Laura Evans, LMFT-Supervisor

 
 
 

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).

Utilizing ketamine-assisted therapy, Laura supports individuals, groups, and couples, as well as adolescents and their families across a wide range of presenting concerns (such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, relational and existential issues, and more), 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. She hosts ketamine-assisted therapy retreats in addition to her sessions at the clinic.

Laura partners collaboratively with her clients, believing that they are the experts of their lives and that ketamine is like a key that unlocks the door to regain access to the innate healing capacity that exists inside all of us. Laura utilizes Internal Family Systems, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, and more, and she is currently completing certification in Somatic Experiencing and Embodied Imagination. 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.

Laura emphasizes the importance of integration with clients and helps them craft these integration rituals and practices to maximize the benefits of ketamine-assisted therapy and the duration of these benefits. Laura believes that we are all on a journey of remembering our wholeness, and uses PRATI’s purpose of “restoring connection to the sacred: self, community, nature and spirit” to guide her work.

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 available in the future.

Affiliations:

  • Austin Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

    (Past President, 2023)

    (President, 2022)

    (President Elect, 2021)

    (Secretary, 2020)

  • American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists & Practitioners (Member)

  • American Psychedelic Practitioners Association (Member)

  • Climate Psychology Alliance-North America (Member)

  • Psychedelic Society of Texas (Volunteer)

Laura is accepting clients for ketamine-assisted therapy and
accepting supervisees specializing in psychedelic-assisted therapies.

Laura’s fee is $185/hour. Costs for ketamine therapy vary by route of administration (sublingual, intramuscular, and IV); please inquire for more information.