Introducing Our Specialists
Get to Know Our Specialists
Philip Wolfson, MD
Phil Wolfson MD is Principal Investigator for the MAPS sponsored Phase 2, FDA approved 18-person study of MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy for individuals with significant anxiety due to life threatening illnesses. His clinical practice with ketamine has informed his leadership role in the development of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. Phil’s book The Ketamine Papers has been published by MAPS and is the seminal work in the burgeoning ketamine arena. Phil is a sixties activist, psychiatrist/psychotherapist, writer, practicing Buddhist and psychonaut who has lived in the Bay Area for 38 years. He is the author of Noe – A Father/Son Song of Love, Life, Illness and Death (2011, North Atlantic Books). In the 1980s, he participated in clinical research with MDMA (Ecstasy). He has been awarded five patents for unique herbal medicines. He is a journalist and author of numerous articles on politics, transformation, psychedelics, consciousness and spirit, and was a founding member of the Heffter Research Institute. Phil has taught in the graduate psychology programs at JFK University, CIIS and the UCSF School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry.
Anahita Kashefi, LMFT
Anahita Kashefi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Couples and Sex Therapist, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapist licensed in California, Utah, and Colorado.
She specializes in ketamine and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, depression, anxiety, relationship issues and issues unique to the creative field. Her approach is relational, attachment-based and in-depth, characterized by warmth, compassion and collaboration.
She’s had the privilege of completing Advanced Ketamine- Assisted Psychotherapy trainings with Dr. Phil Wolfson, a leader in pioneering the protocol for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and author of “The Ketamine Papers,” whom she now works with at his ketamine clinic in the Bay Area.
Ms. Kashefi completed her education at a nationally accredited Marriage and Family Therapy program (CSUN) and her clinical training at the NESS Counseling Center, which gave her an opportunity to work with diverse clients from all walks of life. Here, she helped children and families healing from trauma, abuse, addiction, and mood disorders.
She has completed a post-Masters fellowship at UCLA in couples and sex therapy through The American Association of Couples and Sex Therapists (AACAST). Here, she had the privilege of learning from leading experts in the field of couples and sex therapy, where her training integrated the latest neuroscience and psychobiology research into the clinical approach of treating relational, couple and sexual issues.
Ms. Kashefi has been seeing patients in private practice the last 5 years at Beverly Hills Therapy Group, where she specializes in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, therapy for creatives and executives, and relationship counseling.
In addition to her work as a psychotherapist, Ms. Kashefi also studied music and is a seasoned musician and performer. Through these experiences, she understands the vulnerability, courage, and sacrifice it takes to pursue a creative career. She understands the ups and downs that can cause internal and external instability and how fear and damaging ideas can keep one from reaching their full potential. She helps creatives recognize, nurture, and heal their inner artist to integrate soul, spirit, and identity back into the whole person.