Melanie King Kawashima Velez is a DNP-psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) in a community mental health agency in Eugene, Oregon serving: Addiction medicine, Court-Mandated Adult Sexual Behavior program, Perinatal, and General psychiatry programs. Her post-doctoral work focused on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy primarily with ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA. Currently she is one of only a few practitioners offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy to individuals served by Medicaid in the United States. Dr. Kawashima Velez is a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies Center for Psychedelic Therapies & Research program (2022) and is an instructor with the Subtle Winds Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program focusing on community-supported wellness and risk reduction. Melanie received psychedelic/ketamine assisted psychotherapy training from CIIS, Temenos Center, and Polaris Insight Center. For the past two decades she has offered volunteer psychedelic harm reduction support and now also offers integration services, ketamine assisted psychotherapy, and ketamine therapy apprenticeships in her private practice at Velez Psychiatric Services. She is the founder of the Oregon Psychiatric Round table consultation group, co-lead of her local consultation circle for BIPOC-identifying psilocybin facilitators, and works with many Oregon entities to reduce risks of legal psilocybin and ketamine psychedelic experiences in the state.

 

**Ethical Practices & Processes (EPP) Statement**

I am committed to **lifelong supervision** and **radical transparency** in my psychedelic facilitation, teaching & psychiatric practice by: sharing what I have learned as fairly and openly as possible, keeping public how problems are addressed and reviewed, involving my community in evaluating my accountability, dedicating time to reflect on my needs for growth and ability to perform well in my current commitments, and offering each client and coworker genuine invitations to share their feedback and concerns.

 

Core Ethical Practices

Current Ethical Processes

Radical Transparency

·      Clear consent & fee agreements

·      Shared knowledge/expertise/billing processes with clients, colleagues, OSPCC, Healing Advocacy Fund

·      Public access to giving feedback about me (see below\*)

·      Clear credentials- Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), Bachelor Science-Nursing, Registered Nurse, Bachelor of Arts- Music, OHA-licensed Psilocybin Facilitator (anticipated 11/2023)

·      Clear training & scope of practice

o   CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies & Research graduate (Class of 2022)

o   Additional Ketamine training with Polaris Insight Center & Temenos Center (2022-present)

o   Trainer/Instructor & graduate of Subtle Winds Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program (2023- present)

o   Board Certified Psychiatric Prescriber & Therapy Provider (since 2021)

o   Bedside Nurse for medical, psychiatry, pediatrics (2012-2018)

Professional Support Practices: Lifelong Supervision

·      Therapy Supervision with Dr. Judith Watkins, a board-certified psychiatrist- twice monthly

·      Ethical Psychedelic Consultation & Mentorship with Dr. Sandra Dreisbach monthly

Professional Support Practices: Mentorship & Community Involvement

·      Oregon Psychiatry Round Table (medical provider consultation circle)- monthly meetings

·      Eugene BIPOC Facilitator Circle

·      Big Tent Ketamine- active contributor

·      EPIC- Ethical Psychedelic International Community- active contributor

Personal Support Practices

·      Emerald Psychedelic Facilitator Peer Consultation group- monthly

·      Asian Psychedelic Collective-active contributor

·      Ongoing communication with mentors (Dr. Pete Reddy &Dr. Sandra Dreisbach)

·      Dance Empowered participant- monthly

 

**I warmly welcome your concerns via**:

·      Direct feedback by email: [Dr.VelezNP@gmail.com](mailto:Dr.VelezNP@gmail.com)  or Mentor: Sandra Dreisbach- **java@mac.com**

·      Anonymous feedback via . (website in progress)

·      Rupture & Repair Processing Assistance: You may also request to have a free 45 minute ethics consultation about your concerns with or without me at the above website from a psychedelic ethicist.

·      Reporting to my employer: Subtle Winds clinical support team: **connecting**[withsw@gmail.com](mailto:withsw@gmail.com). 

·      Reporting to my licensing entities:

o   You may also make direct reports about psilocybin facilitators to: 1-971-673-0316 or [Compliance.Psilocybin@oha.oregon.gov](mailto:Compliance.Psilocybin@oha.oregon.gov) or OPS Compliance Program PO Box 14450 Portland, OR 97293-1450.

o   Oregon State Board of Nursing: 17938 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, Portland, OR 97224