INGE DEAN, LMFT
Inge Dean LMFT
Berkeley CA
My style is warm, curious, engaging, and nonjudgmental. I let you take the lead in sharing your concerns and story. I listen to you and inquire with curiosity to understand more deeply. I am interactive in our dialogue and I give honest feedback.
My work with clients is to be collaborative in setting expectations and goals. My first goal is to establish a warm, safe relationship where you can unpack your concerns and make lasting changes.
Our first session is about creating a warm and safe place for you to explore your life. I leave room for any questions you have about me and my approach. I ask you what brought you to start therapy. What are your concerns, worries, and hopes are. I listen to you and gently inquire to understand better. And together chart a journey toward growth and healing.
I became a therapist after working in unrelated fields and raising children. As long as I can remember, I have been curious about people, their stories, and life experiences. I am passionate about my work and feel very privileged to have walked alongside many as they found a way through difficulties into a fuller life. My talk therapy work is enhanced by inviting dreams, Art, sand tray and somatic attunement. Four years ago I was introduced to KAP-Ketamine assisted psychotherapy and did training and became affiliated with Journey Clinical which does assessments and prescribes Ketamine dosing lozenges. I facilitate KAP session both in person in my office in Berkeley, California and virtually for California residents. I have found that using Ketamine dosing sessions along with on going Psychotherapy supports making lasting changes in shifting depression, anxiety and out dated patterns of living that often relate to wounding and trauma, You can read more about this on my website. https://ingedeanberkeleypsychotherapy.com/ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-kap/
I offer individual psychotherapy with the option to also integrate the use of ketamine assisted dosing sessions . I also offer integration for difficult spiritual opening or difficult past psychedelic experiences. I also work with people who have had near death experiences and struggle to integrate those experience into their lives,
I do both in office sessions in Berkeley, Ca. as well as virtual session for California residents