Out beyond ideas of
wrongdoing and rightdoing
there is a field.
I’ll meet you there. ~ Rumi
I offer a therapeutic modality called Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in partnership with an organization called Journey Clinical. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help eligible patients experience more frequent breakthroughs and sustained improvement in symptoms. I take on the psychotherapy portion of the experience, while Journey Clinical’s medical team supports you on all medical aspects. This includes determining eligibility, developing a custom treatment plan, prescribing the medicine and monitoring outcomes. Below is more information about KAP to help you navigate if it may be a good fit for you.
KAP FAQs
What is Ketamine?
I offer a therapeutic modality called Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in partnership with an organization called Journey Clinical. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help eligible patients experience more frequent breakthroughs and sustained improvement in symptoms. I take on the psychotherapy portion of the experience, while Journey Clinical’s medical team supports you on all medical aspects. This includes determining eligibility, developing a custom treatment plan, prescribing the medicine and monitoring outcomes. Below is more information about KAP to help you navigate if it may be a good fit for you.
How Does Ketamine Feel?
The effects of ketamine, which most patients find pleasant, last for approximately 45 minutes to an hour. These effects can make you feel “far from” your body and facilitate shifts in perception that can often feel expansive in nature. Your motor and verbal abilities will be reduced, so you’ll be lying down in a comfortable position during the experience. Once these effects subsided, we’ll spend the remainder of our appointment giving you space to process and discuss your experience. While it may feel hard to articulate what happened during the experience, clients tend to feel like the insights gained are none-the-less clear. Studies have shown that the benefits to mood and neurological growth can last up to two weeks after the Ketamine experience.
What is Journey Clinical?
Journey Clinical is a platform for independent licensed psychotherapists to incorporate science- based psychedelic therapies in their practice safely and effectively, starting with Ketamine-Assisted Psycho-therapy (KAP). Journey Clinical’s in-house medical team takes on patient eligibility, prescriptions and outcome monitoring, while I take on the therapy. Their collaborative care model is designed to deliver personalized treatment plans to meet your individual needs and improve long-term outcomes.
What is Consultation Process with Journey Clinical
You schedule an initial evaluation with a clinician from the Journey Clinical medical team via zoom. They will go over your medical and psychiatric history with you, provide education on the treatment and determine if you are eligible for KAP.
- If Journey Clinical’s medical team determines that you are eligible for KAP, they will develop a personalized Ketamine prescription and outcome monitoring plan for you.
- Journey Clinical’s medical staff will write a ketamine prescription for you, and a small amount of oral ketamine will be sent to your home, enough for the first 2 KAP sessions. You will be taught to take your vitals and self-administer the ketamine lozenges by Journey Clinical’s medical team in advance of our KAP sessions.
What are preparations sessions like?
- Once you receive your ketamine lozenges, we will schedule time together for our KAP preparation, dosing and integration sessions. Preparation session(s) will be scheduled just like regular therapy sessions prior to the KAP dosing session. The goal of a preparation session(s) is to align on the process and set intentions for our KAP sessions together.
What Can I Expect During the KAP Dosing Session?
- A typical ketamine dosing session lasts between 1-2 hours and can take place remotely via telehealth.
- During a dosing session, you will self-administer your ketamine lozenge. If you are in my office, you will be in a comfortable position, lying down if you prefer or sitting. If you like you can wear an eye mask and listen to soothing music. You may choose to talk during the entire time, or to be completely silent during the most intense part of the dosing session. These are options that you can discuss with me prior to taking the Ketamine. And although a KAP dosing session may be largely an internal experience, I will be present with you the entire time to hold space and provide support as needed.
- If you choose to do Ketamine outside of my office, you will need to have a chaperone with you the entire time. I will remotely help you to set up an intention for your experience prior to your dosing. Also, you will need to take your blood pressure and heart rate prior to dosing as well as afterwards.
What Happens After the Dosing Session?
- Integration Sessions
After our KAP dosing session, we will meet at least one time for an integration therapy session to review the memories, thoughts & insights that arose during your dosing session, and to prepare for the next dosing session.
- Follow-up consultations with Journey Clinical
After you have two KAP sessions, you will need to meet with Journey Clinical’s medical team in order to be prescribed for further sessions, typically for six full doses. The frequency of follow-ups after that will depend on your unique treatment plan. Journey Clinical recommends seeing their medical team at least once per quarter.
What is the Cost of KAP?
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is an affordable, accessible modality for most people. Although the medical intake and follow ups are not covered by insurance, they may be eligible for out-of-network reimbursement.
Journey Clinical Medical Costs
- Medical Intake: $250 (One-time fee, reimbursable through out-of-network)
- Follow-up Sessions: $150/Session (recommended to have one per quarter, reimbursable through out-of-network)
- Cost of Ketamine Lozenges: approximately $30 for your first two doses, and if you opt in for another 6 doses, those will cost around $75, plus shipping (not covered by insurance)
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
- My flat fee for the 3-hour (150 minute) session is $480. This fee is because I need to reserve at least that much space for the unpredictability of exactly how long your own session will be.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
- My flat fee for the 3-hour (150 minute) session is $480. This fee is because I need to reserve at least that much space for the unpredictability of exactly how long your own session will be.
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