Sharon is the co-founder of Joyous PBC, an AI-powered platform focused on making mental health treatment affordable and accessible. <br /><br />A cognitive psychologist, she has led the development of patient programs and created Joyous for Therapists, a collaboration tool designed to support clinicians. Her work centers on the psycholytic ketamine approach for trauma treatment — a low-risk method with negligible psychiatric or medical emergency rates. <br /><br />Because low-dose ketamine produces partial dissociation, clients stay oriented while gaining enough psychological distance to work directly with trauma targets. <br />It requires far less training than psychedelic therapy and has shown strong effectiveness for trauma care.<br /><br />In This Episode<ul><li><a href="https://www.joyous.team/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joyous PBC</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joyous.team/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sharon on IG</a></li><li>sharonniv.substack.com</li></ul><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-trauma-therapist--5739761/support</a>.<br /><br />---<br /><b>Thank you for listening!</b><br /><br />If you want to support the show, I've got three options and every bit helps.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/NPKS32G8KVSN2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>$5.00 PayPal</b></a><br />https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/NPKS32G8KVSN2<br /><br /><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/NPKS32G8KVSN2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>$10.00 PayPal</b></a><br />https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/495AMDFXQFC3L<br /><br /><a href="https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/NPKS32G8KVSN2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>$15.00 PayPal</b></a><br />https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/M7V5RREUKVD8J<br /><br /><b>Thank you to our Sponsors: </b><br />Jane App - use code GUY1MO at https://jane.app (https://jane.app/book_a_demo)<br />Novo Psych - <a href="http://novopsych.com/traumapodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">novopsych.com/traumapodcast</a>