While ketamine and other psychedelic medicines are not a panacea, they offer many potential benefits, including:

• Increased neuroplasticity, meaning your brain is more primed for behavior change
• Disruption of the ‘default mode’ network of the brain, allowing an interruption of our normal patterns of thinking
• Connection to meaning, purpose, and spirituality
• Infusion of self-compassion and an ability to ‘zoom out’
• Rapid antidepressant and anxiolytic effects with less side effect and more staying power than SSRI’s

Many, many ketamine infusion clinics have popped up over the years! You may be wondering why folks choose infusion clinics over KAP with a psychotherapist and vice versa. Occasionally, I do believe that a client would be better served by the dosing and medical monitoring offered at a ketamine clinic. I should be able to get a sense of that in our initial consult call. However, most people feel more supported by KAP in a private practice setting. In a clinic, you are typically offered no prep and integration services, meaning you don’t have a therapist to sift through the content of the journey with you. Additionally, the experience is usually less customizable—you are locked into a specific dosing schedule with little room for flexibility and accommodation.

The process will begin with an initial (free) screening to see if there’s a fit. From there, we will proceed with preparation sessions, where we’ll explore your intentions for the work and any potential barriers or anxieties. We will complete at least 2 prep sessions, although some folks benefit from more. While in the prep phase, I will also have you meet with my prescriber to do a medical eval and to get a prescription for the medication. The ketamine will be mailed to you from a compounding pharmacy in the form of lozenges that dissolve in the mouth. Dosing sessions typically last about 2.5-3 hours—most people choose to do 3-6 sessions, although this is highly individual and the pacing is totally up to you. After each dosing session, we will do at least 1 integration session to process the material that came up during and after the journey. I provide more detailed instructions for prep/dosing/integration as we’re getting into the work!

At this time, I’m only able to offer ketamine dosing sessions in my practice. This will likely change in the coming years as more psychedelics are granted FDA approval! If you are planning a psilocybin, MDMA, or LSD journey outside of the therapy room, I am able to offer preparation and integration services as a form of harm reduction. Additionally, I can offer referrals to colleagues who have more experience with preparation and integration for other medicines (e.g., 5-MeO-DMT, ayahuasca, peyote).

While psychedelics can be an incredibly powerful tool for many humans, they are not a great fit for everyone. Certain medical and mental health conditions may be contraindicated for this type of work and sometimes the timing is just not right- for instance, if you’re actively in crisis and need a more stabilizing approach. We will explore this during our initial screening call. My collaborating physician will also do a thorough medical assessment before writing you a ketamine prescription. Ketamine in particular is a rather safe medication and it’s extraordinarily rare that a client makes it through our initial consultation but my prescriber recommends against proceeding. 

Preparation and integration sessions are billed at my usual rates, which are clarified on my FAQ’s page. If we’ve agreed on a sliding scale, you will be charged that amount for each 50-minute block. Ketamine dosing sessions typically last 2.5-3 hours (although some folks choose to stay longer). For our dosing days, I will prorate my fee depending on how long you remain in my office. Additional financial considerations include the fee to meet with my prescriber ($250), the cost of the medication (typically around $75), uber rides to and from my office on dosing days, and time off of work, if applicable.