Self Careapist Therapist Podcast
The Self Careapist Therapist is a therapist-to-therapist podcast with guests who cover practical clinical skills, evidence-based training, and sustainable self-care for mental health professionals. If you're a therapist, counselor, psychologist, social worker, or researcher looking for real continuing education you can use in your next session, look no further.
Hosted by Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, PMH-C, EMDR Certified Consultant, Clinical Supervisor, and graduate school faculty associate, each episode offers conversations and training on trauma therapy, evidence-based interventions, mental health conditions, and specialty populations from EMDR, DBT, and CBT to attachment, professional ethics, and advancing and adapting to changing regulations.
Topics include:
- EMDR therapy, trauma therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy
- Clinical supervision, therapist training, and professional development
- Perinatal mental health and neurodivergent-affirming practice
- Counseling techniques for real clinical decision-making and case conceptualization
- Therapist burnout, therapist self-care, and building a sustainable private practice
Questions We Answer:
- What are the best podcasts by therapists, for therapists?
- How do other therapists aconceptualize tough cases?
- How do I choose which therapy modality to learn next?
- How do I use CBT/DBT/EMDR/ACT/IFS/trauma work in real-life sessions?
- How do I explain therapy concepts to clients in simple language?
- How do other therapists handle burnout and compassion fatigue?
- How do therapists cope with imposter syndrome and self-doubt?
- How do I grow as a therapist after grad school or licensure?
- How do I find my niche or specialty as a clinician?
- How do I make my practice more trauma-informed and socially aware?
- How do I integrate different modalities instead of feeling like I’m doing them “wrong”?
- What is the difference between EMDR and ART?
- What is an evidenced-based therapy I could learn?
Whether you're a seasoned therapist or a graduate student, The Self Careapist Therapist inspires continued learning, creativity, and meaningful work without burning out. Conference-level education and psych journal–quality conversations delivered while you're organizing, driving, or taking a self-care walk.
Many episodes offer a free CEU for licensure in Arizona through The Board of Behavioral Health Examiners.
Self Careapist Therapist Podcast
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Explained: How It Works, Types, Safety, and EMDR Integration
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What happens when two EMDR practitioners who trained together start comparing notes on ketamine? Amanda Baker, LCSW, a clinical social worker at Mindful Springs Counseling in Colorado Springs, joins the conversation to break down ketamine-assisted psychotherapy from the ground up. We explore the striking overlap in neural mechanisms between ketamine and EMDR, walk through the preparation and integration framework, and discuss the virtual group model Amanda ran to make CAP more accessible. She also addresses safety, contraindications, the prescriber relationship, what the training landscape looks like for therapists who want to get started, and why the answer to helping people is rarely about holding on to every client.
0:00 - Intro and Amanda's background
1:21 - Amanda's varied social work career and path to therapy
3:07 - Arrival at Mindful Springs and first exposure to ketamine
5:06 - EMDR training origins and how both modalities connect
9:28 - Moving past skepticism about psychedelics
12:24 - The neural mechanism behind ketamine and how it mirrors EMDR
14:13 - Types of ketamine delivery methods explained
18:00 - What preparation and integration look like in practice
24:21 - Building partnerships with prescribers
28:10 - The virtual ketamine group model
33:08 - The role of chaperones and reparative attachment
34:04 - Conditions the research supports treating with CAP
35:44 - Safety, contraindications, and the high-profile misuse case
40:37 - The history of psychedelics and ketamine's pharmaceutical origins
46:27 - Training resources and how to get started
49:51 - The social work mindset and connecting clients to the right provider
53:32 - Amanda's self-care and ethics-based consultation practice
Episode Highlights:
Ketamine and EMDR appear to share a neural mechanism, both promoting new neural development and activating overlapping brain regions associated with relaxation and healing.
The types of ketamine treatment range from IV infusion and intramuscular injection to oral lozenges and esketamine nasal spray, with differing levels of psychedelic intensity and varying degrees of therapist involvement.
Preparation and integration are not optional steps surrounding the dosing session. They are the therapeutic architecture that makes the experience meaningful and the outcomes lasting.
A 24 to 48 hour window after a dosing session is the most active period for neural growth and integration, making timely follow-up a clinical priority.
Low-dose psycholytic ketamine keeps clients alert and conversational, making it highly compatible with active therapeutic work during the session itself.
A prescriber who is willing to write a prescription without speaking with the treating therapist first is a significant red flag.
Contraindications include active psychosis or schizoaffective conditions, unregulated hypertension or thyroid disorders, significant cardiac irregularities, and p
The Self Careapist Therapist Podcast is a biweekly conversation with Lorain Moorehead, LCSW a therapist in private practice. With guests ranging from expert psychologists, therapists, researchers and authors, each episode offers a deep dive and keeps listeners from intern to advanced supervisor in mind while dropping gems and aha moments for everyone who loves to learn! If you love learning and want to keep track of some future learning opportunities, grab your personal curriculum here!
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