The Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR + FOUNDER, HUMBOLDT NEUROHEALTH THERAPEUTIC SERVICES

Jennifer Brown is the Executive Director and founder of Humboldt Neurohealth Therapeutic Services. She graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies with a certificate in Psychedelic Therapies and Research. Jennifer has a passion for guiding clients to lean into the pain they hold so they can heal and live their best lives.

RURAL PALLIATIVE CARE PHYSICIAN

Michael D. Fratkin, MD FAAHPM is a rural palliative care physician with a long history of local innovation, national influence, and a passion to create access for disregarded communities. He is a founder of ResolutionCare/VyncCare, a home palliative care program, and his work has been featured on PBS NewsHour, NPR, and the Washington Post. As a Chair of the AAHPM Forum on the Safe Use of Psychedelic Assisted Therapies, Dr. Fratkin remains committed to ensuring that people facing serious illness and end of life issues have safe access to all therapies that may ease their suffering and invite healing.

FOUNDER, CENTER FOR NEW GROWTH

Carrie Griffin DO is board certified in family and addiction medicine and fellowship trained in maternal, child and reproductive health. Her clinical experience with pregnant people struggling with substance use disorders inspired her to become a trauma therapist and psychedelic medicine practitioner. Dr Griffin works in a variety of clinical settings in Humboldt County, including the provision of prenatal and reproductive health care at K'ima:w Medical Center and United Indian Health Services, and founded the Center for New Growth, a ketamine assisted psychotherapy, integration therapy and mental healthcare clinic.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITUS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Roy King PhD, MD, MDiv is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He holds a PhD in mathematics from Cornell University, an MD from Stanford and a MDiv from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley CA. He has published over 100 articles and book chapters in fields of research ranging from the mathematics of dopamine in the brain as a model of schizophrenia to art/poetry/yoga therapy. His clinical work centered on personality disorders and adjunctive therapy using the arts to supplement psychiatric treatment. He retired from his psychiatric practice in Arcata two years ago and has since enjoyed his nature walks and his hobbies of woodworking and photography.

NURSE MANAGER, CENTER FOR NEW GROWTH

Randee Litten is a Registered Nurse who received her Bachelors degree at Cal Poly Humboldt in 2010. Since then, she has worked as a Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department but also enjoys Humanitarian Nursing all across the globe. She had her own personal ketamine journey in 2022 which led to a passionate job change; she is currently the Nurse Manager for Center For New Growth where she offers IV ketamine treatments and Thrive Wellness, where she offers IV vitamin infusions and hydration.

LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Shin Luong is a licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience with the local rural community. She has worked in a variety of capacities as a social worker throughout Humboldt County since 2008. Working with the local community she tends to conceptualize our human experiences through a lens of trauma, attachments, and relationships. She graduated from formerly Humboldt State University with a Master of Social Work in 2011, and completed California Institute of Integral Studies Psychedelics Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program in 2024.

REGISTERED NURSE

Christina is a mother of three amazing children. Christina has been a labor and delivery nurse for 20 years, supports monthly perinatal outreach efforts at K’ima:w Medical Center, and also works as an aesthetics' and infusion nurse locally. Christina has been a member of the Better Birthing Project since 2021, which supported California legislation change to be more inclusive of local Native naming traditions. In 2023-2024, she was the recipient of the system wide Values in Action Award with Providence. Christina has experienced the radical healing of ketamine therapy and is honored to be a board member of the Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care.