Dr. Kena Westergaard and Kari Roe-LaFramboise, LNP, will offer an introductory presentation on the emerging use of psychedelic-assisted therapies in mental health services at this Sunday’s meeting of the Sitka Unitarian Fellowship.
Westergaard is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist with a small private practice in Sitka since 2000. She recently received PAT certification from Neuropa University.
Roe-LaFramboise, a nurse practitioner with more than 25 years of medical practice, also received her PAT certification from Neuropa, and has been working with PATs since 2019. Roe-LaFramboise offers PAT services from her private practice “Wisdom Inner Healing” (now in Arizona) and is waiting for licensure in Alaska.
The two are currently partnering to offer ketamine-assisted therapy in Sitka, as well as consulting services regarding harm-reduction services with other types of psychedelic medicines.
The one-hour presentation will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 10:45 a.m. Sunday. A question-and-answer regarding the new paradigm shift in mental health will follow.
The gathering and coffee begins at 10:30 a.m. Soup and bread follow at noon. All are welcome. SUUF is an inclusive humanitarian community with shared values including: justice, equity, generosity, pluralism, interdependence, transformation and LOVE. The Fellowship Hall is located at 408 Marine Street. Entrance and parking are off Spruce Street.
