Offering Exceptional Mental Health Care
At Enhanced Mindful Therapy, we are committed to offering exceptional mental health care services with a focus on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) culturally sensitive care in-person within the Ventura County, CA area. We also offer Telehealth within the state of California. Our approach is rooted in understanding and addressing the unique needs of each individual through personalized care plans.
Our Team
Enhanced Mindful Therapy operates on the belief that everyone deserves access to quality mental health care. Our team is dedicated to providing therapies that are not only effective but also culturally sensitive and inclusive. We prioritize the mental well-being of our clients above all else, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for all. At Enhanced Mindful Therapy, our expert care sets us apart. Contact us to get started today.
Practice Owner Biography
Dr. Jonathan Bilal Abdullah, Ed. D, LMFT #148120
Hello, I’m Dr. Jonathan
Doctor of Education, Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist LMFT #148120.
THERAPY SPECIALTIES
- Anxiety Therapy
- Depression Therapy
- Trauma Therapy
- Marriage/Couples Counseling
The stress you experience from the day-to-day life challenges of balancing work, attending school, managing family responsibilities, and social commitments can be overwhelming. Life has presented you with challenges in the form of anxiety worrying about the future, depression due to sadness about losses, shame or guilt about traumatic experiences, and exhaustion fighting to maintain your relationship with a partner or family.
I am ready, prepared, and professionally skilled to help you start the next phase of your life journey. You will begin to suspend the burden of self-judgment while living every moment fully with acceptance of yourself as you cultivate new ways to practice living with more joy. I have decades of experience helping people navigate the painful and heavy burdens of stress, burnout, and self-doubt to unlock their full potential by recognizing that they are human beings and not just humans doing what it takes to survive.
EDUCATION & BACKGROUND
I have earned five post-secondary degrees, including my M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, and my Ed. D in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from Florida International University, Miami, FL. I am certified in conflict resolution/consensus building and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
I started my career over three decades ago, working with professionals in the financial services industry, developing, training, and counseling business professionals and executives on mindfulness-based stress reduction, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution. After many years of working within the corporate space, I have developed successful experience providing psychotherapy to clients and patients living with stress and trauma and extensive work helping couples with healthy relationship development.
FAQs About Psychotherapy
We are an out-of-network, user-friendly provider. We value our clients' interest in using their medical insurance. Although we are a cash-pay mental health provider, we have partnered with Mentaya Services to support clients with out-of-network coverage.
Mentaya is a service that streamlines getting reimbursed for your therapy sessions through out-of-network benefits.
See if you qualify: https://mentaya.co/checkbenefits/jvUsNp0IKdRmq0GjJ8hn
Mentaya is perfect if you:
- Have out-of-network benefits
- Feel overwhelmed by superbills and insurance
- Have submitted superbills but failed to get any reimbursement
- You want to skip the hassle of paperwork!
Here's how it works:
1. Sign up for Mentaya: https://mentaya.co/inviteclient/jvUsNp0IKdRmq0GjJ8hn
2. Our practice will enter your sessions into the platform.
3. Mentaya submits the claim and handles any insurance follow-up.
4. You get reimbursed by insurance!
Mentaya charges a 5% fee per claim, which includes handling any paperwork required,
dealing with denials, and calling insurance companies.
It's risk-free: They guarantee claims are successfully submitted or a full refund of their fees.
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic commonly used in surgery, as well as an analgesic used for pain management. A safe, widely used medicine in hospital settings worldwide, Ketamine has gained more widespread use in recent decades, prescribed off-label as a fast-acting antidepressant as well as a psychedelic medicine used as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Ketamine has been FDA-approved for anesthesia and analgesia since 1970, and it has been used as a mental health treatment since 2019. It is currently listed on the World Health Organization's essential medications list. Its track record of safety in emergency rooms, outpatient, and psychiatric settings has created an extensive body of clinical evidence that supports its safety for psychotherapeutic use. The side effects of Ketamine are mild and transient (if they do occur), and it can be safely administered with most other medications. Journey Clinical's patient-centered collaborative care model has rigorous patient safety policies and procedures to safeguard patient health and support improved clinical outcomes.
Ketamine and the Brain
Ketamine has rapidly acting antidepressant and mood-enhancing effects, which can begin to take effect within 1-2 hours of administration. It works by blocking the brain's NMDA receptors and stimulating AMPA receptors, which are thought to help form new synaptic connections and boost neural circuits that regulate stress and mood. Ketamine has also been shown to enhance overall neuroplasticity for lasting symptom improvement.
How Ketamine Feels
The effects of Ketamine last for approximately 45 minutes. These effects can make patients feel "far from" their bodies and facilitate shifts in perception that can often feel expansive. Motor and verbal abilities will typically be reduced. During Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, patients usually lie down in a comfortable position during their dosing session, wearing headphones and an eye mask. While it may feel hard to articulate what happens during the experience, many patients feel the insights gained are clear.
A Transformational Medicine
Ketamine's positive effects include decreasing negative thoughts, improving neuroplasticity, and building new synaptic connections for a stronger and more resilient brain. When administered under supervision in a safe environment, Ketamine can help patients create lasting change, break free from old thought patterns and embrace new perspectives.
Dr. Jonathan is a licensed ketamine-assisted therapy provider and member of Journey Clinical.
