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Offering Exceptional Mental Health Care

At Enhanced Mindful Therapy, we are committed to offering exceptional mental health care services with a focus on Psychedelic and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in-person within the Los Angeles and Ventura County, CA area. We also provide Telehealth within the states of California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, & Nevada. 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.

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Practice Owner Biography

Dr. Jonathan Bilal Abdullah, Ed. D, LMFT #148120

Hello, I’m Dr. Jonathan
Doctor of Education, Licensed Clinical, Certified-Psychedelic Psychotherapist LMFT #148120.

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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.

Career Opportunities – Join Our Team!

We are a team of diverse community-focused professionals!

Enhanced Mindful Therapy is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and promotes a safe, culturally sensitive, and innovative workplace. We are committed to developing a team within an inclusive, diverse, and equitable work environment by hiring talented people who can represent and meet the needs of the communities and clients we are here to serve. All qualified interested applicants will receive equitable employment consideration without regard to age, color, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability status, or veteran status.

Our Mission:

Our mission is to provide a safe place for our clients and patients to heal, learn, and grow. By helping our clients and patients develop enhanced self-awareness, acceptance of self, in their healing journey to create a healthy, sustainable life. We strive to help clients and patients learn new, enhanced mindfulness-based practices, somatic experience exercises, and experience psychedelic treatments for more severe symptoms on the journey of healing from the conditions of anxiety, depression, trauma, and unhealthy relationships.

Our Values:

Cultural Sensitivity – cultural awareness & compassion for others
Curiosity – concern & interest in others’ well-being & experiences
Diversity – inclusion & appreciation of people from different backgrounds & identities
Empathy – understanding, awareness, sensitivity to the experiences of others’ thoughts & feelings
Equity – upholding fairness & justice in the treatment of all people
Innovation – open to new ideas, methods, and approaches
Integrity – adherence to legal, moral, ethical, & honesty standards in care & collaboration
Respect – a high regard & esteem for others
Safety – a discipline safeguard against all forms of risk, harm, injury, & loss

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Benefits:

401 (K) Retirement Plan
Hybrid Full-Time Schedule (In-person & Telehealth)
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Professional & business development training

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FAQs About Psychotherapy

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What is Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy?

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.