PURE Providers
Kristen Paradise, LPCC
Kristen is a psychedelic assisted psychotherapist, and founder of PURE Therapy. Kristen provides KAP in collaboration with Dickson Psychiatric Services, to address grief/loss, identity/gender, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other mental health concerns. Kristen is an end-of-life doula, and a past active duty military spouse, who has passion for assisting first responders, military members, and their families. Kristen believes in creating a comfortable and authentic space for her patients to explore, and find healing through inner wisdom and external support. Kristen has supported 200+ KAP sessions, is a lead therapist in Minnesota’s first psilocybin clinical trail for treatment resistant depression, and is hopeful to incorporate psilocybin assisted psychotherapy into mental health, as a standard of practice for palliative care and hospice, allowing terminally diagnosed patients an opportunity to work through their existential anxiety.
One of the main intentions of her work in mental health, is to assist individuals with feeling less alone in this world, and finding peace from within, so that it can be spread externally in one’s life. Through the process of Ketamine Assisted Therapy (KAP), it is her hope that those who have struggled to find something that works for them, are now able to work through some of the aspects of life, that may be blocking them from reaching their personal goals.
Todd Dickson
Todd Dickson is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and addiction specialist specializing in treating adults with psychiatric and co-occurring substance use disorders. Todd is the founder and provider at Dickson Psychiatric Services, working in collaboration with PURE, to provide Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. Todd take a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach to patient care. A biopsychosocial-spiritual model is a holistic approach acknowledging the interaction between physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of patient care and well-being. As an integrative therapist, Todd has a solid foundation in various theoretical approaches and draw from psychodynamic, humanistic, existentialist, cognitive behavioral therapy, and new neuroscience research.
Todd works with patients, so they can explore their current difficulties, personal beliefs, and values, find ways to cope, and uncover the connection between past and present experiences. Todd gives his full attention, a safe place to express emotions, and his knowledge and experience gives his patients as much support as possible. He may offer you a different perspective, challenge you in a supportive way, and suggest various coping strategies so that you can start to make the changes you want. However, he won’t attempt to tell you how to live your life. Follow link below to learn more about Dickson Psychiatric Services.