Therapy Services / Ketamine-Assisted PsychotherapyKetamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Ketamine treatment and psychotherapy, together — with medical care from Journey Clinical.
Couples therapy in nycWhat is KAP?
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines ketamine treatment with psychotherapy to support deeper emotional processing and meaningful therapeutic change. KAP may be particularly helpful for people who feel stuck, have found that traditional approaches haven't provided the relief they were hoping for, or are looking to engage with their healing in a new way.
Ketamine can temporarily shift the way we experience our thoughts, emotions, memories, and sense of self. Within the supportive structure of psychotherapy, these shifts can create an opportunity to approach experiences from a new perspective and work with patterns that may feel difficult to access through traditional talk therapy alone.
Research on KAP and ketamine-assisted treatments continues to grow, with promising findings for conditions including depression, anxiety, and PTSD. KAP is not simply about taking medication—it is the combination of the medicine, the therapeutic relationship, and the preparation and integration work that creates the treatment.
What is Kap?
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How KAP Works
KAP is a collaborative process that extends beyond the dosing experience itself. I work with you throughout the therapeutic process, beginning with preparation, where we establish safety, explore your intentions, and create a foundation for the work ahead.
I partner with Journey Clinical for the medical component of your care. Their medical team conducts your medical evaluation, determines whether ketamine is appropriate and safe for you, and prescribes and manages the medication. I provide the psychotherapy component, including preparation, support during your dosing sessions, and integration.
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Dosing sessions are approximately 3 hours long and take place in my office or retreat setting. You take your prescribed ketamine while I remain present with you throughout the experience.
The three-hour session gives you ample time to settle in, talk about your intention for the journey, experience the effects of the medicine, and allow the experience to unfold without feeling rushed. You may experience shifts in perception, emotions, memories, imagery, or perspective. You don't need to force an experience or try to make something happen. My role is to provide a safe therapeutic container and support you in whatever emerges.
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Afterward, we use integration to explore what emerged and connect it to your everyday life. Together, we can work with the insights, emotions, memories, and shifts in perspective that arise and consider how they can translate into meaningful change.
With KAP, you are working directly with me throughout the therapeutic process, while Journey Clinical provides the medical oversight and ketamine prescription.
Is KAP Right For You?
KAP isn't right for everyone, and determining whether it is appropriate begins with a medical evaluation.
It may be worth exploring if you:Feel stuck despite previous therapy
Have persistent depression or anxiety
Are working through trauma or PTSD
Feel disconnected from yourself or your emotions
Want to explore patterns that feel difficult to shift through traditional therapy
Are looking for a different way to engage with your healing
The Journey Clinical medical team will review your health and psychiatric history and determine whether KAP is medically appropriate for you.
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My approach to KAP is trauma-informed, integrative, and deeply personalized. I draw from EMDR, IFS-informed therapy, somatic work, and guided visualization to help you make meaning of what emerges and integrate it into your life.
I see ketamine not as a replacement for therapy, but as a potential catalyst for therapeutic work. The experience itself may open a door; the preparation, therapeutic relationship, and integration are what help you explore what is on the other side.
For some people, KAP creates enough distance from familiar patterns to see themselves, their relationships, and their experiences in a new way. From there, we can begin to work with what becomes possible.
You don't have to keep approaching the same patterns in the same way. Sometimes healing begins by creating enough space to see something differently.
The goal isn't simply to feel different during a session. It's to create meaningful change that you can carry with you beyond it.
Together, we work with the deeper patterns that shape your emotional, physical, and relational experience—so change becomes something you experience, not just something you understand.