Dr. Katelyn Kalstein
Healing is possible.
My entire life I've been obsessed with the question: Can people really change?
After 25 years of trial and error, extensive traditional education, two decades of meditation practice - with mentors from Berkeley psychiatrists to Brazilian shamans - I believe we can. My goal is to make the change quicker and less painful for you than it was for me.
If you're grappling with emotional or mental health challenges of any sort, your nervous system is trying to communicate with you. Our nervous system communicates through the delicate language of emotion, expressing itself through our bodies, thoughts, and behaviors. This primary, pre-verbal language developed long before we acquired the ability to articulate words.
This can manifest as intense emotional reactions, feeling numb or frozen, having distressing or intrusive thoughts, or engaging in behaviors that don't align with who you are at your core.
Despite consciously wanting to change, you are unable to. You may feel hijacked by your emotions, as if someone else is in the drivers seat.
While talk therapy may offer insights into our past and patterns, it often falls short in creating a real shift in feeling. Unless we engage the source - through a direct conversation with the nervous system - we can't heal the root of misaligned emotions and behaviors.
Services
Ketamine Assisted
Psychotherapy
Ketamine has the power to catalyze profound change when used in a supportive, therapeutic environment. As a safe, effective and rapid-acting antidepressant, ketamine often performs better than standard antidepressants in clinical trials.
Naturopathic
Consultation
As a licensed naturopathic doctor (ND), Dr. Kalstein believes we cannot have mental health without addressing the physical body. Consultations include a comprehensive look at diet, lifestyle factors, genetics, and more to develop a plan for optimizing health.
Psychedelic Integration
Dr. Kalstein takes a harm reduction, trauma-informed approach to integration and psychedelic work. She incorporates a variety of modalities including acupuncture, somatic work, lifestyle changes, nutritional support, supplementation, and psychotherapy, depending on individual needs.
Dr. Katelyn Kalstein ND, LAc, LMSW
Dr. Katelyn Kalstein, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, acupuncturist and psychotherapist. As a clinician starting in primary care medicine, her expertise is in providing comprehensive and integrative mental health care.
At Simply Being Therapy in Nashville, Dr. Kalstein offers a range of services, including integrative psychotherapy, ketamine assisted psychotherapy, acupuncture, and naturopathic consultations.
Formerly the Clinical Director of Field Trip Health in Los Angeles, Dr. Kalstein was trained in ketamine therapy by Dr. Phil Wolfson at the Ketamine Training Institute. She has over six years of clinical experience with ketamine, both as a prescriber (California) and guide for patients with depression, anxiety, substance abuse disorders, and many other mental health issues.
With a rich background spanning over 20 years of personal experience in psychedelics and meditation, Dr. Kalstein integrates her expertise into clinical practice through the legal use of ketamine. In 2022, she earned her Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Research from CIIS and is currently undergoing training to become a MAPS therapist (MDMA and psilocybin therapy).
Driven by a passion for the safe and ethical use of psychedelics, she envisions these transformative medicines as catalysts for lasting and meaningful change, fostering connections, infusing life with meaning, and promoting compassion and fulfillment. Dr. Kalstein is dedicated to advancing mental health treatment options, believing in the profound potential of psychedelics to enhance our quality of life.
Dr. Kalstein's unique background results in a practice that weaves Western science and Eastern traditions, taking the best from the worlds of conventional and alternative medicine.
In her psychotherapy practice, Dr. Kalstein utilizes many theories and systems including:
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Somatic Experiencing
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
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EMDR
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Internal Family Systems
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Polyvagal Theory
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Mindfulness
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Psychospiritual Therapy
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April N.
"Dr. Kalstein is the most patient, kind, and attentive doctor. She is smart, well-read, open-minded, and thinks outside the box. She's in the health industry for all the right reasons- someone who clearly has a pure and genuine desire to help people suffer less and live fuller, healthier lives. I'm extremely grateful to be her patient."
Sarah G.
"As a dietitian and functional medicine practitioner, I am VERY picky about who I will work with. After meeting Dr. Kalstein, I knew she was the person I wanted to have be a part of my own personal health journey. I love referring clients to her whenever I can, she is a healer!
Ben X.
“Dr. Kalstein has been the most meaningful individual during my journey of personal growth, helping me to realize my full potential, step past limitations, and embrace reality. She provides a wealth of knowledge and experience, but more importantly, the compassion necessary to go from where you are to where you will be.”
Medical Grade Supplements
Supplements are not FDA regulated, which means... it's a free-for-all. In this billion-dollar industry people have been know to sacrifice quality for profit (shocker).
Where you get your supplements matters. At my online dispensary, you know what you are getting: medical grade supplements that have been third-party tested.
Many of these brands are only available with a medical license. I've extended a 15% discount on to anyone who shops at my store. Just because.
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