Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

I am now offering Ketamine Assisted Therapy in office

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) is a unique therapeutic method used to address a variety of mental health conditions, including depression, post-traumatic stress, chronic pain, addiction, and some forms of anxiety. It involves the use of ketamine to enhance and deepen the therapeutic process, and the use of psychotherapy and other integrative forms of treatment to amplify and prolong the curative effects of ketamine. KAP is, above all, an intensive psychotherapy that gets to core feelings and rewires emotional memories.

Ketamine lowers anxiety and helps us bypass defenses, giving us access to deep feelings. At one time we needed the protection of defenses and anxiety, but today they are activated automatically, underneath our awareness, and keep us stuck. Once they are soothed, a natural healing orientation is released. Researchers have called this ‘inner healing intelligence’, but we think of it as a human’s innate orientation to healing, connection, empowerment and curiosity, so clear in childhood but stifled in difficult or traumatic development. KAP certainly also has a psychedelic component, that releases us from those stuck pathways, probably through temporary modulation of a specific serotonergic gate; and it also enhances new learning through glutamine mechanisms, so that we can quickly learn new habits.

KAP Program Outline
**Session 1**- Determining if KAP is suitable for you.
**Sessions 2-3** - Expanding on expectations for KAP, what you want to work on and laying foundation for safely moving forward (coping skills, self regulation, grounding techniques). *During this time you will obtain a Ketamine prescription from a medical provider (I have referrals).
**Sessions 4- 9/13** - Will be medicine sessions, totaling 6-10 KAP sessions depending on the program you wish to do. Each treatment session will be at least two hours. One hour for medicine, one hour directly after for integration therapy. These sessions are normally done twice weekly, but can have other schedules. *Intensive treatment is offered also, for those maybe coming from out of town.*
**This is an example only and can vary person to person**.

I have done a year's training to be a psychedelic assistant therapist, and conducted years of harm reduction and integration. I am prepared to offer you a safe space to explore this new therapeutic approach. It is so important to pair this medicine with therapy and to integrate what comes up during the experience. KAP is not for everyone and you must be medically cleared (I will help provide resources and referrals for this) to be able to partake. KAP sessions are also longer than normal sessions, due to the nature of the medicine, to stay safe and to allow time to integrate the experience a session is a minimum of two hours, but can be more.

If you are interested in learning more about Ketamine or KAP, please feel free to email me or click on the contact botton.