical commitment to having your own back, becoming someone you can rely on. Not a version of yourself that pleases others—but one who tells the truth, pivots when needed, and knows how to robustly operate from their center.

There are plenty of areas in life where we have little influence.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

If you are interested, reach out now so we can get your medical evaluation and medicine ready to go for next month. info@fullliving.com www.fullliving.com

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: January 5 to 11, 2026
• Mon, Jan 5 – Virtual Prep | 6:30–8:00 PM
• Wed, Jan 7 – Virtual Prep | 6:30–8:00 PM
• Fri, Jan 9 – In-Person Medicine Journey and Sound Bath | 3:00–8:00 PM
• Sat, Jan 10 – In-Person Medicine Journey and Sound Bath | 3:00–8:00 PM
• Sun, Jan 11 – Virtual Integration | 6:30–8:00 PM
📍𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗣𝗔 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯𝟴
𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁:
• First-Time Participant: $1800
Early Bird: $1500 by December 5
• Returning Participants (Allies): $1500
Early Bird: $1200 by December 5
𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹:
$250 Medical Evaluation + $50 Prescription (or use your own verified script)

Group experiences are the most gentle, supported, and financially accessible ways to try KAP whether you’re new to ketamine or already familiar with this treatment tool.

11/27/2025

Make a lively convo over family time by bringing up psychedelic assisted psychotherapy! Tell everyone about the cool ketamine assisted psychotherapy retreat you are thinking about for January.

🌿 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝘆 🌿
A medicine-supported psychotherapy group experience for building inner trust and reshaping your life from the inside out.
· At a certain point, those structures stop fitting.

· You hear the quiet voice of misalignment.

· You realize you haven’t centered your own needs.

Becoming Your Own Ally is about accessing a radical commitment to having your own back, becoming someone you can rely on.
Not a version of yourself that pleases others—but one who tells the truth, pivots when needed, and knows how to robustly operate from their center.
There are plenty of areas in life where we have little influence.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: January 5 to 11, 2026
• Mon, Jan 5 – Virtual Prep | 6:30–8:00 PM
• Wed, Jan 7 – Virtual Prep | 6:30–8:00 PM
• Fri, Jan 9 – In-Person Medicine Journey and Sound Bath | 3:00–8:00 PM
• Sat, Jan 10 – In-Person Medicine Journey and Sound Bath | 3:00–8:00 PM
• Sun, Jan 11 – Virtual Integration | 6:30–8:00 PM
📍𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗣𝗔 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯𝟴
𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁:
• First-Time Participant: $1800
Early Bird: $1500 by December 5
• Returning Participants (Allies): $1500
Early Bird: $1200 by December 5
𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹:
$250 Medical Evaluation + $50 Prescription (or use your own verified script)

Group experiences are the most gentle, supported, and financially accessible ways to try KAP whether you’re new to ketamine or already familiar with this treatment tool.

Get more details at www.fullliving.com or in the profile. Hope to meet you in this coming New Year.