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Individual

Having a roadblock with your relationship or career? In a life transition? Or are you eager toĀ explore deeper issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma and unhealthy patterns? Let's create lasting shifts together, new stories that are better suited for you.Ā 
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Family and Couples Counseling

Does your family need support in a transition? Do you need to get back on track with your partner? Is your relationship feeling unhealthy? Communication, Parenting, Intimacy, Sexuality. I got you. 
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Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

Have you tried it all, and still received no relief? Maybe it's time to go deeper? KAP is a powerful practice that can accelerate your healing journey. KAP can disrupt depression and anxiety when nothing else seems to work.
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Psychedelic Integration Therapy

Experiences with psychedelics such as ayahuasca, psilocybin, LSD or MDMA merit support during a period of integration. I help you examine the insights and realizations that were part of your journey in order to identify the lessons and act on them.
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Client Experiences

With Lauren's steady and nurturing support, I’ve learned to grow in self-love and develop a heightened respect for my mind, body and spirit. Over the years, Lauren has worked with me to strengthen my leadership and communication skills, which in turn has fueled a meteoric growth for my organization. Her insights have led me to be more efficient, productive and wise through strategies and techniques that have helped harness my potential and focus my creativity. This higher level of knowledge and awareness has translated into increased success in every area of my life, including my personal relationships. I am so grateful for my time with Lauren and the incredible journey she has walked along with me since 2014. I can’t say enough about the significance she brings to her work, and the satisfaction she has helped cultivate in my life, both professionally and personally.  – Luke M.
-Luke M. Social Entrepreneur 
With Lauren's steady and nurturing support, I’ve learned to grow in self-love and develop a heightened respect for my mind, body and spirit. Over the years, Lauren has worked with me to strengthen my leadership and communication skills, which in turn has fueled a meteoric growth for my organization. Her insights have led me to be more efficient, productive and wise through strategies and techniques that have helped harness my potential and focus my creativity. This higher level of knowledge and awareness has translated into increased success in every area of my life, including my personal relationships. I am so grateful for my time with Lauren and the incredible journey she has walked along with me since 2014. I can’t say enough about the significance she brings to her work, and the satisfaction she has helped cultivate in my life, both professionally and personally.  – Luke M.
-Luke M. Social Entrepreneur 

What is Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)? 

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy is a deep psychotherapeutic process that can produce rapid improvement for a number of conditions, including depression, anxiety, suicidality, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and more. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy can be supportive for end of life care. 

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy is compatible with most other psychiatric medicines, and it can create powerful, sustained healing when all other traditional interventions fail. 

Unlike the IV medical model, sessions are conducted with the support of a therapist and a physician. Sessions that include medicine last 3 hours, and the experience is focused on therapy. 

We support your process throughout with integrative sessions, email and phone contact. Our team collaborates with your psychiatrists and therapists when needed. 

Expenses tend to be more with Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy than with the IV method. The cost of treatment relates to the thoroughness of our work and the long duration of the sessions--with two practitioners in attendance with you.

We can provide 'Superbills' directly to you so that you can receive potential reimbursement from your insurance company.

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Meet Stephen Taus, MD

Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Stephen Taus MD graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1970. He’s been in private practice in San Pedro, California for nearly 50 years where he integrates alternative approaches such as acupuncture into his work. 
 
Dr. Taus is committed to supporting your health and wellness while creating a space of love and care. He is motivated by the unique relationship that exists between doctor and patient.
 
Overjoyed to support the healing of others in partnership with his daughter, Lauren, Stephen also enjoys long beach walks, reading books on self-development, meaningful conversations, and quality time with his two children and his granddaughter. 
 

Client Experiences

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Comparison

Most Ketamine providers work in an Intravenous model. Clients come into a clinic for 6-8 sessions run primarily by nurses. Without a therapist, clients are left alone and unsupported with the deep emotional experiences that present with this medicine. The healing is exponentially amplified and sustained in the context of a therapeutic relationship. 

In our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy practice, we vary the frequency of sessions based on our clients needs. The medicine works cumulatively so we recommend a commitment of 4 treatments. Some of our patients travel from out of town for a series of treatments in a one to two week period. 

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy works with your  mind and spirit to activate your internal healing capabilities, and deepen your access to your own heart. The medicine acts as a powerful disruption in painful patterns. People anchor in new internal self knowledge that supports health and happiness. KAP allows you to tap into your true strengths in profound ways that exponentially accelerate the journey into healing.  

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