Episode 66 - Dr. Crissy Powers - Rewiring the Nervous System with Ketamine-Assisted Therapy

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Meet Dr. Crissy Powers

Chrissy Powers is a licensed therapist, coach, and writer devoted to helping individuals heal, reconnect with their true selves, and build lives rooted in purpose and joy. She specializes in trauma-informed care, ketamine-assisted therapy, and embodiment work, blending science and soul for deep, lasting transformation. Through her private practice, retreats, and online programs, Chrissy creates compassionate, empowering spaces for growth. Her mission is to guide others toward greater self-awareness, healing, and personal freedom.


What We Talk About

• Chrissy’s healing journey from religious trauma and eating disorder recovery to becoming a licensed therapist specializing in somatic therapy and psychedelic-assisted healing.
• How anxiety, panic, and nervous system dysregulation often stem from childhood patterns and unresolved emotional stress.
• The difference between talk therapy and somatic work and why embodiment is crucial when healing trauma that lives in the body.
• Chrissy’s personal experience with ketamine-assisted therapy, how it helped her reconnect with her body, and why she now uses it to guide others through transformative breakthroughs.
• What to expect during a ketamine session, from lozenge dosing and safety screening to body-based integration and emotional release.
• The science behind ketamine and its ability to rewire neural pathways, support trauma healing, and help clients experience true self-love for the first time.
• How this therapy accelerates results in clients with anxiety, PTSD, and treatment-resistant depression even after years of conventional therapy.
• Practical advice for finding a safe, trained psychedelic therapist and why the therapeutic relationship is key to healing.
• A powerful story of a client who released lifelong fear of death through visualization and body-based processing in session.
• Why ketamine is not a shortcut but a deeper tool for nervous system repair, emotional attunement, and self-reconnection.


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Keywords

ketamine therapy, embodiment, somatic therapy, nervous system dysregulation, mental health, anxiety, depression, psychedelic therapy, healing, self-love, ketamine therapy, psychedelic therapy, mental health, anxiety treatment, therapeutic relationship, healing journey, ketamine administration, success stories, stigma of psychedelics, finding a therapist