“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Kinga Patryce Bak, PMHNP-BC
As a holistic-minded psychiatric nurse practitioner with training in Reiki and holistic health coaching, I hold deep respect for the complexity and mystery of each individual. My practice is based on the philosophy that the body’s inherent ability to repair itself can be tapped into with an intention focused approach to healing and in creating space for the needs of the mind-body-spirit. My philosophy draws on principles of integrative and naturopathic medicine, while my personal experiences with plant medicine and Vajrayana Buddhism have also shaped my broader theoretical perspective. As a psychiatric provider, my clinical toolkit includes pharmacologic and herbal therapies, and I specialize in ketamine-assisted therapy supported by a transpersonal approach to psychotherapy.
Healing begins within
My pronouns are She/They and I am attuned to spiritual and somatic aspects of emotional dysregulation. I owe many of my strengths to a diversity of life experience, including having been a child-refugee, an artist, embodying the fluidity of gender, and most recently, a three-time cancer survivor. As a result of my own experience of trauma and multiple near-death experiences, I feel a strong calling to being of service to others, and a deep curiosity about consciousness, resilience, meaning-making and ultimate transcendence. In working together, it is my goal to support you in connecting with your essence and to assist you in accessing your inner-healing intelligence. Together, utilizing the MIND-BODY-SPIRIT medicine model, we will potentiate self-healing and lasting transformation.
Training
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing: Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Usui Reiki Ryoho Master Practitioner, International House of Reiki
Animist Minister ordained by Web of Life Church, Tucson, Arizona
Integrative Psychiatry Institute: Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider
Polaris Insight Center: Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Level II: Complex Trauma
Gabor Maté, Compassionate Inquiry
Internal Family Systems Informed Practitioner
Brainspotting Level I Practitioner
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Holistic Health Coach
Specialties
Anxiety/Panic
Depression
Bipolar
Trauma
Transgenerational (ancestral) trauma
ADHD
OCD
Grief
Spiritual Crisis + Transpersonal Concerns
Cancer Patients + Survivors
LGBTQIA2S+ Ally