Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a form of therapy where ketamine, a medication originally used for starting and maintaining anesthesia, is administered under trained supervision to enhance the therapeutic process for healing disorders such as PTSD, depression, and anxiety. In KAP sessions, ketamine is used in combination with traditional psychotherapy techniques to heal suffering in mental health conditions at an accelerated rate. The primary goal of KAP is to facilitate deeper emotional exploration and insight by temporarily altering the client’s consciousness. This altered state induced by ketamine can help individuals access and process difficult emotions and memories that are often challenging to uncover in traditional therapy. This form of treatment is particularly helpful for clients who struggle in EMDR and other forms of therapy due to the amount of dysregulation because the pain is too much. The KAP session typically involves the administration of a low dose of ketamine followed by psychotherapy sessions to explore and work through the issues that arise during the experience. KAP has shown promising results in providing rapid relief for individuals struggling with treatment-resistant mental health conditions and suicidal thinking or urges. KAP has been shown to decrease the amount of activation in the Default Mode Network which is responsible for self-referencing thoughts (rumination) and increases the brains plasticity and motivation in the day’s after session so we can get our life on track.