Full Living

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Ketamine Group Retreats
KAP Training + education for therapists Full Living is led by Karen L.

Full Living is a psychotherapy practice rooted in thoughtful care, clinical depth, and guided support. We specialize in director-led therapy matching, helping individuals find a therapist who truly fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Instead of navigating endless directories alone, our very human director helps you figure out a good move for your healing journey. In addition to therapy match

ing, Full Living offers ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) for individuals who feel stuck or are seeking deeper therapeutic work. Our KAP offerings are grounded in preparation, integration, and ethical clinical care; including our group retreat, *Becoming Your Own Ally*. We also provide training and education for therapists, supporting clinicians as they begin the journey to onboard KAP into their practices, and then to continue to thoughtfully explore and deepen their understanding of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy within a psychotherapeutic framework. Smith MSS, LCSW, a seasoned psychotherapist with decades of clinical experience. Karen personally facilitates the matching process and oversees all therapeutic offerings, ensuring care is thoughtful, well-paced, and deeply aligned with each individual’s needs. To learn more about our services or explore what support might be right for you, visit our website at https://fullliving.com/

09/01/2026

Being in charge of and responsible for your own mood will give you more influence over it anyway. Plus, it just really isn't another person's job. You may have someone in your life who is open to helping you when your mood is bad, but it still isnt their responsibility.

Post work is the big one that plagues couples. Be creative. Take a shower when you get home, or listen to calming or raging music on the way home, go for a run or stretch, light a candle and take deep breathes. Do what you would do if you were single. And then go greet your partner :)

People have lots of misconceptions about therapy. Unfortunately, sometimes is is based on lived experience! Like a thera...
08/31/2026

People have lots of misconceptions about therapy. Unfortunately, sometimes is is based on lived experience! Like a therapist who just let you babble on and on. That isn't what happens in real therapy.

In real therapy , we would stop you, to see what you were hoping to communicate, and to help you notice if it was landing...if you were feeling heard. We will help you learn how to notice if what you are saying is helping you felt heard.

For a thoughtful therapy match in PA, reach out. A quick 15 minute video call with me, the director, will allow me to connect you wtih a well matched therapist.

08/30/2026

My favorite ketamine specific psychedelic features that make it particularly well suited to psychotherapy aims:
• Anesthetic feature calms the nervous system, for all journeys
• Short acting (20 to 40 minutes) allows for bit-sized, metabolizable epiphanies
• Dissociative component facilitates parts work and development of an observing ego
• Safe, legal, easy on the body

Finding out if you are eligible is a quick google form and a 15 minute free consultation to see if KAP is a good match for the work want to do.

Seriously, it can help you change your life. Now. Link in my bio.

Life can be brutal and disruptive and throw you completely of course. I had a brain swell a year ago today that almost c...
08/29/2026

Life can be brutal and disruptive and throw you completely of course. I had a brain swell a year ago today that almost cost me my life. It left my brain needing year log recovery, so a total shift in how I pull off my life.

I have always prided myself at being able to get back on my feet no matter what knocks me down in life. But this one took some time.

Resilience and formidability and stick-to-it-ness are essential life skills. Good times, bad times, we will always need to strong alliance with ourselves, and a kind tone of reassurance.

My "flagship" therapy program is called "Becoming Your Own Ally"... because it is my superpower. I totally have my own back, which is another essential life skill. Be good to yourselves peeps. It can be rough going!

08/28/2026

Watching a good rain storm is one of my favorite of life's "simple" pleasures.

08/27/2026

Yep, you have to familiarize yourself with psychedelics to usefully assist your clients.

It's one of the standard questions clinicians face when considering work in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. This is a tiny excerpt from her $1 excerpt from her larger training walks through why firsthand experience matters, and the considerations around when, how, and in what venues to have it.

For clinicians curious about KAP as a treatment model, it's also a chance to get a feel for how Karen approaches this work clinically — her framework, her thinking, her vibe — before investing in her larger training or supervision offerings.

From Karen L. Smith, MSS, LCSW — author of Prepare Yourself, Your Clients and Your Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and clinical director of Full Living.

Find more info in my bio or at www.fullliving.com

08/27/2026

Want a kid that by 30 knows how to respectfully and successfully argue their point? Want them to know how to figure out their truths and ask that they get their needs met, you know, when they are older?

The seriously gross truth is that means they need to be allowed to argue with you, regularly, as they learn. And they will suck at it at first. And so will you, because you first have get over the fact that you were never allowed to talk back to your parents. But remember, that didnt work for you.

Current parents are trying a different path. It is hard. We let our kids tell us how they feel, what disappoints them about us, and what they want differently. Tough to deliver, but it is a potent gift we are giving them.

Finding one free weekend this fall might be the hardest part. 😂🍂But once you find it… maybe don’t give it away.Work will...
08/26/2026

Finding one free weekend this fall might be the hardest part. 😂🍂

But once you find it… maybe don’t give it away.

Work will be there. The schedules will fill up. Someone will always need something.

You’re allowed to put yourself on the calendar, too.

The next Full Living retreat is your invitation to do exactly that to step away from the usual noise, make some space, and spend a weekend intentionally focused on you.

Becoming Your Own Ally: A medicine-supported psychotherapy group experience for building inner trust and reshaping your life from the inside out.

September 28th to October 4th, 2026
• Mon, September 28th – Virtual Prep | 6:30–8:00 PM
• Wed, September 30th – Virtual Prep | 6:30–8:00 PM
• Fri, October 2nd – In-Person Medicine Journey and Sound Bath | 2:00–8:00 PM
• Sat, October 3rd – In-Person Medicine Journey and Sound Bath | 2:00–8:00 PM
• Sun, October 4th – Virtual Integration | 6:30–8:00 PM

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Glenside PA 19038. Lots of folx stay at nearby hotels for the two nights of the retreat.

𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁: Program Feet: $1800, Early Bird of $1500 by August 28th

Link in the bio for all the details or head to https://fullliving.com/becoming-your-own-ally/

Save your spot before your calendar finds something else to do with it.

If you keep wondering if therapy might be helpful, give a real therapist, a well matched one, a try. Don't let your own ...
08/25/2026

If you keep wondering if therapy might be helpful, give a real therapist, a well matched one, a try. Don't let your own disparaging thoughts related to longing for help, longing to be truly heard, stop you from starting therapy. Give it a try.

Link in the bio or visit www.fullliving.com

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