LEARNING TO LIVE
with brain, mind, body & heart
Integral Therapy
Integrative Psychiatry
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Life has grand purpose.
Your being here is not random.
Whether here is planet Earth, your current life circumstances, or just the fleeting moment of visiting this website, life is a process of starting from exactly where you are to move into the “possibility space” that’s around and within you. That’s evolution, that’s survival, that’s flourishing. It’s also the basis for good psychotherapy.
If you find yourself in states that are painful, frightening, harmful, shameful, stressful…
there are science-backed, non-pathologizing methods to better relate to these experiences and get “unstuck” from them. Health, healing and a deep sense of belonging in the world do not depend on fixing a problem or striving to get somewhere else; they come from listening to, learning from, and then releasing what’s obstructing the natural course of clarity, energy and trust that can flow from strengthening the alliance between your brain, mind, body and heart.
All the world’s a stage and you contain multitudes—a multiplicity of voices and characters that can take up the spotlight of your mind or remain hidden in the wings.
Good therapy, when paired with practices that invite the full participation of your body and imagination, can buy you a better seat to watch the conflicts and drama of life play out from a safe and reflective distance.
Good therapy assists you in stepping into new roles and testing out changes to your internal dialogue and decision-making scripts. Weekly therapy can move the whole production of being human from a cramped theater of ego and persona to the more expansive landscape of true Self.
My mission as a therapist and psychiatrist is to:
uphold the highest medical, ethical and psychotherapeutic standards.
curate a set of effective, transparent and consent-based models and methods for healing, wherein my clients and I collaborate on their wellbeing and health.
trust the energy, curiosity and wisdom of Self that allows humans to set out on great journeys and come home to their deepest calling, belonging and purpose.
Alex Trope, MD, MSc
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Bachelor of Arts ‘08 - Development Studies - Brown University, Providence, RI.
Master of Science ‘13 - Health and Medical Sciences - UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA
Doctor of Medicine ‘16 - UCSF School of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, CA
Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program ‘20 - UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Resident Research Training Program ‘20 - Psilocybin-Assisted Group Therapy Clinical Trial - UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Assessment and Clinical Delivery of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
Psychiatric Emergencies and Crisis Intervention
Climate Change and Mental Health Impacts, Climate-Informed Therapy and Mentla Health Advocacy
Collaborative Care for Persistent and Unwanted Altered States of Consciousness
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Lewis, J., Haase, E. & Trope, A. Climate Dialects in Psychotherapy: Holding Open the Space between Abyss and Advance, Psychodynamic Psychiatry. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30950777/
Psilocybin-assisted group therapy for demoralized older long-term AIDS survivor men: An open-label safety and feasibility pilot study. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Oct; 27:100538. Anderson BT, Danforth A, Daroff PR, Stauffer C, Ekman E, Agin-Liebes G, Trope A, Boden MT, Dilley PJ, Mitchell J, Woolley J. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33150319/
Trope, A., Anderson, B.T., Hooker, A.R., Glick, Stauffer, C. & Woolley, J.D. (2019). Psychedelic-Assisted Group Therapy: A Systematic Review, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 51:2, 174-188. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30950777/
Altered States of Climate: Tripping the Scale of Justice, 20-minute presentation for Psychedelics, Madness, & Awakening: Harm Reduction and Future Visions 2021, www.psychedelicsmadnessawakening.com/alex-trope.html
Services
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Therapy
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Psychiatry
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
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Consultation for Challenging Experiences with Altered States