Virtual Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Individuals, Couples and Groups
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
Over the course of the past decade, there has been a resurgence of research on the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic therapy. Given the plethora of new studies and published papers in the scientific press and the increasingly emerging presence of articles about positive psychedelic experiences, there is little doubt that we are in the midst of a Psychedelic Renaissance. Psychedelics offer an alternative avenue of therapy for many mental health disorders. Available evidence indicates that psychedelics may offer a single-dose, rapid effect model that have robust effects with treatment-resistant mental disorders and a unique advantage as a possible monotherapy for a wide variety of mental health issues. When combined with psychotherapy, Psychedelics may improve the efficacy of psychotherapy via neurochemical changes and increased environmental sensitivity. Combined treatments hold significant promise for advancing the knowledge and treatment of many forms of psychopathology. Psychedelic Psychotherapy offers a window into the unconscious with the goal of facilitating a discharge of emotionally charged psychic tension, When administered under supportive conditions and in conjunction with psychotherapy, therapies assisted by these substances show promising results.
Ketamine
Currently, ketamine is the only legal psychedelic medicine available to mental health providers for the treatment of emotional suffering. KAP is an effective method for decreasing depression and anxiety in a home or private practice setting, especially for patients with severe symptom burden. We believe ketamine can benefit patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, especially when administered with psychotherapy. Over the past several years, ketamine has gained mainstream acceptance as an intervention for treatment resistant depression (TRD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and others. Ketamine offers a unique experience that facilitates both experiential and psychological work at a deeper level than regular Psychotherapy alone. While scientists are still trying to work this out exactly, the research so far shows that ketamine works by changing the way our brain cells communicate. Ketamine also blocks a receptor in our brains called NDMA that is thought to play a role in depression. Overall ketamine is thought to create neuroplastic changes in the brain which facilitates the growth of new neuropathways. Which is a fancy way of saying that it basically re-wires your brain. Some experts compare ketamine’s effect on the brain to a hardware fix on a computer versus a software fix (which is compared to antidepressants).