Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Reduced rate KAP is now available!

What is KAP?

KAP is a unique and revolutionary therapeutic method, used to address a variety of mental health conditions, including but not limited to:

  • Treatment resistant depression

  • PTSD

  • Addiction disorders

  • Eating disorders

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Generalized anxiety disorder

  • Suicidal ideation

KAP harnesses the power of psychotherapy in addition to the intensive opportunity provided by ketamine-induced expanded states of consciousness, as well as the well known biological antidepressant effect of ketamine itself.

 

What to expect?

  • Intake: We have a detailed medical and psychological intake process to allow us to provide the best possible care for our clients.

  • Preparation sessions: Provides an overview of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and prepares the client for the journey ahead. Includes establishing informed consent, clarifying intentions, sharing motivations and fears, and discussing what to expect and best practices for engaging in a psychedelic journey.

  • Treatment: A three hour session including a supported ketamine journey followed by integration.

  • Post-Treatment Integration: 2-3 days after treatment, optional for patients already working with therapists, required for patients who are not in ongoing therapy.

Safe and healing set and setting

Our office space is intentionally created and curated to provide our patients with a safe, comforting and healing set and setting to facilitate journeys into non-ordinary states of consciousness. Patients are encouraged to bring keepsakes that are meaningful and important to them during their treatment.

 

Music therapy and journaling

We have partnered with Wavepaths and offer unique and customizable music playlist to choose from during our treatment sessions. Music is well known to influence the quality and content of experience, and we want to optimize the therapeutic power of music for all patients, while retaining patient agency over the choice of music.

If desired, patients can be provided with a journal to serve as a roadmap to one’s path to healing and to document psychological and emotional progress.

Fees for KAP:

Full 3 hour session including preparation, medicine session, and anchoring/integration with one of our licensed psychotherapists: $680

Medical and psychological intakes with prescriber and psychotherapist: $375 for both

Medication prescription for ketamine lozenges involves an additional cost of $100-$150 for enough meds for the full 6-8 session treatment arc

Intramuscular KAP 3 hour session (involves an additional $25 for in-office medication and supplies): $705

Intramuscular “short IM” session - 2 hours in-office: $525

Reduced Rate KAP

We are now offering reduced rate KAP sessions with Jamie Samowitz, our psychedelic therapist-in-training (more about Jamie below).

Rates:

  • Medical intake: $200 (one time fee)

  • Medicine and shipping: $180 (one time fee)

  • Preparation sessions: $25/hour

  • KAP sessions: $325 for three hours

  • Integration sessions: $25/hour

If these rates are cost prohibitive, please reach out to inquire about our limited number of subsidized openings for BIPOC, students, and income restricted individuals: jamie@sapiencetherapy.com.

In order to support treatment effectiveness and depth, clients will be required to sign up for a package that includes two preparation sessions, four KAP sessions, and four integration sessions. After a client has completed that package, they may sign up for additional individual KAP and integration sessions as desired.

Jamie is thrilled to be completing a clinical practicum at Sapience Therapy. She is a second year graduate student at Smith College School for Social Work, where she co-founded the school’s first psychedelic society. Jamie also has a Masters of Science in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England. She is in an intensive year-long training at the Integrative Psychiatry Institute to be certified as a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider and is also trained in therapeutic memory reconsolidation. Her approach is experiential, depth-oriented, and grounded in the neuroscience of transformational change. Her work is also informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS).

If you are interested, please send an email to jamie@sapiencetherapy.com to schedule a free Discovery Call and begin the application process.

Upcoming Projects

  • KAP Palliative care program - We are working on creating a KAP program for end-of-life care. Our friends at caring.com have graciously offered to share resources on caregiver burnout. Please find their manual here.

  • Ketamine IV infusions - We are beginning to offer IV ketamine infusions starting this fall. Please reach out to scheduling@sapiencetherapy.com for more details.