Matt Baldwin LMFT
CA License #109632
South Pasadena, CA 91030
510-296-5682
contact@mattbaldwin.net
Psychology Today
Matt Baldwin LMFT
CA License #109632
South Pasadena, CA 91030
510-296-5682
contact@mattbaldwin.net
Psychology Today
How I Work
I approach my work using a unique blend of techniques. First, my background as a psychotherapist tends to emphasize the importance of past experiences, starting with childhood and other formative developmental events. This includes the ways in which you have struggled and succeeded in your life up to this very moment. I think of psychotherapy primarily as a means of treating the symptoms and disorders that block your organic paths to growth.
My coaching work is generally a separate track from psychotherapy. It is more present-focused in its pursuit of immediate practical goals. My aim is often to help my clients become more creative along specific artistic lines while remaining just as open to the potential of one's creativity to apply to every situation in life. On a fundamental level, I believe that being alive is a creative act. Seen from this perspective, living a good life is a kind of art.
Mindfulness is another way of saying meditation. I have been a meditator for decades and, in teaching many of my clients to meditate, I have repeatedly seen the extraordinary benefits of this ancient practice. I can confidently say that having a routine mediation practice benefits every aspect of human experience. It is also an excellent prerequisite skill for managing the visionary and emotional depths of ketamine experience.
Ketamine sessions can help to provide additional quantities of energy to therapy and coaching work, while also generating deeply personal insights and rich symbolic content. It can be a great way to dissolve barriers to growth and tap into deep springs of self-generated inspiration. Ketamine treatment is undertaken in collaboration with a CA-licensed physician who determines medical necessity and oversees the prescription and medication management aspects of this treatment. Having a good team is vital to success in using this very powerful modality.
At every step, I collaboratively work with you to determine an approach to treatment that blends the above modalities in a way that is individually tailored to your unique situation. We do this in service of the larger goals of your personal growth and the unfolding of your unique creative will.