Frequently Asked Questions
Do you take insurance?
Not at this time. However, more and more health insurance companies are now partially reimbursing out-of-network psychotherapy which can include KAP. All KAP sessions are billed as out-of-network psychotherapy sessions. You can receive a receipt of payment of our sessions for you to submit to your insurance company.
Do we use lonzenges, injections, or IV infusions?
Ketamine administration is through rapid dissolving lozenges that are placed under the tongue. This type of administration allows a person to enter a dissociated, “psychedelic” non-ordinary state of consciousness. Lozenges paired with therapy are the most effective administration route for sustained treatment results and on-going wellbeing. Other forms of administration (IV/injections) may send a person into a state of consciousness that can be too “far out” to do important therapy work during the experience and clients may not remember their experience as well.
What is the difference between infusion clinics and private practice ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP)?
The main difference between infusion clinics and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is the depth of relationship between provider and client. Some ketamine clinics have ketamine treatment models that centralize the ketamine medicine, without the guidance of a therapist or a therapeutic process-these are referred to as infusion clinics. It’s therefore important to ask if mental health therapy by a licensed psychotherapist is provided before, during, or after the ketamine medicine. For more info on the process of interviewing a potential ketamine provider check out this article we wrote on the subject, as well as the Ketamine Consumer Checklist we created.
In the ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) we work together to understand your history and learn about the aspects of your consciousness and lifestyle that are out of balance. We will understand the behavior changes you are needing to create in your lifestyle or in long-withstanding traumas with lingering effects on your mind/heart/body. We work together in order to make small shifts in your life in the few weeks leading up to the ketamine medicine sessions. The one-on-one therapy relationship is what builds the foundation for catering each ketamine treatment session to a unique theme and intention to transform and heal. Integration sessions after the KAP experience are where we create structured practices and draw on community resources for you to maintain improved mood and motivation.
”What was broken in relationship, needs to be healed in relationship.” It is our belief that the most transformational healing comes from working one-on-one with a therapist while using the medicine to enhance the process.
How many KAP sessions will I do?
The number of KAP sessions in a treatment plan will be discussed between the client and therapist. The typical range is 3-6 KAP sessions in a first “series".” The therapist will recommend the number of sessions recommended in a treatment plan to meet the client’s treatment goals, with a minimum commitment of 3 KAP sessions. These sessions can be consecutive weeks or more spaced out depending on the client’s treatment goals. Once you’ve completed your series of planned sessions, on-going “one off” booster sessions will be available for “tune ups” and “maintenance.”
What are the KAP fees?
KAP is an investment into your overall health and wellbeing. It is an investment in cost and time, and one that may be one of the more significant and meaningful investments. All fees are listed here: KAP Fees
What is Somatic Therapy?
The word "soma" means the "living-body." Mental health professionals today agree that our emotions and our traumas are "stored" in the body. How we hold ourselves and how we feel day to day is directly related to what emotions we have or have not processed and discharged out of our body. An example of this is a consistent knot in your throat or in your stomach. We discharge this energy in the body by getting into a mindful state and exploring the body sensation and what healing it needs. Rather than talking about your problems in a speculative conversation, in somatic therapy you will be guided into a self study (often with your eyes closed to tune into your inner world) in order to understand the nonverbal expressions of old pain that live in the body. Somatic therapy can include optional touch, through an attachment based cranio-sacral approach. You can read more about somatic touch work on the Neuro-Affective Touch (NAT) website.