Offering individual, couples, and group therapy, ketamine-assisted therapy, medication management…
Offering individual, couples, and group therapy, ketamine-assisted therapy, medication management…
Program Dates: September 14 – October 19, 2026
Schedule:
Facilitated by Alicia Martin, LMSW and Ben Dameron, LMSW
-Dr. Diane Poole Heller
Emerging Whole is a trauma-informed psychotherapy group designed for individuals healing from narcissistic harm and relational trauma.
These wounds may originate in families, romantic partnerships, workplaces, friendships, or other relational systems. Over time, such experiences can fragment one’s inner world–leading to chronic self-doubt, silenced intuition, erosion of identity, and disconnection from core aspects of Self.
This group offers a stabilizing, reparative space to:
Unlike fear-based narratives common online, this group is grounded, relational, trauma-informed, and oriented toward integration rather than labeling.
Narcissistic harm does not occur in isolation. It is often shaped and reinforced by broader cultural and systemic forces, including:
By contextualizing your experience within these systems, we shift away from self-blame and toward clarity, understanding not only what happened, but how your adaptive survival strategies were formed.
We’ll explore the parts of you that learned to keep the peace, stay on alert, take care of others, criticize yourself, shut down, or hide away with compassion and curiosity rather than judgment.
Grounding practices, somatic attunement, and presence-building techniques support nervous system steadiness and inner coherence.
This is a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy group. Ketamine is not an add-on — it is intentionally integrated into the therapeutic arc of the work.
Relational trauma and narcissistic harm don’t just shape beliefs. They shape the nervous system. Patterns like hypervigilance, chronic self-doubt, emotional shutdown, and self-abandonment become deeply wired survival responses.
Ketamine supports healing by helping to:
Within the safety of group therapy, this can create space for insight, emotional openness, and deeper integration of new relational experiences.
All sessions are medically supervised and embedded within psychotherapy. This is structured, clinically guided work — not recreational use.
Starts: September 14, 2026
Hybrid Format:
Pricing: In-network with Aetna and Cigna. OON superbills available.
This is a space for truth-telling, witnessing, integration, and transformational repair.
All parts of you are welcome—your guarded parts, skeptical parts, unsure parts, and the parts that long to be seen. While the term “narcissistic harm” is widely used, our focus is not on diagnosing others, but on understanding the relational patterns and impact on your inner world.
Our shared intention is wholeness: moving from fragmentation into coherence, from survival strategies into a life shaped by clarity, choice, and self-leadership.
Every KAP group is medically supervised by experienced psychiatric providers dedicated to creating a safe, supportive, and individualized treatment experience.
With expertise in conventional, integrative, and psychedelic psychiatry, Dr. Zimmerman oversees Acheron’s KAP program, ensuring each participant receives thoughtful, evidence-informed care within a comprehensive therapeutic framework.
Rachel brings a warm, holistic approach to psychiatric care, helping participants feel safe, supported, and empowered throughout every stage of the KAP process.
Common questions about narcissistic harm and relational trauma
Yes. Ketamine is a Schedule III medication, FDA-approved as an anesthetic and used in medical settings for decades. It has strong research support for off-label use in depression and trauma-related conditions.
All participants undergo medical screening and supervision.
Ketamine interacts with the brain’s glutamate system, particularly the NMDA receptor, which can rapidly shift mood and interrupt patterns of emotional rigidity or rumination. It also appears to temporarily increase neuroplasticity, allowing the brain to form new connections and perspectives more easily.
Psychologically, ketamine quiets the default mode network, the part of the brain involved in self-criticism, repetitive thought loops, and fixed narratives about ourselves. When this softens, many people experience:
These effects, combined with therapy, can help loosen old patterns and make space for new possibilities.
No. You never have to share anything you don’t want to.
Even if you feel unsure about what counts as “narcissistic harm,” or worry you’ll need to recount painful stories, share as much or as little as feels right. The work is focused more on your experience, not on labeling someone else.
That’s extremely common.
If you’ve experienced any of the following, this group may be a good fit:
You do not need a formal label to belong here. What matters is your inner experience and how deeply it has affected you.
Completely understandable—and very common.
Narcissistic harm often forms in relationships where trust was broken, boundaries were ignored, or your reality was dismissed. Entering a group can feel risky.
This group is intentionally structured to feel:
You can participate at your own pace. Listening quietly is just as valid as sharing. Your protective parts are welcome here.
Many people who’ve experienced narcissistic harm fear being dismissed, minimized, or misunderstood. In this group, your inner experience is treated as real, valid, and worthy of care. You won’t be asked to justify what happened to you.
This is not a space where your reality gets questioned—it’s a space where it gets supported.
Group therapy can be uniquely transformative because:
Narcissistic harm creates isolation. Healing happens in connection.
Interested in joining? The Acheron team is happy to answer questions about the group’s structure, process, and whether ketamine-assisted group work feels like a good fit for you.
Contact Acheron Psychiatry if you have any questions.
