JACOB MUNHOZ
Psychotherapist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
“Compassion is the love that recognizes and goes forth to identify with the preciousness of all that is lost and broken within ourselves and others.”
--James Finley
HEALING THROUGH CONNECTION:
AEDP IS NOT "REGULAR" THERAPY
Depression. Anxiety. Anger. Loneliness. Compulsion. Relationship problems. These are the most common reasons we end up looking at a psychotherapist's website. It's a bold and brave first step, so congratulations and welcome! Know that you have arrived here already worthy of love.
Both as a patient and later as a graduate student I was largely dissatisfied with "regular" therapy. Although I learned things about myself and found some relief in sharing my experiences with another person, nothing transformational ever happened during those sessions. As a graduate student, none of the models we learned in school really spoke to me in any holistic way or at any profound level. That changed when I discovered the work of Diana Fosha and began to study the model that she developed: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. It's a different kind of therapy and what makes it radically different also makes it powerfully transformational.
SERVICES I OFFER
KETAMINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY (KAP)
For both couples and individuals, elevate your healing journey through the integration of innovative therapeutic techniques with the unique benefits of ketamine. No IV's or injections, before our work, patients orally ingest ketamine in the form of a lozenge which is specifically dosed and prescribed by a medical provider. During Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, I will accompany you through a transformative experience, fostering self-awareness and emotional growth. This is a cutting edge and progressive approach to psychotherapy that goes beyond traditional methods. Embrace a new era of healing — where insight meets innovation, and profound change is within reach.
KAP is offered at $250 per 50 minute hour. Packages for KAP are available which cap fees for dosing sessions at two hours, making the third hour of the dosing session at no extra cost. An Introductory KAP package (one round of KAP treatment) is available for $1000 which includes one 50 minute preparation session, one 2-3 hour dosing session and one 50 minute integration session. An Advanced KAP package (two rounds of KAP treatment) is available for $2000 which includes two 50 minute preparation sessions, two 2-3 hour dosing sessions and two 50 minute integration sessions.
Medical and psychiatric eligibility for KAP is determined by Journey Clinical, my partner in providing this service. The fee for this evaluation and for the medication, if you are found eligible, is paid directly to Journey Clinical separate from my fees for psychotherapeutic support.
INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
For some, this process will involve work around the shame that prevents us from expressing our true selves. Many times this shame has an origin in the unintentional slights and seemingly insignificant failures of our well meaning caregivers. Other times, our shame is rooted in our inability or unwillingness to comply with the implicit messages we receive from our culture, the sub-cultures to which we belong, and our institutions of religion about who we "should" be and how we "should" act.
For many of us, this process may involve work around what in psychotherapy is called "big 'T' trauma". Perhaps we were invaded or abandoned: our boundaries were violated when we were young by someone we should have been able to trust, we were abandoned in some way, we experienced violence, betrayal, or neglect.
Individual psychotherapy sessions are $220 per 50 minute clinical hour and are provided via telehealth throughout the State of California.
PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR COUPLES
Heal from your individual histories together and in so doing establish a secure, profound, and lasting attachment bond. AEDP is all about connection and that is true of AEDP for Couples as well. As we work through, together, your past and present challenges as a couple, I will help you each to be attuned, accessible, responsive, and engaged to your partner. I will help you each to be in touch with your core emotions and invite you to express your true self to your partner that you might be truly seen, deeply accepted, and profoundly loved.
Couples psychotherapy sessions are $240 per 50 minute clinical hour and are provided via telehealth throughout the State of California.
RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS
I'm happy to work with your group or organization to design a retreat, workshop, class, or presentation to meet your specific needs. The topic I most often present on is the use of mindfulness and contemplative spirituality as vehicles for healing from trauma. I also present on men's issues such as building healthy male attachment relationships, recovering from shame, body image, pornography use, and living counter to dominant cultural or sub-cultural expectations.
INSURANCE AND YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY
Out of deep respect for the confidential, private, intimate, and sacred nature of this work, I choose not to work directly with any insurance providers. Upon request, I provide my patients with a "superbill" which some patients have been successful at submitting to their insurance providers for partial or full reimbursement. Unfortunately, I cannot make any guarantees regarding reimbursement by your provider and cannot provide any information about which providers or plans will reimburse you for psychotherapeutic treatment. Please contact your insurance company if you have questions about your eligibility for reimbursement under your plan.
CONTACT ME
Jacob Munhoz, LMFT #129932
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
3333 Camino Del Rio South #215
San Diego, CA 92108
858-848-9883