Wellness Embodied
257 Main Street, New Paltz
(845) 743-6878 | Wellnessembodiedcenter.com
Talk therapy can be life-changing, but it can take years to achieve major breakthroughs, transform lifelong habits, and soothe historic wounds. Psychotherapist Doree Lipson, founder, director, and clinician at Wellness Embodied, has made it her mission to introduce two clinically proven therapies that can cut healing times in half and help those struggling with entrenched life patterns make leaps forward that once seemed out of reach.
Two years ago, the trauma-focused psychotherapy practice became the first in the Hudson Valley to offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). While ketamine (a dissociative anesthetic that has psychedelic, antidepressant, and mood-enhancing effects) has gotten a bad rap recently, Lipson is passionate about educating people about its powerful potential in therapy.
“There are many people who are unfortunately abusing ketamine,” Lipson says. “But it is a proven mental health treatment with incredible success rates, and its use should always be guided by a trained and knowledgeable clinician.” At Wellness Emodied, eight psychotherapists provide KAP, which is self-administered in-office via lozenge as part of an up-to-three-hour session. The program typically lasts for four weeks, but can vary by patient need.
Wellness Embodied is also the only practice in the region that offers EMDR Intensives. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful therapy that alternates stimulation of the brain’s hemispheres for rapid alleviation of distress, and is used to treat PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Four therapists provide the intensives, which range from a single session of approximately four hours up to a three-day session, and are offered online or in person.
Because of their effectiveness, Lipson is committed to pricing both services affordably compared to other providers. She has also conscientiously grown her team to represent a wide range of life experiences. “Our diversity is truly rare, and ensures anyone can feel their own experience mirrored in some large or small way,” she says.
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This article appears in August 2025.
