#201: Shelley Christ: Finding Hope & Healing Through Ketamine Therapy

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks with Shelley Christ, DNP, PMHNP, and Co-Owner of Hope for Healing. Shelley discusses her journey as a business owner and the steps she took to open her practice. She also offers advice for people who want to start their own practice.</span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shelley is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and 30 years of experience as an RN.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hope for Healing opened in January 2021 in Avon, Connecticut. Once she completed the Ketamine Academy course, it took Shelley three months to open the practice. The course taught Shelley about scope of practice, state laws, malpractice insurance, as well as staffing and supply requirements.  </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shelley had owned a home health business so she was already familiar with policies and procedures, hiring people, and managing employees. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her goal for Hope for Healing is to create a spa-like atmosphere with a warm, welcoming environment and to ensure a high level of customer service. This includes someone always being available to answer the phone so patients can schedule appointments with no waiting. Comfort touches include massage and anti-gravity chairs, drinks, snacks, and blankets.    </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shelley talks about different models for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">She shares her own experiences with treatment-resistant depression which eventually led her to try ketamine therapy.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her advice to peo