Ketamine Assisted Therapy

A prescription medication supported, integrative approach to healing

What Is Ketamine-Assisted Therapy?

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (also called Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy or KAP) is an evidence-based therapeutic modality that combines medically prescribed ketamine with ongoing psychotherapy to support deep emotional healing and psychological change.

In this approach, ketamine is not used as a standalone treatment or quick intervention. Instead, it is thoughtfully integrated into an established therapeutic relationship, where preparation, intention-setting, and integration are essential parts of the work.

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy can help soften rigid emotional and cognitive patterns, allowing access to inner experiences, insights, and emotional material that may feel difficult to reach through talk therapy alone—particularly for individuals who feel stuck despite prior therapeutic work

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How Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Works

Ketamine is a legal, physician-prescribed medication that, when administered in low therapeutic doses during therapy sessions, can temporarily shift brain chemistry and states of consciousness. Research suggests that ketamine supports increased neural plasticity and reduces entrenched patterns of thinking, creating an opening for meaningful therapeutic exploration.

Within Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, the medicine supports the therapy—it does not replace it.

This process includes:

Collaboration with a licensed medical provider who evaluates eligibility, prescribes ketamine, and oversees medical safety
Ongoing psychotherapy to support emotional safety, insight, and integration
Intentional preparation before ketamine sessions
Structured integration work afterward to translate experiences into lasting change

Ketamine as Part of an Ongoing Therapeutic Relationship

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy is always offered as part of an ongoing course of psychotherapy, not as a one-time or isolated experience.

While ketamine opens new psychological and emotional pathways, lasting change happens through integration- making sense of what arises, grounding insights, and applying them to your life, relationships, and patterns over time.

Your therapist supports you in:

Preparing emotionally and psychologically for ketamine sessions
Supporting you during the ketamine assisted therapy sessions
Processing and integrating experiences afterward
Regulating the nervous system and increasing emotional capacity
Tracking changes as they unfold within your broader therapeutic work

This relational container is what allows ketamine-assisted work to be transformative rather than fleeting.

What Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Can Help With

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy may be especially supportive for individuals experiencing:

Treatment-resistant depression
Anxiety disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Trauma-related symptoms and nervous system dysregulation
Persistent emotional or relational patterns that feel difficult to shift
A sense of being “stuck” despite previous therapy
A reduction in addictive behavioral patterns

Many clients report increased emotional flexibility, reduced symptom intensity, and renewed access to hope and possibility when ketamine is combined with skilled, trauma-informed therapeutic support.

Medical Collaboration & Safety

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy involves collaboration with a licensed medical provider who is qualified to prescribe ketamine and assess medical appropriateness.

Your medical provider will:

Conduct a medical evaluation
Determine eligibility for ketamine treatment
Prescribe and oversee the medical aspects of care

As your therapist, I work alongside your medical provider to ensure that the psychological and emotional components of treatment are aligned with your therapeutic goals. I can support you in getting connected with a partnering medical provider as part of this process.

What to Expect in the Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Process

1. Assessment & Treatment Planning

We begin by clarifying your goals, history, and whether Ketamine-Assisted Therapy is an appropriate fit within your broader therapeutic work.

2. Preparation Sessions

We focus on building a safe therapeutic relationship, resource development and skill building, intention-setting and nervous system regulation to support a grounded and meaningful experience. When this phase is not rushed through to "get to" the ketamine sessions, people often have deeper and more healing experiences with the medicine because safety has been established. We go through an informed consent process and you are referred to a medical provider who oversees the medical evaluation writes the ketamine prescription.

3. Ketamine Sessions

Ketamine that has been prescribed through your provider is self-- administered in a safe, intentional and controlled setting with my therapeutic presence, guidance and support, following the established medical protocols. These three hour sessions may include quiet, interior journeying, talk therapy, somatic work, breathwork, EMDR or other agreed upon modalities dependent on treatment goals and focus of the session.

4. Integration Sessions

After ketamine experiences, we process what emerged, explore meaning, and integrate insights into your daily life, relationships,

and ongoing healing.