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ketamine assisted psychotherapy
A different way to access healing
Sometimes insight alone is not enough. You may understand your patterns and still feel trapped in depression, anxiety, trauma responses, shame, or emotional disconnection.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) combines psychotherapy with prescribed ketamine.
This medicine is know to soften rigid defenses, interrupt familiar thought patterns, and create greater access to emotions, memories, bodily experiences, and new perspectives.
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has been used in medicine for decades. At lower doses, it can produce changes in perception, awareness, and one’s usual sense of self.
Some people describe feeling more spacious, less attached to self-critical thoughts, or able to observe painful experiences from a different perspective.
During KAP, psychotherapy helps you prepare for the experience, remain connected to your intentions, and integrate what emerges afterward.
What is ketamine-assisted psychotherapy?
Treatment may include:
Preparation sessions before using ketamine
Coordination with your prescribing medical provider
Therapeutic support surrounding the ketamine experience
Integration sessions following treatment
Somatic, parts-oriented, and trauma-informed interventions
What can KAP help address?
Depending on your needs and medical eligibility, KAP may be considered when working with concerns such as:
Depression or persistent emotional numbness
Trauma-related symptoms Anxiety and rigid patterns
Grief and significant life transitions
Shame and harsh self-criticism
Feeling disconnected from your body or emotions
Repetitive relationship patterns
Difficulty making progress in traditional talk therapy
My approach
My work is trauma-informed, affirming, collaborative, and grounded in respect for your nervous system.
I integrate approaches including EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems and Somatic IFS, attachment-based therapy, and other experiential methods.
you remain an active participant in determining:
What you want to explore
What feels emotionally and physically safe
How much structure or guidance you prefer
What parts of the experience you want to discuss
How insights are translated into everyday change
The stages
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Preparation is an essential part of KAP. Before treatment, we will explore your intentions, expectations, concerns, coping resources, and relationship with control or altered states. Preparation may include: Clarifying what you hope to receive from treatment Discussing fears and realistic expectations Identifying internal resources and supportive imagery Practicing grounding and nervous-system regulation Exploring protective parts that may feel hesitant Establishing boundaries and preferences Planning for support before and after treatment Coordinating with your medical provider when appropriate Preparation is not about scripting the experience. It is about helping you meet it with greater safety and flexibility.
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Ketamine experiences can be difficult to capture in words. You may encounter memories, images, sensations, emotions, symbolic material, or a sense of connection that initially feels hard to understand. Integration therapy helps you explore the experience without imposing a predetermined interpretation. Together, we may consider: What felt emotionally significant What arose in your body Which parts of you felt present, absent, protected, or newly accessible Whether the experience shifted your relationship with yourself What insights feel meaningful—and which may need more time How to turn insight into boundaries, behaviors, relationships, or daily practices Not every image or sensation needs to have a profound meaning. Integration is not about forcing a tidy explanation; it is about supporting thoughtful, embodied change.