About
Traditional Healing methods supported by science
Who We Are
Led by Dr. Signi Goldman and Dr. Sandra Newes, longstanding providers and trainers in legal psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, we combine evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, and a deep understanding of psychedelic lineage.
Inspired by our trainee community, our goal is to provide a “one stop shop” for everything you need to succeed as a Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy provider.
We focus on real clinical skills, developing your own relationship with the psychedelic state, best practices, safety, and developing a supportive and responsive community, to help “grow you” into this work.
Mission
We are therapists and physicians committed to integrating neuroscience-based psychotherapy with traditional psychedelic healing practices through the legal, clinical use of ketamine.
Our work bridges ancient wisdom and modern science—honoring time-tested healing traditions while applying evidence-based approaches grounded in contemporary research.
Studies show that ketamine and other psychedelics influence the brain in consistent, measurable ways, and as clinicians who respect science, we design our programs around these findings. At the same time, we recognize the deep knowledge held by ancient cultures that understood these tools through lived experience.
What inspires us is that modern science now validates many of these practices, confirming their impact in ways we can study and understand. We have personally trained in and applied these modalities, and our mission is to reunite the ancient and the cutting-edge—offering training rooted in both scientific evidence and ancestral insight.
Our Leadership Team
Signi Goldman, M.D.
Co-Founder & Training Director
Dr. Signi Goldman is a board-certified Psychiatrist and psychotherapist in private practice. She is a certified provider for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research through the California Institute of Integral Studies and has completed training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). She has practiced in multiple clinical settings, both in hospital systems and alternative treatment centers, and integrates these approaches into an individualized, evidence-based practice. Her extensive knowledge of research-based use of psychedelics in medicine informs Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry’s Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy program for Mental Health. Dr.
Goldman has been practicing outpatient Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for many years and has more recently focused on teaching and training in this field through her video teaching series and Certificate Program.
In addition, Dr. Goldman is a trained Rites of Passage guide through the Rites of Passage Council in Asheville, NC, and has a profound respect for the intersection of psychedelic medicine, nature-connection, and indigenous, ceremonial ways of healing.
Goldman has been practicing outpatient Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for many years and has more recently focused on teaching and training in this field through her video teaching series and Certificate Program.
In addition, Dr. Goldman is a trained Rites of Passage guide through the Rites of Passage Council in Asheville, NC, and has a profound respect for the intersection of psychedelic medicine, nature-connection, and indigenous, ceremonial ways of healing.
Sandra Newes, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Programming Director
Dr. Sandra Newes, aka Sandy, is a Licensed Psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is a highly experienced psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist and specializes in anxiety, chronic stress, trauma, and recovery. She has provided Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy through Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry since 2019 and brings a deeply trauma-informed and resiliency-focused approach to the work. She was originally certified through the Living Medicine Institute’s Certificate program, and she is the co-founder of the current training program. She has also participated in training through the Polaris Institute, Chacruna Institute, the PRATI institute, MAPS, and others and is a member of the Boston Psychedelic Research Group.
Goldman has been practicing outpatient Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for many years and has more recently focused on teaching and training in this field through her video teaching series and Certificate Program.
In addition, Dr. Goldman is a trained Rites of Passage guide through the Rites of Passage Council in Asheville, NC, and has a profound respect for the intersection of psychedelic medicine, nature-connection, and indigenous, ceremonial ways of healing.
Goldman has been practicing outpatient Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for many years and has more recently focused on teaching and training in this field through her video teaching series and Certificate Program.
In addition, Dr. Goldman is a trained Rites of Passage guide through the Rites of Passage Council in Asheville, NC, and has a profound respect for the intersection of psychedelic medicine, nature-connection, and indigenous, ceremonial ways of healing.
Meidad Goldman, M.D.
Medical Director
Dr. Meidad Goldman is a board-certified physician in both Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine who has worked in multiple hospital- and clinic-based settings. He is an experienced psychedelic medicine provider, with years of experience administering individualized dosing protocols for Ketamine as part of a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy care team. He is a certified provider for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research through the California Institute of Integral Studies and has completed training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
Dr. Goldman is past Medical Director and Department Chair of the Emergency Department at Haywood Regional Medical Center, where he worked in both administrative and clinical capacities. Five years ago, he opened his private practice. Dr. Goldman has over 17 years of experience using Ketamine for multiple conditions and serves as Medical Director for Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry’s Asheville Ketamine Clinic. He offers provider trainings in the prescribing and administering of Ketamine as a psychedelic and is a co-facilitator in our Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Certificate Program.
Dr. Goldman is past Medical Director and Department Chair of the Emergency Department at Haywood Regional Medical Center, where he worked in both administrative and clinical capacities. Five years ago, he opened his private practice. Dr. Goldman has over 17 years of experience using Ketamine for multiple conditions and serves as Medical Director for Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry’s Asheville Ketamine Clinic. He offers provider trainings in the prescribing and administering of Ketamine as a psychedelic and is a co-facilitator in our Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Certificate Program.
What They Are Saying
Professional, powerful, experiential sessions! Essential to KAP work. Love the dynamic instruction from both instructors.
Retreat Participant
Very well rounded deep approach to psycholytic medication and its use in mental health, including thorough discussion and experience of potential positives and challenges.
Webinar Participant
This is a wonderful training for therapists interested in KAP work. The instructors are knowledgeable and professional. They work to be culturally sensitive and appreciative, balancing Western medicine with sacred Indigenious practices.
Retreat Participant
