Liminal Medicine

11/19/2025

Are you struggling? Do you know someone who is?

As we go through our busy lives, it can be hard to remember to check in on ourselves to see how we're doing, see how we're feeling. And it can be also tricky to remember to do that with other people as well.

And for those who have mental illness, those of us who are struggling with different mood issues, trauma, anxiety, social anxiety, it can be hard to stay in connection with other people. Some of the symptoms of those struggles are isolating and keeping ourselves to ourselves.

So I encourage you if you're struggling to reach out to someone you love and care about, who you trust. I mean, if you don't have someone to do that with, there are different hotlines and organizations and support groups. You can also reach out to us. And if you know someone who's struggling, reach out to them.

And in that spirit, if you'd like to stay in connection with us, please click our link in the bio to sign up for our newsletter.

Dial 988 - Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) HelpLine: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National helpline for mental health and substance use: 877-SAMHSA-7 (877-726-4727)

11/17/2025

Sometimes, a journey is easier with fellow travellers... Did you know that throughout human history, psychedelics are most commonly used in groups? There is something about the group experience that can be particularly powerful. It's a bonus that groups can also be more affordable for many people.

Liminal Medicine offers several types of group Ketamine Therapy, all with a doctor present.

Our Liminal Gatherings are a chance for our current or former patients to reconnect for a single session of group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, let by a doctor and a psychotherapist. Our Open Gatherings are similar, but are also open to new patients (after a medical intake).

Our First Friday Booster sessions are for current or former patients who need a booster injection, and do not include psychotherapy.

We also offer multi-session groups from time to time, often centered around a theme. Recent multi-session groups included Caring for Caregivers (for medical and mental health providers), Finding your Creative Voice, and Taming your Inner Critic.

All groups require approval, to be sure this modality is right for you.

If you're interested in learning more about our groups, check out our webpage. And click the link in our bio to join our newsletter, so you'll be one of the first to hear when new groups open up!

11/11/2025

This Veteran's Day, we offer our thanks to all who have served.

Veterans experience PTSD at higher rates than the general population. For those who have served in combat, rates as high as 30% have been reported. Our Veterans deserve our care, support, and the most up-to-date treatment.

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11/07/2025

KQED Forum just did a great piece on psychedelic medicine, including an update on legalization of M**A. Well-informed speakers, and lots of good questions and answers. Recommended weekend listening! If you missed it on air, you can find it here:

We check in with long-time researchers about how state and federal governments can influence the momentum of their field, how they’re reconciling the new right wing support, and what it all means for the future of psychedelic research and therapy.

11/04/2025

Liminal Medicine has got a new group opening and I just wanted to let you guys know about it.

I’m Anne, I’m the Administrative Director at Liminal Medicine, and we are offering a new ketamine therapy booster group on the first Fridays of the month. The booster sessions are only $250 apiece. These groups are for our current former clients who’ve already been through a series of ketamine treatments and just need a little booster session. It’s working only with Dr. Suegee and it’ll be in a small group. If you’re interested you can give us a call for more information.

We do on a regular basis put on new kinds of groups: some multi-session groups, some single-session groups. It’s a great way to both reduce the cost of ketamine therapy, but also to connect with other people and experiencee psychedelic medicine in the way people have been doing it for centuries.

So if you’re interested in hearing about our new groups as they open up, click the link in our bio and you can sign up our newsletter and you’ll be one of the first to hear!

10/30/2025

Happy Friday and Happy Halloween for those of you who like to celebrate! I'm Celeste, and I'm the Clinical Director at Liminal Medicine.

Many think of the Halloween season as a time of magic. I like to think about it that way. And I would like to also reflect that some of the most magical moments of my life have been watching my ketamine therapy clients go through healing and significant transformation and the work that they've done. It's been a total privilege to be able to be a part of their process and their experiences.

Ketamine therapy has taught me in my own work and sitting with other clients that magic is possible. That there are all kinds of possibilities that are out there for us that are often hard to see when we're kind of tunneled into our typical ordinary state of consciousness mindsets.

So here's to magic and to celebrating. I wish you all a Happy Halloween, and please sign up for our newsletter by clicking the link in our bio.

10/28/2025

A message about anxiety from our Clinical Director, Celeste Monnette: So I hear that many of you, and I can include myself, are struggling with anxiety and moments of despair, navigating the issues in our own lives as well as things going on around us and in the world.

Because this is a collective experience for many of us, I thought it'd be helpful to talk a little bit about things that might help focus us on things that don't feel as distressing. And one is to focus on the now, what's right in front of me.

So I'm looking at you talking, I can hear the sounds outside. I can hear birds. I can feel my body, my feet on the ground. I'm touching my shoulders. I feel that it's helping me bring myself into this moment.

Also moving away from things that cause significant anxiety or increased or continued input of things that are challenging, such as moving away from social media and doom scrolling or the news.

Maybe moving and setting boundaries in relationships that don't feel good to us. Setting aside time and and space when we can with the intention of creating a sense of safety and nourishment for ourselves.

Also focusing on love and,our beloveds, the people in our lives that we love and care for. Extending that out to our greater community and out to all of humanity, and being able to connect with the fact that there is love, and there is kindness, and there is empathy, and there is generosity and all that exists.

So I give you all a collective hug [as we move through this time. We'd love to hear more from you. Please sign up for our newsletter by clicking our link in the bio.

10/27/2025

Is ketamine treatment a “gray area” for the Mormon Church? So this is my last post about the ketamine therapy episode from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The last thing I want to say is that they talk about ketamine therapy as a “gray area” in the Church. That really speaks to the concept of the stigma that’s around ketamine treatment. I think the stigma comes from the fact that treatment can feel good.

It’s not always pleasant but for a lot of people, it can be a pleasant experience. Western medicine, in pre-scientific times, came out of that practice that gave us purgatives, which is medication that make you vomit or have diarrhea, and they also did bleeding and leeches, and I think this is carried over in this thought that treatment has to be unpleasant. You know the bitter pill you have to swallow to get better.

But it's not necessary that medical treatment needs to be Incredibly unpleasant. We see this with ketamine, that most people have a relatively benign or pleasant experience with this medicine. I think that’s where the stigma against ketamine comes from, and that’s where I think this idea of it being a “gray area” in the Church because it’s given by a medical doctor.

It is a kind of unfortunate way to put it because it is a medical treatment and it is given by medical doctors, and it is treating something is very serious. We are treating people with severe depression and people with suicidality or both and these are very serious issues and this is a very serious drug.

So anyway that’s my last thing I have to say about that episode, and if you want to see more about my thoughts on this, click the link to the newsletter in our bio and you can sign up for it there.

10/23/2025

Take a tour of our new group treatment space! Have you ever wondered what it's like to experience ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in a group? Do you need a more affordable alternative for boosters? Take a tour of our new space and our Admin Director, Anne, will answer some of our most common questions.

Our next group session is a group booster session on Nov. 7 for our current and former clients. If you'd like to keep updated on future groups as they open, click the link in our bio to join our newsletter list.

And if you have more questions, leave them in the comments!

10/22/2025

A great event for Sonoma County business owners and professionals! Dr. Suegee and Anne are going. Hope to see you there!

We're coming up on our 1-Year Anniversary and we'd love to celebrate with you! 🎉

Join us for an evening of connection, celebration, and pride!🥂

📅 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
🕠 5:30 – 7:30 PM
📍 MacRostie Winery | 4605 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Free for Members | $50 for Non-Members

Tickets are live now, Link in our bio! 🔗

10/21/2025

I have a few more thoughts about the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ketamine therapy episode. You might be thinking, “How should I think about ketamine after watching this episode if I’m considering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy?”

I think one of the things they didn’t get across is that ketamine is a tool, it’s not a cure. It can catalyze insight and emotional movement, but the change actually comes from using this tool with trained and licensed therapists who have experience and understand how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy works.

Also, safety really matters. It matters a lot, and any provider you work with should be able to offer you detailed information about how they ensure your safety, including physical, mental, and spiritual aspects, during this treatment process.

Because when done well, Ketamine-assisted therapy is a very intensive therapy and it can really help you connect more deeply with yourself, but remember, it’s a process. It’s a collaboration between the Medicine and your therapist and your own willingness to engage in this work. It is this work of healing of understanding yourself.

It’s not a magic fix. It’s a process and it can be a beautiful process. Ketamine can be powerful, but it needs to be held with both care and wisdom. It is a tool and needs to be used wisely. if you want more information about this, please go to our bio and sign up for the newsletter and you can read more about my thoughts on this episode. Thanks for watching.

10/20/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I thought it might be a good idea to talk about breast cancer as well as ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and how it can help with healing after diagnosis and treatment.

I'm Celeste. I am a therapist and the clinical director here at Liminal Medicine. And there are members of our team who have been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer and members of our team who've had lifelong chronic health conditions that are very challenging and have required various medical treatments and interventions.

What we know from those of us who've been through medical situations that have been potentially life threatening, it can be quite traumatic. And what we know is that ketamine-assisted psychotherapy can be very helpful in terms of treating trauma.

So not only is this practice of this specific treatment helpful with treating trauma, but also, having care in a medical clinic that's designed to offer hope and care and warmth and attention can be a corrective experience for those who have gone through the medical system and the secondary trauma many face when navigating a medical treatment.

At our clinic, we offer a warm healing space for those who are carrying whatever load you are experiencing. But we do have a specific expertise in treating medical trauma.

If you'd like to learn more, please sign up for our newsletter by clicking the link in our bio.