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Ketamine Assisted Therapy

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is an innovative, research-backed therapeutic approach that combines the clinical benefits of ketamine with the support and guidance of psychotherapy. For clients struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, and other emotional challenges, KAP offers a safe and structured way to help shift patterns, open new perspectives, and create meaningful change.

During a ketamine session, your brain enters a more flexible and receptive state. This allows deeply rooted emotions, memories, and beliefs to be accessed, processed, and integrated with the support of your therapist. Many clients report clarity, calm, emotional release, or breakthroughs that may be difficult to reach in traditional therapy alone.

How Does KAP Work?

KAP typically includes:

  • Preparation Sessions
    We discuss goals, intentions, and what to expect during treatment.

  • Ketamine Dosing Sessions
    You receive ketamine in a safe, monitored setting while guided and supported by your clinician.

  • Integration Sessions
    Together, we explore insights from the experience and apply them to your life and therapeutic work.

Because ketamine can help interrupt negative thought loops and increase neural flexibility, clients often experience progress more quickly than with talk therapy alone.

Why Journey Clinical?

I partner with Journey Clinical, a specialized medical provider that supports licensed therapists in offering safe and personalized KAP. Journey Clinical’s medical team:

  • Conducts a medical evaluation

  • Prescribes and provides ketamine treatments

  • Monitors medical safety throughout the process

This collaborative approach allows me to focus entirely on the therapeutic support, helping you make meaning from the experience and integrate the insights into daily life.

What Conditions Can KAP Help With?

KAP can be beneficial for adults experiencing:

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • PTSD and trauma

  • Loss or grief

  • Emotional blocks

  • Chronic stress

  • Feeling “stuck” in life

If you have tried traditional therapy or medication without the relief you hoped for, KAP may offer a new path forward.

What Clients Often Report

Many clients experience:

  • Reduced emotional suffering

  • Increased self-compassion

  • New insight and clarity

  • Deepened emotional processing

  • Greater connection with themselves and others

  • Renewed motivation and hope

While results vary, research has consistently shown ketamine to be a powerful and rapid-acting therapeutic tool.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) 101

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. Here’s a link to more information about KAP to see if it may be a good fit for you. https://journey.click/education

KAP is a legal modality that pairs ketamine treatment with dedicated psychotherapy sessions for more deeper therapy, more frequent breakthroughs and better clinical outcomes. To learn more about KAP, visit

Ketamine is a legal, safe and effective medicine used to treat a variety of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety and PTSD. Ketamine has rapidly-acting antidepressant and mood-enhancing effects, which can begin to take effect within 1-2 hrs. after treatment and last for up to 2 weeks. It works by blocking the brain’s NMDA receptors as well as by stimulating AMPA receptors, which are thought to help form new synaptic connections and boost neural circuits that regulate stress and mood. Ketamine has also been shown to enhance overall neuroplasticity for lasting symptom improvement.

Ketamine can be administered in a variety of ways, including IV infusion, intramuscular injection, via nasal spray and using sublingual lozenges. In my work with Journey Clinical we only use the sublingual lozenge form.

The effects of ketamine, which most patients find pleasant, last for approximately 45 minutes. 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, patients 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.

  • Initial consultation 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 team 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.


  • Preparation sessions: 
  • 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.  


  • KAP Dosing Session: 
  • A typical ketamine dosing session lasts between 1-2 hours and can take place either in-person at my office, or remotely via telehealth. 
  • During a dosing session, you will self-administer your ketamine lozenge either in my office or in your home.  You will be in a comfortable, reclining position wearing an eye mask and listening to calming music.  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.


  • Integration Sessions: 
  • After our KAP dosing session, we will meet for multiple integration therapy sessions 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 our first KAP session, Journey Clinical’s medical team schedules regular follow ups with you to monitor outcomes and prescribe ketamine lozenge refills, as appropriate.  The frequency of follow ups depends on your unique treatment plan, at a minimum of once per quarter.

  • Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is an affordable, accessible modality. Although the medical intake and follow ups are not covered by insurance, they are eligible for out-of-network reimbursement.


    Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Sessions

    My typical hourly rate is $X/hr 


    Journey Clinical Medical Costs 

    KAP Intake:

    Consultation: $250 

    Non-covered services (including medication): $112

    KAP Follow-Up:

    Consultation: $150 

    Non-covered services (including medication): $208

    Medication Management (regular psychiatry appointment): 

    $250 flat fee

    Journey Clinical Insurance Information: https://journeyclinical.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/28002696219028-Insurance-FAQs

  • If you would like to explore the possibility of working with me on KAP, please e-mail me at XXX@gmail.com to discuss eligibility and next steps.

  • No, many JC members get clients without a KAP website. A short email + Psychology Today/LinkedIn update is sufficient for launch.