Ketamine- assisted Pychotherapy

Ketamine is an FDA-approved medicine that has been used safely in medical settings for over five decades. At the low doses used in therapy, ketamine can create:

• A calm or dreamlike state

• Enhanced emotional openness

• Reduced fear and anxiety

• Increased flexibility in thought and behavior

• Access to deeper inner experience

These effects help clients explore and process emotions and patterns that may be difficult to reach in traditional talk therapy alone.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines the therapeutic effects of ketamine with skilled, supportive psychotherapy. In this structured process, ketamine is used as a catalyst to help reduce emotional defenses, increase neuroplasticity, and open access to deeper self-awareness.

KAP is conducted in a safe, regulated clinical environment with a trained facilitator to guide you through preparation, the medicine session, and integration.

1. Consultation

we meet to discuss if KAP is an appropriate treatment for you at this time.

2. Medical Consultation

I set you up with a medical provider who will review your medical history, and discuss the type of ketamine protocol that will be right for your diagnosis.

3. Preparation Sessions We meet to clarify your intentions, discuss treatment goals, clarify any questions and review calming and grounding techniques, that will help build a foundation of safety and trust. This ensures you enter the session grounded and supported.

4. Ketamine Administration Session Ketamine may be administered through lozenge(Sublingual), IV, or Intra muscular injection (IM), depending on your treatment plan discussed with your medical provider.

During the session:

• You are supported by your therapist the entire time

• Music, eye shades, and a calm environment help guide your experience

• You may encounter imagery, emotion, memory, or spacious insight

The goal is to enter an expanded state where healing and perspective become more accessible.

5. Integration Sessions After the medicine session, you work with your therapist to reflect on what you experienced and translate insights into meaningful, lasting change. Integration helps anchor new perspectives, patterns, and emotional clarity for longer lasting transformational changes.

What to Expect

A typical KAP treatment plan may include:

• 1–2 preparation sessions

• 1–6 ketamine sessions (based on needs and goals)

• Integration sessions after each medicine session

Your treatment plan is customized to you, and it is a collaboration between us to help determine what is the best course of action to take.

Emotional & Mental Health

• Relief from treatment-resistant depression

• Reduced anxiety and chronic worry

• Support for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms

Inner Growth & Self-Discovery

• Increased self-awareness and compassion

• Access to deeper emotional processing

• Breakthroughs in stuck patterns or long-standing challenges

Neurological Benefits

• Enhanced neuroplasticity

• Improved ability to create new habits and healthy coping tools

Many people experience shifts in clarity, motivation, emotional relief, and overall well-being.

KAP is considered safe when administered in a clinical setting with appropriate screening. Before starting, your clinician and medical provider will review your medical history, medications, and any conditions that may affect your treatment.

Possible short-term side effects include mild nausea, dizziness, or dissociation, all of which typically resolve quickly.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy may be helpful for people who:

• Feel stuck despite traditional therapy or medication

• Struggle with depression, anxiety, or trauma

• Seek deeper emotional healing or inner exploration

• Want a structured, legal therapeutic psychedelic option

Your clinician will help determine whether KAP is appropriate for you.

The answer is yes and yes.

There are clinical trials that share the benefits of ketamine as a standalone treatment.

Yet there is reason to believe that therapy in conjunction with ketamine helps to solidify the experience and make things "stick" longer.

Ketamine can open the door — therapy helps you walk through it. The combination of medicine + psychotherapy is what creates meaningful, lasting results.

It is my humble opinion and experience that KAP is more beneficial for most people.

In this combined approach, low‐dose sublingual ketamine is administered immediately after memory activation during an EMDR session. First, the client engages in the standard EMDR memory activation phase to bring the target trauma into conscious focus. Next, a psycholytic (low dose) sublingual dose of ketamine is taken, after which the EMDR reprocessing continues during the period of heightened neuroplasticity and reduced emotional defensiveness afforded by the ketamine. The EMDR therapist then guides bilateral stimulation and adaptive integration while the client’s system is in this altered yet therapeutic state, aiming to enhance memory reconsolidation, reduce hyperarousal, and anchor more adaptive positive beliefs.

Here is the latest positive research on this protocol