Unlike antidepressants, understanding what to do after ketamine treatment sessions is essential for optimizing treatment outcomes and promoting long-term recovery. Keta’s psychotherapist shares tips.
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Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
KAP combines the transformative effects of ketamine treatments with the support of psychotherapy to make meaningful insights.
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.
What patients say
"Working with Stacey has greatly supported and enhanced my ketamine sessions, resulting in significant and measurable improvements for me."
- Matt C.
Meet Stacey Blume Frankel, LMSW
Stacey is Keta Medical Center’s lead psychotherapist. She will work closely with you and your mental health provider to support your ketamine journey with preparation and integration sessions.
Stacey holds a Master’s in Social Work from UCLA and a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan. She has extensive experience working with a wide range of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, general life transitions, spiritual emergencies and exploring the subconscious mind through dream analysis.
Stacey sees herself as a compassionate partner in the therapeutic relationship. Her KAP work is primarily based on a relational and insight-oriented perspective but she also incorporates techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Jungian Analysis, Psychodynamic, Mindfulness, Transpersonal, and Somatic therapies. Using a strengths-based, holistic, client-centered approach, she empowers individuals to embrace their healing journeys with new tools and action-oriented steps that lead to lasting emotional relief.
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.
To learn more about our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy services, schedule a free consultation.
Find out if KAP is right for you.
Find out if KAP is right for you.
What Can Ketamine Help Treat?
IV Ketamine and Spravato, together with Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, can be powerful treatments for a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD and alcohol addiction.
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,
“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
Research on KAP
Below are several studies about the combined effectiveness of psychotherapy and ketamine. KAP is a subject of ongoing research and is frequently covered in both mainstream media and scientific journals.
FAQs
Is KAP covered by insurance?
KAP sessions are covered by most insurance plans, subject to patients deductible and co-insurance. IV ketamine infusions are not typically covered.
Is ketamine therapy safe?
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.
What are the potential side effects of ketamine therapy?
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.
Stay Updated
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Is your friend or family member starting ketamine therapy? Our therapist offers tips on how to best support them and help them on their journey to healing.
Begin Your Journey
We know life is busy, so at Keta Medical Center, we offer evening and weekend hours to fit your schedule. Our friendly administrative staff is always available to answer your questions and address any concerns. Our goal is to support you as you embark on your mental health journey with ketamine therapy.