Exclusive | Shrinking socialists: AOC spends $19K on psychiatrist known for ketamine therapy

She’s trippin’.Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial ketamine therapy.The socialist lawmaker hired Boston-based Dr.

Brian Boyle, the chief psychiatric officer at Stella, a chain of mental health clinics focusing on “novel” therapies popular with Hollywood and Wall Street.Her campaign paid Boyle $11,550 in March 2025, another $2,800 in May, and $4,375 in October for a total of $18,725, Federal Election Commission records show.The expenses were marked as “leadership training and consulting.”It’s unclear what the sessions consisted of or who participated.Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment.Boyle, a Harvard-trained doctor, calls himself an “interventional psychiatrist” and specializes in unorthodox methods for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD and anxiety.He’s considered a “leading authority” on ketamine, the controversial horse tranquilizer given to “Friends” star Matthew Perry in the month leading up to his tragic death.“I just saw the incredible power of what these treatments could do,” Boyle said during a podcast appearance last year about getting into the mind-blowing biz.

“It’s a ton of fun helping patients get better.”Boyle’s clinic also offers other treatments popular with the 1 Percent, like stellate ganglion block, an anesthetic injected into a nerve cluster in the neck to calm the body’s fight-or-flight response.Billionaires like Bob Parsons, who’s battled PTSD since returning from the Vietnam War, have raved about the treatment.“Celebrities tend to be more inclined to be on the hunt for highly effective solutions across beauty, health, mental health, nutrition and so on,” Boyle said in an interview last year about the treatment.AOC herself is no stranger to touting the benefits of hallucinogenic drugs for therapy.The “Squad” rep, who campaigned to end the federal prohibition of mar...