A space to go inward.
Psychiatry, psychotherapy, and ketamine-assisted care for adults in Oakland and beyond.
Warm care, evidence-based medicine, and real curiosity about people.
Dr. Jack Gillean is a board-certified adult psychiatrist with sixteen years in practice. His path runs through some of the hardest corners of mental health care. He began in the Philadelphia prison system, moved to community mental health in Denver, and spent years administering TMS in a large group practice, before training intensively in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and working closely with Dr. Phil Wolfson at the Center for Transformational Psychotherapy.
Today he sees adults full-time in solo private practice at Innerspace Psychiatry in Oakland. Whether you come for medication management, psychodynamic therapy, or ketamine work, the care is the same: warm, collaborative, and genuinely curious about you.
“Seeking a psychiatrist can feel overwhelming. I work to make that first step feel safe, and hopeful.”
When he is not in the office, he is climbing, in the gym and in the mountains, which is its own kind of practice in staying steady on hard ground.
A career built on going toward difficulty.
From prison psychiatry to community mental health to the frontier of ketamine-assisted treatment, sixteen years of doing the work in the places it is hardest to do.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Doctor of Medicine, 2010
Drexel University & Hahnemann Hospital
Psychiatry Residency, Philadelphia
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Board Certified
Ketamine Training Center
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, 2021
Center for Transformational Psychotherapy
Trained with Dr. Phil Wolfson
When other approaches have not been enough, a different kind of depth.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is one of the most promising treatments in psychiatry for people who have tried other approaches and not found enough relief. In a single three-hour appointment you move through a preparation conversation, receive an intramuscular dose of ketamine held in a carefully prepared therapeutic setting, and do active psychotherapy as the medicine opens a different quality of attention. The evidence for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and chronic pain is substantial and still growing.
Preparation
We talk through your history, hopes, and questions in depth, so the session feels safe and clear before anything begins.
The Session
A single three-hour appointment: preparation, an intramuscular dose of ketamine held in a carefully prepared setting, and active psychotherapy throughout.
Integration
A follow-up session to make sense of what surfaced and carry the experience into your daily life.
This is not an infusion clinic. The preparation before and the integration after are what turn the medicine into lasting change.
Individual Sessions
180 minutes, $1,200
Group KAP
Shared sessions, ask for availability
Multi-Day Intensives
For clients traveling from out of town
Dr. Gillean trained at the Ketamine Training Center in 2021 and worked closely with Dr. Phil Wolfson, one of the field's most experienced practitioners.
Meeting you where you are.
Mood & Emotional Health
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- PTSD & Trauma
- OCD
- Borderline Personality Disorder
Complex & Chronic Conditions
- Psychosis & Schizophrenia
- Chronic Pain
- Treatment-Resistant Depression
Accepting adults, including individuals and couples. In person in Oakland and via telehealth.
A clear path to begin.
Free 10-Minute Consultation
Start hereA relaxed call to answer your questions and see if we are a good fit.
New Patient Visit
A full initial evaluation where we go through your history and build a plan together.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
A single session of preparation, medicine, and active therapy, from start to finish.
Psychotherapy
In-person psychodynamic therapy, in 60 or 90 minute sessions.
Med Management & Telehealth
Focused follow-up for medication, in person or by secure video.
Cash-pay and out-of-network. Superbills are provided for insurance reimbursement, HSA and FSA are accepted, and a sliding scale is available for patients who need it.