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A cup of coffee tastes like coffee again A song that used to pass through unnoticed catches in the chest. When people picture progress in depression treatment, they usually picture the absence of something: less sadness, less numbness, fewer bad days. But for many patients starting Spravato at Inner Journey Healthcare, the first sign that something has shifted isn't an absence. It's a return. A…
Science, Spirit, and the Medical Journey Meet Dr. Joey - Part 2 What makes ketamine/spravato different from other tools available in psychiatry? What does it offer that other approaches can’t? For some people, ketamine and/or Spravato opens up neuroplasticity, genuinely new ways of thinking, new neurotransmitter activity. I’ve worked with SSRIs and SNRIs for a long time, and when they’re good,…
We Are All Messy, Scared, and Human Meet Donna - Part 2 You describe KAP as offering ‘a glimpse into full integration, bridging thoughts, emotions, physiology, and spirituality.’ Can you unpack that? What does integration actually look like for a client who gets there? It certainly looks different for everyone. However, I think that talk therapy works well with supporting a person thinking or…
Healing starts with really listening - Hayden We're delighted to welcome Hayden Washatko to Inner Journey Healthcare. Hayden joins our team as a Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C), and she's now accepting new patients starting in September. Get on her list today. For Hayden, good care starts with a genuinely good life. That means more than the absence of illness. It means the presence of…
Growth Is an Act of Courage Meet Marcia - Part 2 Burnout is something you specifically work with. How do you distinguish burnout from depression? And who in Missoula do you find tends to come to you burned out? Depression and burnout can look very similar on the surface. Both can involve exhaustion, reduced motivation, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and a sense of feeling overwhelmed. The…
You Can Handle More Than You Think Meet Adri - Part 2 You talk about helping clients ‘tune into their internal wisdom and strengthen their self-trust.’ What does that look like in practice — how do you help someone access something they may not know they have? I think this is something I aspire to do…I don’t know if I do it. I think so many of us get caught up in wanting to figure out what we…
Science, Spirit, and the Medical Journey Meet Dr. Joey - Part 1 Your background spans remote Alaskan villages, Indian Health Service, hospice wards, reproductive health clinics, and now psychedelic medicine. What threads connect all of those experiences for you? For me the thread is simple, even if it took years to name. Every one of those places taught me the same humbling lesson: we don’t know…
We Are All Messy, Scared, and Human Meet Donna - Part 1 You’ve been a psychologist for nearly twenty years. What drew you to this work originally, and has your understanding of what therapy is changed over that time? It was 20 years this May when I graduated with my PhD! Like everyone in this field: I was the friend that everyone else would talk to and when I started taking classes, I found the…
Growth Is an Act of Courage Meet Marcia - Part 1 You spent over twenty years in education and leadership before becoming a therapist. That’s a significant transition. What happened? What drew you toward counseling? How much time do you have? To keep it succinct, after more than twenty years in education and leadership, I took a really close look at what I found most meaningful about my…
You Can Handle More Than You Think Meet Adri - Part 1 Your path to therapy is unlike most, you started as an abortion doula, sex educator, prenatal and postpartum doula, and domestic violence advocate. How do those experiences live in your clinical work today? Some context: As a young person I had a lot of beliefs about mental health issues and mental health treatment, and healthcare in general.…
