Dr. Patrick Martin, co-owner of Satori Healing, shows one of the rooms where patients can receive IV infusions. Satori Health, 2610 Trinity #14, offers a wide range of services. For more information, visit https://www.satorihealingnm.com/ or call 505.500.8213. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
While working in the hospital environment, Dr. Patrick Martin began wondering what other options were available to help the community, especially those struggling with mental health.
At times, he cared for challenging patients who were going through chemical withdrawals. Martin said these patients would often take their frustrations out on hospital staff. Additionally, Martin has mental health struggles within his own family. All of this spurred him to find other solutions, and through research he found the use of psychedelics was being utilized to help people struggling with their mental and physical health.
At the hospital, the only permissible option he had was ketamine.
“So, I started giving small doses of ketamine to some of these patients when they came in, with their full permission and consent … and discovered that the next day we could start having real conversations about where they were, what their hopes were in life …,” Martin said.
As a result of this discovery, Martin and his wife, Tracy, PA-C, founded Satori Healing four years ago.
“…the clinic was born from the idea of maybe there’s something more than just using a lot of our traditional medicines,” he said.
Satori Healing, 2610 Trinity Drive #14, provides a wide spectrum of services to residents and employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
These offerings include:
Mental health treatments, including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and ketamine therapy (approved for LANL employees)
Electromagnetic muscle stimulation, supporting both body sculpting and functional rehabilitation in individuals with injuries
Emsella chair therapy, which supports pelvic floor health and improves urinary and sexual function
Nutrient IV infusions for hydration and recovery
EBO₂ (Extracorporeal Blood Oxygenation and Ozonation), used in integrative medicine to support circulation, immune modulation, and oxidative stress reduction
Hair restoration services
Direct Primary Care and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)/Weight loss Membership program
“Our goal with the clinic is not to be an alternative clinic where people can go instead of seeing their primary care physicians and their specialists, but to be more of a supportive clinic where we work with people, providing therapies that their other doctors aren’t necessarily able to do,” Martin said. “So that the prescribed treatments may work better.”
The experience is personalized and it does not exist in a vacuum; people still need to see their primary care physicians or their psychologist or psychiatrist, he said.
“I think this works best in conjunction with continuing those relationships,” Martin said. “When people come in, I don’t ask them to stop any of their anti-depressants … I am not anti-pharmaceutical. I’m trying to help them work better and trying to help people gain a sense of meaning in their life.”
Before starting therapy, Martin said patients will schedule a consultation. Patients will spend 30 to 45 minutes establishing their individual plan of care.
The actual appointment is about two hours long. Patients will sit in a reclining chair with optional heat and massage. They are offered a blanket, pillows, eyeshades and headphones. Comfort is key, Martin said. After the infusion, they are free to discuss their experience. Martin ensures they are safe, alert, and able to walk independently with their designated ride home.
Martin and medical staff remain with the patient throughout the session to provide medical monitoring and to ensure the patient has a comfortable and beneficial treatment.
Ketamine can be a habit-forming drug, as a result Martin has taken precautions. He does not prescribe ketamine for home use and will reduce dosage if it seems a patient is unable to remember their experience during the treatment.
He emphasizes that ketamine is not a band-aid; but rather it is the choices people make that benefits them and promotes positive change.
“I don’t feel like it is ketamine that saves you; I feel like it is your daily practice,” Martin said. “The hope and the idea is that we get you through a series of treatments and you establish your daily practice, continue on with your therapist and don’t need ketamine anymore.”
For more information about Satori Healing, call 505.500.8213 or visit https://www.satorihealingnm.com/.