Reed Balentine, LCSW

Reed Balentine, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in the Little Rock area of Arkansas who runs EMPATH PLC, short for Emergent Medicine Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. He offers psychotherapy for individuals and couples, psychedelic integration coaching and trauma-aware yoga, all by video or phone.

Approach

Balentine has provided psychotherapy since 2015 and studied at UA Little Rock, earning a master’s in social work after a first degree in philosophy and religious studies. Before starting his practice he spent two years in community mental health with low-income clients and two years helping combat veterans reintegrate. He works with acceptance and commitment therapy, compassion-focused therapy and DBT, treats PTSD with cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure, and uses the Gottman method and emotionally focused therapy with couples. He has certificates in psychedelic-assisted therapy with ketamine, MDMA and other substances, is a MAPS MDMA therapy trainee and has been a registered yoga teacher since 2015.

Who it is for

He sees adults with anxiety, depression or PTSD after combat or sexual trauma, is trained in behavioural treatment of insomnia and chronic pain, and works with couples facing conflict, infidelity, co-parenting or divorce. His practice is sex-positive, poly-affirming, kink-aware and LGBTQ+ welcoming. Integration coaching is for people preparing for or recovering from difficult psychedelic experiences, and draws on more than ten years of helping people through adverse reactions and six years of teaching harm reduction at music festivals.

Practical details

Therapy is available to Arkansas residents and integration coaching to clients worldwide, on weekdays. Integration coaching costs $100 for a 50-minute session, less per session in a block of five, and therapy fees range from $100 to $220. Phone consultations are free.