I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor based in Austin, Texas
with a passion for helping others thrive when
traditional mental health treatment has felt insufficient or ineffective.
Have you tried various forms of therapy and medication but are still struggling?
Are you facing issues like treatment-resistant depression, trauma, or chronic pain/health problems?
Are you ready to try something different?
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT)
KAT is a medication-assisted therapy that has been shown to be effective for many challenges,
including depression, anxiety, PTSD, suicidal ideation, and more.
It is currently the only legal form of psychedelic-assisted therapy in Texas.
I offer KAT via intravenous infusions (IV) at Illumma.
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
SE is a body-oriented, bottom-up approach to therapy for the treatment of trauma.
It involves reintegrating the mind-body connection and working with the nervous
system to resolve chronic dysregulation and getting unstuck from fight/flight/freeze,
which can lead to chronic pain and other syndromes over time.
Low Dose KAT + SE
This treatment combines low-dose, sublingual ketamine with somatic experiencing.
A psycholytic dose of ketamine helps to soften or quiet the default mode network (ordinary thinking mind) while maintaining a connection to the body and sensations to aid somatic experiencing sessions.
Laura Evans is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor and the Lead Therapist at Illumma who has extensive training in ketamine, including both individual and group ketamine certificates from the Psychedelic Research and Training Institute (PRATI). She is also completing Somatic Experiencing certification, has received training through the final Advanced Year, and intends to receive her designation as a Somatic Experiencing Professional in 2026.
Utilizing ketamine-assisted therapy, Laura supports adults and adolescents (14+) across a wide range of presenting concerns, identities, and backgrounds, including neurodivergent and LGBTQ folks. Laura is passionate about working alongside those who have experienced developmental trauma as well as other therapists who are struggling.
Laura partners collaboratively with her clients, believing that they are the experts of their lives and that ketamine and somatic work are like keys that unlock the door to regain access to the innate healing capacity that exists inside all of us. Laura also utilizes Internal Family Systems, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, and more. She is certified in Embodied Imagination for Psychedelic Integration. Laura’s strengths as a therapist are her curiosity, compassion, warmth and humor. She believes that trust and safety are the most important ingredients in the therapeutic relationship.
In her role as Lead Therapist at Illumma, Laura manages the therapy team, develops programs and projects for the clinic, and offers training, supervision, and consultation to other professionals.
Laura is trained in MDMA-Assisted Therapy and psilocybin facilitation, and she looks forward to offering these services when they are legally available in the future.
$185 per 50-minute session for Somatic Experiencing
$370 per 2-hour low dose KAT + SE session
(does not include the cost of medical consultation and ketamine prescription through Illumma)
Pricing for KAT infusions at Illumma can be found here
I don’t accept insurance, but I can provide you with documentation to submit
to your insurance company for out-of-network reimbursement.
