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Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

KAP combines the transformative effects of ketamine treatments with the support of psychotherapy to make meaningful insights.

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On this page:
  1. What is KAP?
  2. Meet our Therapist
  3. Benefits of KAP
  4. What Can Ketamine Help Treat?
  5. Treatment Timeline
  6. Statistics
  7. Testimonials
  8. Research
  9. FAQs

What is Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

Working with a therapist, patients are guided to identify self-limiting beliefs, make positive changes, and achieve lasting emotional relief.

Research shows that intentional reflection with a trained therapist in the days and weeks following a ketamine treatment can help maximize benefits. Integration therapy sessions take place within 24-48 hours of the ketamine treatment to make the most of the neuroplastic window in order to ‘rewire the brain.’

Your Ketamine Journey, Accompanied by a Therapist​

At Keta Medical Center, we use this cutting-edge treatment to help individuals explore their thoughts and emotions in a safe environment. Our experienced team is here to guide you through your journey. You can try KAP with your own mental health provider or work with Stacey Blume Frankel, LMSW, our in-house therapist.

Success Rates of 70%

70% of patients with treatment-resistant depression who were started on an oral antidepressant and intranasal esketamine improved, compared to just over half in the group that did not receive the medication.

– Yale Medicine

What patients say
"Working with Stacey has greatly supported and enhanced my ketamine sessions, resulting in significant and measurable improvements for me."
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Meet Stacey Blume Frankel, LMSW

Stacey is Keta Medical Center’s lead psychotherapist, working closely with you and your mental health provider to support your ketamine treatments with preparation and integration sessions. She specializes in helping clients connect with their inner healers, identify self limiting beliefs and maladaptive coping mechanisms in order to achieve powerful insights that inspire positive change.

Stacey holds a Master’s in Social Work from UCLA and a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Her diverse professional development background includes Jungian analysis, Buddhism, Kabbalah, conflict mediation, and extensive training in psychedelic medicine. She has experience with a wide range of mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, life transitions with relationships and career, spiritual emergencies and exploring the subconscious mind through dream analysis.

The Benefits of KAP

Rapid Therapeutic Results: Experience breakthroughs at an exponentially faster rate than traditional talk therapy, with many patients feeling significantly better within days or weeks.
Safe Exploration: Process challenging issues more easily without getting overwhelmed. There are no ‘bad trips’ - your subconscious only reveals what you are ready to see. Difficult material is just highlighting specific areas of focus to work through.
Positive & Lasting Change: Gain greater understanding of your ketamine journeys to reframe old narratives, develop new tools, and achieve lasting emotional relief.
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What Can Ketamine Help Treat?

Ketamine, Spravato (Esketamine) and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy can be powerful treatments for a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD and alcohol addiction.

Treatment Timeline

Powerful Relief

Feel better in just hours to days.

83%

of patients with TRD experienced a significant reduction in symptoms.

67%

of patients with PTSD showed a significant reduction in symptoms.

10 of 12
patients with GAD reported a 50% or more reduction in anxiety and/or fearfulness.

What Our Patients Say​

“From my experience working with the talented team at Keta Medical Center, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with Stacey Blume Frankel has been a critical component to my treatments. Working with Stacey has greatly supported and enhanced my ketamine sessions, resulting in significant and measurable improvements for me. I highly recommend Stacey as an integration therapist.”

– Mike C, NYC

“Since starting ketamine-assisted psychotherapy with Stacey, my mood has greatly improved. The combination of Stacey’s invaluable insight, guidance, and coaching as to what to do before, during and after treatments is a critical component to my healing. Stacey helps me integrate the Spravato into my everyday life, creating new neural pathways in my brain so that I am experiencing real change and feeling so much better.”

– Lynn D

“Stacey helps me feel cared for and accepted, and more connected to my own abilities, and the ways I can use these aspects of myself to have more powerful agency. Working with Stacey I have gained insights into myself that have allowed me to make seismic shifts in the way I navigate my world. I look forward to my sessions with her and I leave each one feeling more hopeful, and with more clarity about how to make necessary changes in my life. Stacey’s consistently kind, wise, and effective interventions surely make her one of the very best therapists out there.”

– Susan, NYC

FAQs

KAP sessions are covered by most insurance plans, subject to patients deductible and co-insurance. IV ketamine infusions are not typically covered.

Yes, when administered under medical supervision by trained physicians, ketamine therapy is safe. At KETA Medical, our team is led by emergency medicine physicians with extensive training, ensuring that every treatment adheres to the highest standards of medical safety.

Side effects may include mild nausea, dizziness, feelings of dissociation, anxiety or increased blood pressure. These typically resolve shortly after the treatment session. Our medical team monitors patients closely to manage any side effects effectively.

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