With a combined experience of eight decades, our team has worked together in various settings, including psychiatric treatment programs, private practice, and psychedelic clinical trials. We have facilitated many hours of direct patient care utilizing ketamine, LSD, 5-MeO-DMT, and psilocybin.
Our therapists are trained and certified in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) by the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI).
We decided to open this practice and create this space because we wanted to make available a true incorporation of psychedelic assisted therapy and medication administration in Atlanta. We offer not only ketamine administration but also thorough preparation and integration surrounding the ketamine experience, allowing the experience to be safer and more supported, with increased likelihood of improvement of symptoms and outcomes.
Meet The Team
Mary Burns, MD
Co-Founder + Psychiatrist
With over three decades of experience in psychopharmacology, I am thrilled to be part of a team introducing Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy to our patients. Having extensively researched and studied its benefits for mood disorders, I'm impressed by its efficacy. My background includes investigative research on psychedelic medicines, further fueling my enthusiasm for this innovative treatment. I am eager to leverage my expertise to integrate this new, safe, and effective therapy into the realm of clinical psychiatry. This approach holds tremendous promise for patients seeking relief from various mental health challenges. Combining my clinical acumen with this cutting-edge treatment modality, I am confident in its potential to positively impact our patients' lives. Together, we can pioneer advancements in psychiatric care and offer transformative solutions for those in need.
Becky Butler, LCSW
Co-Founder + Psychedelic Integration Specialist + Meditation Teacher
My work as a therapist has been deeply shaped by forty years of meditating. The form of meditation I practice and teach is one which emphasizes embodiment, surrender and relationality. As a result, my therapy practice is informed by these principles as well. My experience has been that psychedelics, when used in a therapeutic and attuned context, not only can lift symptoms of depression and anxiety, but can also lead us into greater connection with Self, with others, and with a larger sense of wholeness.
My work as a therapist draws upon non-pathologizing and experiential approaches to healing including Internal Family Systems, Brainspotting, and Somatic Experiencing.
Marlee Dent, LPC
Co-Founder + Psychedelic Integration Specialist
My role as a clinician has been to safeguard and facilitate the deeply personal and profound process of breaking through long-standing traumas, addictions, mood and thought disorders, as well as relational challenges.
I have been a therapist since 2009 in a multitude of mental health settings including clinical research, residential mental health treatment, and private practice. Throughout my years of experience, I became keenly aware of how a number of patients were not experiencing timely, significant, or long-lasting improvements. For this reason, I have focused my work in the direction of developing therapies in psychedelics. I couldn’t be more thrilled to join with my colleagues in our offering of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy where we combine this molecule with therapeutic support emphasizing somatic awareness, mindfulness, and behavioral activation.