Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR™ Podcast

Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy: "A Superhighway to the Source" Combining Ketamine and EMDR Through a Therapist’s Eyes What happens when you understand your past, but still carry it in the way you react, relate, and see yourself? In this episode of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR® Podcast , Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel welcome Lida Lisowe , an EMDR therapist and consultant who brings both personal...

What happens when two longtime EMDR therapists bring Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy into a group practice built around EMDR? In Episode 12 of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR® Podcast , Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel talk with Julie McAllister and Deana Charter, co-founders of EMDR Transformations Counseling in Gilbert, Arizona. Julie and Deana share what drew them to the KA-EMDR® approach and what t...

In Episode 11 of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR® Podcast , Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel sit down with EMDR therapist and consultant Megan Osborne to talk about her journey into the KA-EMDR® method, and what she began noticing when she incorporated low-dose ketamine into her work with clients who had repeatedly felt “stuck” in EMDR reprocessing. After 20 years in private practice, Megan found hers...

In this episode of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR® Podcast, Danielle Ciccone sits down with trauma therapist Cheryl Moore to discuss her experience integrating Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy into clinical practice. Together they explore why Cheryl was drawn to this approach after training in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, how low-dose ketamine can help clients stay engaged during EMDR reprocessing, a...

This episode offers an inside look at what's next for KA-EMDR™. Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel reflect on two years of collaboration and a year and a half of training, consulting with, and learning alongside clinicians from around the world. Through hundreds of conversations, experiential trainings, and consultation sessions, they've gained valuable insight into where clinicians thrive, where...

In this episode of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR™ Podcast , Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel sit down with psychologist Dr. Dana Girard to discuss her journey from traditional psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to KA-EMDR™. After completing the Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy Institute's introductory course, experiential training, and consultation group, Dana shares how low-dose ketamine combined wit...

In this episode of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR™ Podcast, Danielle Ciccone interviews Ashley Hartman, a trauma therapist and yoga teacher specializing in complex trauma, attachment focused healing, EMDR, IFS, somatic therapies, and Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy. Ashley shares her personal journey into psychedelic-assisted healing, what drew her to KA-EMDR™, and why she describes the experience as bo...

In this episode, Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel sit down with therapist and Army veteran Sasha Flores, LCSW to explore her experience integrating Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy into her work with complex trauma. Sasha shares how her own healing journey led her to seek approaches beyond standard EMDR after discovering that parts of her system continued to block access to deeper processing. She...

In this episode of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR™ Podcast, Danielle Ciccone sits down with Jessica Chacon, an integrative therapist based in Colorado, to explore how Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy is helping clients get to the root of trauma more quickly and effectively. Jessica shares how she integrates EMDR therapy with low-dose ketamine (psycholytic dosing) to support deeper processing, reduce defe...

In this episode of Loosening Up: The KA-EMDR™ Podcast, we sit down with Lauren Battista, an EMDR therapist based in Colorado, to explore how Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy can help clients access deeper self-compassion and move through emotional blocks that often keep them stuck in traditional trauma work. Lauren shares how integrating EMDR therapy with low-dose (psycholytic) ketamine has transfor...

This episode explores the transformative potential of KA-EMDR™, revealing how clinicians are helping clients access deep change like never before. Jennifer Taylor, a licensed clinical social worker practicing remotely across three states in the U.S., shares how integrating low-dose ketamine into EMDR sessions creates a gentle, profound shift in healing complex trauma. In this episode, Jennifer sha...

Unlock the transformative potential of combining EMDR with low-dose ketamine — a breakthrough that's changing trauma therapy. If you're a therapist feeling stuck with clients who can't access deep material or move past ingrained trauma patterns, this episode is for you. Discover how skilled practitioners are integrating Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy (KA-EMDR™) to unlock neuroplasticity, accelerat...

What is Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy (KA-EMDR™), and how did it begin? In this inaugural episode, EMDRIA-Approved Consultants Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel share the clinical and collaborative journey that led to the development of KA-EMDR™ — an innovative, integrative psychotherapy model designed to strategically combine low-dose ("psycholytic") ketamine with EMDR therapy to enhance reproc...

Hosted by Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel, co-founders of the Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy Institute, this podcast explores how EMDR clinicians are integrating Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy (KA-EMDR™) into their practices and what they’re noticing as clients soften, defenses ease, and EMDR reprocessing deepens. Through clinician conversations and shared reflections, we discuss the clinical o...