Ketamine- Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

1) Medical Evaluation with Journey Clinical
Before beginning KAP, you’ll meet with a licensed medical provider at Journey Clinical for a full medical assessment, eligibility screening, and personalized treatment plan. If approved, they will prescribe your medication.

2) Intake & Preparation (2–4 sessions)
We’ll begin with 2 to 4 sessions (based on your needs) to complete a comprehensive intake, determine readiness/appropriateness for KAP, build our therapeutic alliance, and develop tools and intentions to support you throughout the process.

3) Ketamine Dosing Sessions
Your ketamine sessions take place in a safe, supportive environment. Each session lasts approximately 3 hours and includes intention setting and guided support throughout.

4) Integration Sessions
After each dosing session, we’ll meet to process and integrate your experience into your broader healing journey.

The full course of dosing sessions (i.e the sessions you take the ketamine) typically ranges from 6 to 8 sessions, depending on the medication dosage per session—if you haven't taken the full dose or booster and have extra remaining, your treatment may extend over more sessions; if you'd like to continue beyond that, we can reach out to Journey Clinical. The 6-8 sessions don’t have to be done consecutively. For example, we may choose to do four consecutive weeks and then schedule refresher sessions to maintain the effects.

While a single ketamine session can provide rapid relief, completing the full 6-8-treatment cycle is recommended for lasting, transformative results. Ketamine works by promoting neuroplasticity, meaning it helps the brain form new, healthier pathways over time. Multiple treatments reinforce these changes, reducing the likelihood of symptoms returning. Additionally, deeper layers of trauma and ingrained patterns often require repeated sessions to be fully processed and integrated. Stopping after one session may provide temporary relief, but completing the full protocol increases the chances of long-term healing and resilience.d

In person is preferable for dosing sessions. We can/will perform our integration sessions online. For the dosing sessions, we can either meet at Ascentiah Healing Center, NY, NY or Grand Street Healing Project, BK, NY .

I offer three pathways, each designed to meet different needs depending on where you are in your healing journey:

1. Full-Dose Ketamine + Integration (6-8 sessions)
If you're looking for deep transformation, this program uses full-dose ketamine to access expanded states of consciousness. Integration sessions offer space to process insights and emotional breakthroughs, and we can include EMDR when it feels supportive.

2. Hybrid Program: 2 KAP Sessions + 3 EMDR Sessions
This is a great fit if you want both the power of psychedelic insight and the precision of trauma reprocessing. Ketamine sessions create openness and shift emotional patterns, while EMDR helps integrate and resolve specific memories or blocks in a structured way.

3. Microdosing + EMDR (8 sessions)
This program is designed for those who prefer steady, ongoing emotional work with the subtle but supportive effects of ketamine microdosing. The combination allows you to stay grounded and engaged while enhancing your capacity to process and release stuck emotional material with EMDR.

Journey Clinical Medical Fees:

• Initial evaluation, treatment plan, and medication (for up to 2 sessions): $338

• Medication for 6–8 additional sessions: $298

  Please check with Journey Clinical if they take your insurance

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Fees (with Francesca):

• Intake & Preparation Sessions (2–4 required before KAP begins):
   • 50-minute session: $250
   • 90-minute session: $375

• Ketamine Dosing Sessions:
   • $205/hour = $615 per 3-hour session

• Integration Sessions:
   • 50-minute session: $250
   • 90-minute session: $375

For Journey Clinical: Please check with Journey Clinical as they are continuously expanding their insurance coverage.

For Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy w/me: I am no longer accepting new clients using insurance. All sessions are now private pay. You may however be eligible for reimbursement for our sessions if you have out-of-network benefits. To determine if your plan offers out-of-network reimbursement for mental health services, here are some questions you can ask your provider:

• What is my coverage for out-of-network providers?

• Do I need a referral from my primary care physician to see a mental health professional?

• Do I need pre-approval from my insurance company before I can see a mental health professional?

• What is my yearly maximum benefit (dollar amount or number of visits)?

• Is there a deductible?

If you do have out-of-network benefits, I will provide you with a Superbill every month that you can submit to your insurance to get reimbursed. 

I will be offering payment plans soon!