Interventional psychiatry across Greater Seattle: at-home ketamine available now, with SPRAVATO® and TMS coming soon. Call or text 425-598-7088.
Interventional psychiatry across Greater Seattle: at-home ketamine available now, with SPRAVATO® and TMS coming soon. Call or text 425-598-7088.
I believe in the corrective experience of a secure therapeutic relationship.
I provide individual, couple, and family therapy, using liberation-oriented, client-centered, trauma-informed, relational therapy. I work with people from all identities and with many different reasons for being in therapy. I aim to help clients access their own expertise and know themselves in ways that allow for increased flexibility in nervous system regulation and improved quality of life.
I also provide crisis response and trauma support to clients, families, and organizations. Small therapy dog in-training is sometimes present at the office.
I am excited to assist clients who are incorporating ketamine-assisted therapy (KAP) as part of their healing journey. I offer therapy services to clients who wish to use KAP to treat depression, PTSD, chronic pain, end-of-life fears, and other concerns.
Prior to dosing, a preparatory session allows you to reflect on your intentions for your KAP experience.
Following each dose, integration sessions are crucial to maximize the benefits of KAP, by enabling you to take full advantage of the window of neuroplasticity. During integration sessions, I offer Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a somatic therapy based on EMDR that is helpful for processing trauma, anxieties, and other known triggers.
I tailor my therapeutic approach to your specific needs, while bringing warmth, empathy, and curiosity to the counseling relationship. I convey unconditional positive acceptance for everyone I serve, allowing you to fully explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. I will partner with you to identify and achieve your goals in a meaningful way.
I am trauma-informed and use a variety of therapeutic approaches in my practice. Some of these include Internal Family Systems (IFS), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), art therapy, narrative therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques.
I enjoy educating clients about the potential purposes of your behaviors and exploring your inner world together, allowing you to better understand yourself as a whole person. I value working with diverse and underserved populations and approaches counseling with a social justice framework.
I specialize in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) for clients seeking to reclaim a sense of belonging after traumatic loss.
I believe in each person’s innate capacity to heal and restore a felt sense of self. As a certified Kripalu yoga instructor and somatic EMDR practitioner, I weave body-based practices into KAP to support nervous system regulation and help clients meet discomfort with curiosity and compassion. Through a depth-oriented framework, I guide clients in building a relationship with their inner world, translating symbolic experience into grounded, actionable insight.
The true power of KAP lies not only in the medicine session itself, but in how the experience is honored and integrated — consciously and courageously.
My style of therapy is insight-oriented, non-judgmental, and centered on the belief that happiness and healing is unique to each of us. I enjoy working with people of all genders and presentations on overcoming, anxiety, depression, difficulties related to trauma and substance abuse. I am supportive of clients who engage in all relationship styles (ENM, polyamory and monogamy) and work to be a supportive ally of LGBTQ+ communities and individuals.
I have over a decade of experience helping people, either with substance use or mental health disorders. My master’s degree is from Seattle Universities psychology program focused on existential approaches to psychotherapy. I also have a two-year technical degree in alcoholism and chemical dependency counseling from Edmonds College. In addition, I have certifications in Jungian psychotherapy and studies, as well as a certification in Psychedelic- Assisted Therapies and Research granted by California Institute of Integral Studies.
I see ketamine as a powerful tool to enhance growth and healing, expand consciousness, and deepen connection with the world, others, and yourself. A compassionate guide is essential to prepare your headspace and environment for your journey, one who can attune to your experience so it can be integrated into meaningful living.
I lean on somatic and trauma-informed practices, including Brainspotting, IFS, and Reiki, to amplify the change KAP can stimulate within each of our unique beings. My holistic approach to wellness honors the indigenous roots of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy as a spiritual and collective ritual, and how your intersecting cultural identities and background are woven into your KAP experience.
Vanessa Hooper is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and the founder of Curación Counseling, a private practice in Seattle, Washington. Her work centers on relationships and lived experiences often marginalized in traditional therapy, including ethically non-monogamous and polyamorous partnerships, interracial and cross-cultural couples, and individuals navigating complex childhood and relational trauma.
In addition to her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Vanessa holds a master’s in Cultural Studies with a focus on the prison industrial complex. She is certified in Perinatal Mental Health and Psychedelic and Ketamine Assisted Therapy. She is also trained in EMDR and somatic-based approaches and integrates these with psychedelic integration. She offers KAP to support trauma processing, belonging, attachment and the insights that can emerge when ordinary defenses soften. Rooted in her own path through trauma and loss, her work holds clients’ stories with reverence for what words cannot always reach and trust in what the body remembers.
Working through a Jungian lens, she also incorporates tarot and astrology as tools for reflection, self-inquiry, growth, and understanding relational dynamics. Vanessa believes healing is not about returning to who we were, but about building something sturdier from what remains; a self we can inhabit with greater wholeness, rather than merely surviving inside of.
Outside of therapy, she is a mother, writer, poet, tarot reader, chef and activist.
Finding the right therapeutic fit is essential for successful Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. Whether you’ve found a provider on this page that you’d like to work with, or you need help getting matched, our clinical team is ready to guide you. Reach out today to schedule your free consultation and discuss how our in-home ketamine treatment integrates with these expert therapists.
No commitment — just a conversation about which intervention might be right for you. A Nomad Therapeutics representative will answer your questions and walk you through what to expect.
