Mission and Vision

Mission: To support caring practitioners through an inclusive, values driven platform that fosters ethical connection, personalized client matching, and meaningful collaboration across healing disciplines. We exist to make it easier for practitioners to do the work they love, together and in community.

Vision: A world where all caring practitioners, regardless of background, credentials, or modality, are supported, seen, and connected through a trusted ecosystem. We envision a growing global circle of professionals who are co-creating the future of healing, rooted in consent, care, and collective growth.

CPC Co-Founders

  • Founder

    Michael is a licensed clinical social worker, retreat facilitator, and longtime advocate for integrative, community-based mental health. With training in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and years of experience supporting clients and practitioners alike, he created Caring Practitioners Circle to help connect healing professionals through ethical, collaborative, and values-driven care.

  • Clinical Director

    Kennedi Barker is a holistic Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) who blends traditional medicine with a whole-person, integrative approach to healing. With a strong foundation in preventative care, she specializes in women’s hormonal balance, gut health, and personalized wellness coaching.

    Kennedi earned her FNP degree from the University of Missouri in 2024. She brings deep experience in trauma-informed care and psychedelic-assisted healing, currently serving as an Integrative Ketamine Nurse Practitioner at The Center for Functional-Psychedelic Medicine in New Orleans, and as a Ketamine Infusion Nurse at both Michigan Progressive Health and Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor. In all settings, Kennedi supports clients with compassion, curiosity, and evidence-based insight.

  • Jordan became a caring practitioner through his own journey with mental health, experiencing both the challenges and the transformative impact of compassionate, qualified care. He is dedicated to helping clients avoid the pitfalls of poor mental health care and to modeling the empathy, skill, and accessibility that made a difference in his own life.

    Jordan works primarily with adults navigating mental illness, stress, life transitions, and trauma. His approach is relaxed and conversational, focusing first on building a genuine therapeutic connection. Drawing from person centered, strength based, existential, and empowerment focused modalities, he also incorporates mindfulness, ACT, CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, and elements of IFS and somatic therapy. Clients often describe him as having a calming presence, helping them feel comfortable, understood, and supported in finding clarity.

    Passionate about men’s mental health, suicide prevention, and accessibility, Jordan offers virtual sessions for individuals and couples. He is based in Delaware and licensed to practice in Michigan.Sample Text