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Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health and Family
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMHC, LMFT (he, him)
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $175
- Couple Sessions $350
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Out of Network
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 136 Michael DeMarcoLicense state differs from primary location state.
- In Practice for 22 Years
- License: California Board of Behavioral Sciences 129353 / 2021
- Certificate from CIIS/Maps 2022
- Attended Miami Institute of Psychology/ Carlos Albizu Uni, Graduated 2002
Marriage & Family Therapist: Michael DeMarco
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Sex Therapy
- Relationship Issues
- LGBTQ+
Expertise
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- consensual non-monogamy, poly, queer, kink-affirm.
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Emotional Disturbance
- existential dread
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Sex Therapy
- Culturally Sensitive
- Existential
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Ketamine-Assisted
- Multicultural
- Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Ketamine Group Therapy (Palm Springs)
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5 member closed group for 8 weeks of at-home ketamine preparation, support and integration facilitated remotely. Collaboration with a medical team required. Although we'll be working remotely, this group is for folks in the Palm Springs, Joshua Tree, Coachella Valley area.
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Palm Springs, CA 92262
Ketamine Practicum for Clinicians
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12 week open group meeting Thursdays & Sundays 6-9:30 (plus an hour of supervision) for clinicians to experience ketamine in a peer-support model. Medical clearance required. We meet online with an optional in-person weekend in Joshua Tree, CA. 96 experience hours includes didactics, integration, and experience with the medicine, as well as facilitating the ketamine psychedelic experience for others, a requirement for most psychedelic practitioner training programs. Open to clinicians from any state with collaboration from your in-state medical provider/prescriber.
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301 N Palm Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy - Death, Dying, Grief
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Ketamine psychedelic therapy group focusing on death, dying, and moving through stages of grief. This 6-12 week closed group (limit 5 people) is intended to help those dealing with issues surround death, dying & grief. Medical collaboration required for ketamine prescription.
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Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family Th
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Location
Primary Location
Ketamine Psychedelic Therapist Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 313-6764Email us
Additional Location
Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy
New York, NY 10011
(760) 313-6764Nearby Areas
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