Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

For some people, the effects of trauma, depression, or prolonged stress can become deeply entrenched. Even with incredible insight, effort, and therapy, it may feel difficult to access change from within ordinary states of awareness.

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is offered as a carefully considered option in these situations. This work does not aim to override or bypass the nervous system, but to gently create conditions where flexibility, emotional access, and new perspectives may become possible.

Ketamine can temporarily soften rigid patterns of perception and defense, allowing experience to be met differently. When held within a supportive therapeutic relationship, this shift can open space for reflection, connection, and meaning-making that may otherwise feel unreachable. The emphasis is not on the experience itself, but on how it is prepared for, supported, and integrated.

Medical Oversight and Collaboration

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is offered in collaboration with a licensed psychiatrist. Medical clearance is required prior to beginning this work to ensure safety and appropriateness.

Ketamine is prescribed by the psychiatrist and used in a sublingual (lozenge) form as part of a structured therapeutic process. This work is conducted within clearly defined medical and ethical boundaries, with ongoing communication between providers as appropriate.

This collaborative model helps ensure that both the psychological and physiological aspects of the work are held with care. All medical appointment fees are paid directly to the psychiatrist.

How Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Is Held

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is offered as a series rather than a one-time experience. This reflects an understanding that meaningful change depends on pacing, continuity, and integration, not on intensity or singular moments.

Preparation session

Before any ketamine session, we meet for a preparation session. This is a time to assess readiness, clarify intention, and attend carefully to nervous-system safety. Preparation includes education about the process and collaborative conversation about whether this approach feels appropriate and supportive for you. Nothing is assumed or rushed.

What to Expect during a Ketamine Session

Ketamine sessions themselves take place within a supported therapeutic container, with close attention to emotional safety, pacing, and responsiveness throughout. The work is approached with curiosity rather than expectation, without pressure to have a particular kind of experience or outcome.

A typical ketamine-assisted psychotherapy session is longer than a standard therapy session, allowing time to prepare, engage with the medicine experience, and settle afterward. Most sessions last about two and a half to three hours in total.

We begin by arriving and orienting together. This early portion of the session is a chance to slow down, ground, and reconnect, helping you feel supported before the medicine is introduced.

The ketamine portion of the session follows. During this time, you rest comfortably while the effects take shape. Many people experience this as an inward-focused, spacious state that feels different from ordinary awareness. I remain present and attentive throughout, offering support and guidance, as needed.

As the effects begin to fade, we move into a gentle landing and initial integration. This time is about helping what you noticed settle and feel contained before the session ends.

Integration Sessions

The work does not end when the session does. Integration sessions are a central part of the therapeutic protocol, supported by clinical research and widely used in both research and clinical settings.

Research-aligned KAP protocols emphasize that the medicine experience alone does not produce lasting change. Instead, outcomes are most strongly associated with how the experience is prepared for, held, and integrated afterward.

Integration sessions are typically scheduled:

  • within 24–72 hours after a ketamine session, and

  • may continue over one or more additional sessions depending on the individual and protocol.

The purpose of integration is not to interpret or analyze the ketamine experience, but to help it settle, organize, and translate into everyday life.

In these sessions, we focus on:

  • supporting nervous-system regulation after the medicine experience

  • helping you reflect on what stood out, without pressure to find meaning

  • noticing emotional, relational, or bodily shifts as they unfold over time

  • making sense of changes in mood, perspective, or internal experience

  • grounding insights in practical, lived ways

For some people, a single integration session is sufficient. For others, multiple sessions are recommended to support stabilization, coherence, and sustained benefit.

Across KAP research, integration is understood as the phase where neuroplastic and experiential changes are consolidated, helping temporary states become more durable patterns of change.

In this work, integration sessions are approached with the same care and intention as the ketamine sessions themselves, recognizing that lasting therapeutic impact depends on what happens after the medicine has worn off.

The KAP Series includes:

  • 30 minute consultation

  • 60 minute preparation session

  • KAP medicine session

  • 60 minute integration session*

    *Additional sessions can scheduled for an additional fee.

Readiness, Care and Availability

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is an incredible opportunity — and it is not appropriate for everyone and is not offered lightly. It requires careful consideration of medical and psychological readiness, as well as a willingness to engage fully in preparation and integration.

I am thoughtful about pacing and fit so the work remains contained, effective, and ultimately a positive experience for you.

If this approach resonates, we can explore together whether it feels like the right fit — carefully, without urgency, and with respect for your nervous system’s timing.