About KAP

  • Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is an innovative method of mental health treatment that combines ketamine with psychotherapy to address a variety of mental health conditions. When medically appropriate, ketamine can deepen the therapeutic process with psychotherapy.

    Additionally, pairing ketamine with other integrative therapies (Art Therapy Somatic/Mindfulness Practices, Plant Medicine, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine) can create mutual enhancement and amplify as well as prolong the powerful effects of KAP.

  • Ketamine is classified as a dissociative anesthetic. It is identified as a World Health Organization essential medicine. First synthesized in 1962, it has been used since 1970 in a variety of medical settings as an anesthetic.

    For the past 20 years ketamine has been used off label in sub-anesthetic doses to treat a variety of mental health conditions which include but are not limited to:

    • Treatment-resistant depression

    • Suicidal ideation

    • Chronic pain

    • Anxiety Disorders

    • Emotional and physical pain

    • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    • Alcohol/substance addiction

    • A variety of other mental health conditions

  • Ketamine has been used for many years safely as a schedule III non-narcotic anesthetic and in more recent years for off-label use in the treatment of mental health conditions. It’s safety is determined individually based off of your current medical history. Our in house physician, trained extensively in Ketamine therapy, will help you determine if it is indicated and a viable option for you.

  • Ketamine has various exciting and intriguing properties making it an exciting advancement in the mental health space. Ketamine has been shown to work effectively as an "acute" antidepressant in that it can reduce depressive symptoms and suicidality in as little as hours after the medicine is given. Ketamine also has been shown to increase the brain's ability to learn and change, altering rigid thinking and behavioral patterns. This re-learning of old skills and picking up new ones is also called Neuroplasticity.

    By adding psychotherapy to a person's Ketamine treatment, it can maximize this window of opportunity of Neuroplasticity to create new behavioral patterns and thought processes.

What You Can Expect

KAP is a 4-step process:

  • Step 1

    Step 1 | Medical Intake

    Meet with our doctor. The goal is to learn more about you, ensure that ketamine will be well tolerated medically, and to decide which mode of ketamine will be ideal for you. We will discuss informed consent as well.

  • Step 2

    Step 2 | Preparation Session

    Meet with one of our therapists. The goal is to learn more about you and your experience with ketamine and other psychedelics, as well as to provide education and practice various mindfulness/somatic strategies. This might include meditation, breathwork, bodywork, and acupuncture. We will discuss the medicine day in greater detail to ensure you are well prepared for whatever may arise.

  • Step 3

    Step 3 | Medicine Day

    Meet with the same therapist and physician you saw for the intake and preparation session. Both will be on site and available throughout your ketamine experience. The team will help administer the medicine and will then be present with you throughout the ketamine experience. We keep you safe and are here to guide you whenever needed.

  • Step 4

    Step 4 | Integration Session

    Meet again with the same therapist who helped you on preparation and medicine day. The goal is to discuss any content, memories, and feelings that have come up since the medicine day and how to make more sense and meaning out of all of it. Other integrative therapies can also be utilized to facilitate the processing of these deep transpersonal and possibly psychedelic experiences.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy vs. Ketamine Therapy

Types of Ketamine Therapy How it is Administered Therapist + Physician Work With You Before, During, and After Ketamine Able To Adjust Dose To Optimize Outcome Insurance Coverage
Ketamine- Assisted Psychotherapy

*Preferred at One Heart*		 Lozenge and IM Yes Yes No
IV Ketamine IV No No Maybe
Spravato Intranasal No No Maybe

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

  • Offered & preferred at One Heart Mental Health Collaborative

  • Access the transformative effects of Ketamine + the trust and safety of a physician and therapist team helping you throughout the way

  • KAP ensures at least one physician visit as well as two therapist visits, both before and after receiving ketamine

  • Our physician is present to administer the medicine and check vitals and our physician AND therapist will accompany you throughout the medicine day

  • Therapeutic touch offered if client desires

  • Medicine administered via intranasal, oral/sublingual (PO/SL), and Intramuscular (IM) routes

  • Medicine dose can be adjusted based on clients’ effects and outcomes

IV Ketamine Therapy

  • NOT offered at One Heart Mental Health Collaborative

  • Provides the beneficial effects of Ketamine WITHOUT therapist and physician support for preparation, medicine day, and post-medicine day

  • Client is provided the medicine in a closed room or at home without supervision or support

  • Given the lack of a provider in the room during the medicine effects, there is NO possibility of therapeutic touch to be provided

  • Medicine given intravenously (IV), thus an IV needs to be placed.

  • Dose is fixed, no adjusting of dose is possible