Services
Comprehensive Care for Mind and Well-Being
At Vie Santé, we offer a holistic approach to mental health by integrating evidence-based treatments with indigenous wisdom and compassionate care. Our services include personalized mental health support, holistic therapies that promote overall well-being, and therapeutic integration that assists individuals in processing and finding meaning in their healing journey.
Mental Health
We provide personalized support for PTSD, depression, and anxiety, utilizing treatments to help individuals regain stability and well-being.
Holistic Treatments
Our approach goes beyond conventional medicine, incorporating therapies that nurture the mind, body, and spirit for a more complete healing experience.
Therapeutic Integration
We offer expert guidance to help individuals process and make meaning of their psychedelic experiences, ensuring lasting transformation and growth.
Mental Health
Around the world, communities are grappling with the devastating rise of suicides, drug overdoses, and rampant substance abuse. These crises are often driven by untreated or inadequately managed mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety. According to the CDC, a suicide occurs every 11 minutes in the U.S.
In April 2018, the Ruderman Family Foundation published the "Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health and Suicide of First Responders," which outlined that first responders, including firefighters, are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty. On April 6, 2021, the CDC reported about suicide amongst first responders. They made a Call to Action.
In 2024, the National Institutes of Health published “Firefighter Health: A Narrative Review of Occupational Threats and Countermeasures.” There was recognition that despite efforts to prepare firefighters for the occupational demands they will face, the unfortunate reality is that the incidence of health issues are increasing and negatively impacting quality of life, contributing to line- and non-line-of-duty deaths, and forced retirements.
Traditional psychiatric treatments, including antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, often come with troubling side effects—such as emotional numbness, migraines, sexual dysfunction, weight gain, drowsiness, and even an increased risk of suicidal thoughts. Despite these drawbacks, innovation in mental health treatment has lagged for decades, leaving many patients without effective solutions.
Psychedelic therapies represent a breakthrough in mental health care by shifting the focus from merely masking symptoms to promoting genuine healing. At Vie Santé Medical, we are committed to leading this revolutionary shift, offering cutting-edge psychedelic therapies that provide new hope and lasting relief for those suffering from depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
“The courage of a firefighter is defined by their willingness to enter a dangerous situation that others are fleeing. They are trained to respond and act even while knowing the risks.”
Treatments
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
Ketamine-assisted therapy offers relief from ptsd, anxiety, depression, pain, and existential distress at the end of life. This treatment promotes emotional healing by fostering new neural connections and shifting perspectives. In a guided setting, ketamine can help individuals process grief, fear, and past experiences with greater acceptance, bringing peace and clarity. It also supports caregivers and loved ones in navigating complex emotions, strengthening connection, and easing life’s final transitions.
Reiki
First of all, let us begin by learning what Reiki is not. Reiki is not a religion, nor is it affiliated with any religion. Many people do consider Reiki to be a spiritual practice, and Reiki may be practiced by persons of any religion, or none at all.
Reiki (ray-kee) is a complementary healing approach in which practitioners place their hands lightly on or just above your body, with the goal of facilitating your own healing response. Reiki treats the whole person. The term "Reiki" literally means “universal life energy.” It is a Japanese healing technique based on the energy systems of the body and the principle that the practitioner facilitates the quality and movement of that energy to activate the natural healing processes.
Reiki is a gentle healing technique that can help with grief and other challenges by promoting relaxation, improving sleep, and enhancing emotional healing so that you can process and release emotions. It can help increase resilience when facing loss, relieve physical pain and other sensations, helping to create a sense of peace. It can also assist caregivers in connecting on a deeper level while providing emotional support.
Reiki is a non-judgmental, compassionate space where people can feel lighter and more able to cope. During a Reiki session, a practitioner uses a light touch to transfer energy from one person to another, usually focusing on areas that the client may have shared are most in need. Since Reiki always heals, even if it does not cure the physical body, it can help you heal spiritually and emotionally to ease the pathway of distress or transition.
Breathwork
Breathwork is the conscious practice of using the breath to bring balance, clarity, and connection to the mind and body. Each breath becomes a bridge—linking our inner and outer worlds, calming the nervous system, and releasing what no longer serves us. Through gentle rhythmic breathing or more active techniques, we can soften tension, awaken energy, and access deeper layers of awareness and healing.
Breathwork supports the therapeutic process before and after psychedelic-assisted therapy. It helps clients ground, open the heart, and integrate insight through the body. Whether used for relaxation, emotional release, or spiritual connection, the breath reminds us that healing begins within—and that every moment offers an opportunity to return home to ourselves.
Trauma Release Exercises
Trauma release exercises (TRE) are a set of physical movements designed to help individuals release stored trauma and tension in the body. These exercises work by activating the body's natural tremoring response, which can help to discharge pent-up stress and promote healing.
Benefits include reduction of stress and anxiety, improved sleep quality, enhanced emotional regulation, release of physical tension, and promotion self-awareness and body connection.
Sound Bath Healing
Sound baths activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which allows for the balancing of emotions, energy release, and welcoming acceptance. Participants are guided through a meditative journey while listening to and being supported by the beautiful vibrations, energy, and frequencies of various instruments. These sounds will help you relax your breathing, reduce pain levels, sleep better, and release emotions and traumas, thereby reducing anxiety and facilitating relaxation.
Emotional Support
Navigating the myriad emotions that arise requires compassion and understanding. Our resources offer guidance on managing these feelings, including strategies to cope with anxiety, depression, demoralization, and fear. We emphasize the importance of acknowledging and addressing these emotions as part of the healing process.
Indigenous Healing
Indigenous Healers integrate traditional plant medicines and ancestral wisdom with modern therapies, offering a holistic approach to emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being. Indigenous healing provides a harmonious and complementary path to deeper healing. Whether working alongside medical providers or independently, Indigenous Healers offer non-invasive, culturally informed practices such as sacred plant guidance, ceremonial support, energy cleansing, storytelling, and guided meditation. These practices enhance medical treatments by promoting deeper emotional integration, reduced anxiety, enhanced relaxation, and a stronger connection to self, nature, and ancestry. By honoring Indigenous traditions, this approach fosters greater meaning and purpose in the healing journey, creating a compassionate, inclusive model of care that blends modern science with ancestral wisdom for comprehensive mind, body, and spirit healing.
Mandala Art Therapy
Mandala art therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses coloring and geometric patterns to help you find balance and relieve stress. The word "mandala" comes from Sanskrit and means "circle" or "completion." Mandala art therapy can assist individuals and caregivers facing the end of life. This therapy can help you cope with pain, fear, anxiety, psychological distress, physical symptoms, and other difficult emotions.
The process of creating or coloring a mandala is therapeutic and symbolic. It's not about the final product, but about the journey of finding a creative way to express yourself. Anyone can try mandala art therapy, even if you are not an artist.
Integration Circle
An integration circle provides a trusted and confidential environment to process, share, and discuss experiences that may have been difficult, feel incomplete, or puzzling, or to prepare for upcoming journeys. It is a place where there is no judgment, and you are afforded the space and the support needed to grow. Everyone in the circle is there because they want to be there. They are attentive, interested, and genuinely present. As a result, all ideas, expressions, experiences, and conversations are encouraged and welcomed. Oftentimes, when sharing and hearing others share, missing pieces of the puzzle come together, allowing the group as a whole to grow and heal. This is YOUR circle, where you are always welcomed!
Therapeutic Integration
Integration after a ketamine session is essential because it’s the bridge between the insight or relief you experience in the session and how it actually transforms your daily life.
Preparation & Setting Intentions
Psychedelic integration guides come from diverse backgrounds, including psychology, counseling, and alternative healing modalities. Our guides possess a strong understanding of both the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the psychedelic experience.
Integrationists assist in preparing for psychedelic experiences by helping to set intentions and create a supportive environment.
Psychoeducation
Provide information about the effects of psychedelic medicines, potential risks, and benefits to ensure you have a clear understanding of what to expect.
Supporting Emotional Processing
Offer emotional support before, during, and after psychedelic experiences. This support may include assisting you in navigating challenging emotions, fears, or anxieties that may arise during the journey.
Without integration, powerful experiences can feel confusing, disjointed, or even destabilizing. Structured support whether with a therapist, guide, or integration circle helps you make meaning of the experience and maintain emotional balance.
Integration Sessions
Psychedelic treatments can bring forward deep emotions or buried trauma. Integration provides a safe, structured space to process what surfaced, discuss insights, emotions, behavioral changes, and incorporate the experiences so your nervous system can release rather than reabsorb emotional tension.
Strengthening Neuroplasticity
Ketamine enhances neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to form new connections. Integration practices like mindfulness, talk therapy, or lifestyle shifts anchor those new pathways and help reinforce healthy patterns while old, unhelpful ones fade.
An integrationist can guide you in developing mindfulness practices and self-reflection techniques to enhance your ability to integrate the lessons learned from your psychedelic experiences.
Turning Insights into Lasting Change
During a ketamine session, your mind can open to new perspectives, emotions, or memories that are hard to access in ordinary states. Integration helps you translate those insights into action, like new ways of thinking, relating, or caring for yourself—so the healing becomes part of your lived reality rather than just a temporary experience.
Aligning Mind, Body and Spirit
The medicine often reveals spiritual or existential insights. Integration can support you in exploring and understanding the spiritual or existential aspects of your psychedelic experiences. This may involve discussions about consciousness, interconnectedness, and personal growth. Integration can help you weave those revelations into your daily rhythm through reflection, community, creativity, and embodied rituals so the healing extends beyond the clinical space.
Referrals
Provide referrals to other healthcare professionals or therapists if deeper psychological issues arise during integration that require specialized attention.