Melanie King Kawashima Velez DNP

I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner, musician, and student of somatic healing. I trained at CIIS CPTR, Polaris Insight Center, Temenos Center, MAPS, and Subtle Winds to legally provide intramuscular ketamine (in office, home and forest-based retreat centers) and psilocybin in Oregon (my home service center is Mandala Journey Work in Eugene, OR but I have the ability to serve at other services centers across Oregon). I feel fortunate to be part of the ACER nature-based integration group where I met Christine Caldwell. One thing I enjoy about this work is bringing in my partnering providers to offer unique somatic, music, and anti-appropriative traditional medicine experiences. From 2012-2018, I was a bedside nurse in hospice, long-term care, and in the hospital in medical, pediatric and psychiatry units. Prior to that I provided in-home care for individuals with terminal illnesses and their families through the end of life. DNP, PMHNP, RN