Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

Ketamine Assisted Therapy is an option that becomes available after meeting for some time and only when clinically appropriate.

In these sessions, clients will self-administer medicine that has been prescribed by an independent medical provider according to the provider’s instructions.

This typically happens sublingually (under the tongue) or intranasally (via a nose spray).

During these sessions, I provide therapeutic support throughout the experience.

Ketamine is a Schedule III medication used off-label for mental health treatment. Because this is an emerging practice, the therapy surrounding the medicine matters as much as the medicine itself. For this reason, there are some particular conditions of these sessions that I will go over before we begin.

Ketamine is a dissociative medicine, which means your ordinary sense of self, time, and perception may soften. Most people experience a mix of calm, emotional openness, and sometimes vivid imagery; feelings and memories that are usually out of reach may surface. Some of what arises can be tender or difficult. It is important to note that as a client, you will always be able to choose where to direct your attention and experience.

Ketamine can only be prescribed by a physician or nurse practitioner, who independently assesses whether you're an appropriate candidate, determines your dose, and oversees the medical side of your care. My role is just the psychotherapy. I don't prescribe, administer, or make medical decisions.

If you decide to consent, your medical provider and I can communicate so that the care is connection.

Ketamine work happens along a spectrum. At high (psychedelic) doses, people typically go far inward — deeply dissociated, often unable to speak or interact until the medicine wears off. A psycholytic dose is deliberately lower: enough to soften the mind's usual defenses and quiet the inner critic, while you remain conscious, able to feel, speak, and stay in relationship with me throughout.

The word comes from lysis — loosening — because the goal isn't to leave yourself behind, but to loosen what's been held tightly enough that we can finally work with it together.

I work psycholytically because this approach is relational at its core: the medicine opens the door, but the therapy happens within our connection.

In my practice, clients typically work with low sublingual doses — around 100 mg — though your dose is always determined by your prescribing medical provider based on their assessment.

There is no additional cost for KAP session. Sessions are 2 hours in length and the cost is simply your session rate x2.