Responsive Conditions
Including but not limited to:
· Psychospiritual growth and exploration
· Depression
· Anxiety
· Anger
· PTSD- Integration of trauma
· Chronic Pain
· Neurologic disorders
· OCD
· Addictions
· Mal-adaptive eating
· Life transitions and adjustment
· Relationships
· Repair of attachment wounds
· Grief
· Death anxiety
Overall Goals
Open your heart and mind.
Help you learn about your Self (body, mind, emotions, thought patterns, belief systems, triggers, and how your past has and is currently influencing you.) To know thyself.
Allow healing of the body and mind through repatterning thoughts and the nervous system.
Gain the skills that will enable you to reach mild expanded states of consciousness through other practices such as mindfulness, meditation, breath work, etc.
To successfully integrate the insights gained from the journey into your life and make the necessary life changes that will allow you to move through life in a more meaningful, joyful, peaceful, and loving way.
Ketamine Therapy Process
Medical Evaluation
A medical evaluation will determine if Ketamine therapy is safe for you and may be of benefit to you. An appointment with an MD, DO, NP, or PA is necessary. If it is determined that you are a candidate for Ketamine therapy, you may be given a prescription and instructions. A Ketamine journey preparation appointment will then be scheduled.
Journey: Preparation
Journey preparation helps prepare the mind, body, and life for a transformational experience. You will receive a workbook with tips, tools, and strategies to navigate the experience. During the preparation visit we will discuss what to expect technically, physically, and mentally. We will discuss lifestyle measures to modify, items to bring, diet restriction, assist with intentions, and formulate an integration plan. We will assess your needs, wants, and expectations. It is our goal to help you understand the importance and seriousness of this work and that you feel safe and ready.
Journey: What to Expect
The length of ketamine sessions varies from person to person and from experience to experience. You will primarily be internally focused for the first 30 to 90 minutes or more. Most people feel complete after 45-90 minutes, some sooner, some longer.
The choice of dose and route will depend on prior exposure to ketamine and other psychedelics, body weight, sensitivity, medical history, and history of personal growth work.
Journey: Setting
It is our goal to provide a quiet comfortable setting. There will be a reclining chair or couch to lay back on. You will wear eye shades and headphones. There will be music designed for Ketamine journeys to listen to the entire time. Your vital signs will be taken, and any last-minute questions or discussion will be addressed. You will be asked to empty your bladder immediately prior to the journey. Someone will remain with you the entire time. When your journey is complete there will be time allotted for reflection.
Journey: Common Experiencs
- Depersonalization- Oneness
- Loss of ego boundaries
- Recall of forgotten memories, life events, people, feelings
- Distortion of body image
- Synesthesia- the mixing of senses, hearing smells, seeing sound
- Change in physical sensations- arms & legs may feel heavy, light, or absent
- Thoughts- no thoughts, the void, racing thoughts
- Emotional liability- laughing to crying
- Time distortions
- Death experience
- Astro travel
- Visions/visits with non-human forms
Journey: Common Aftereffects
- Increased love of self, others, and life
- Increased psychological flexibility
- Increased emotional empathy, “feelings”
- Increased ability to process emotions w/out becoming overwhelmed
- Improved feelings of closeness to self and others
- Increased sense of trust in self and others
- Increased gratitude
- Increased energy
- Deeper understanding of self
- Expanded perception of life
- Broader emotional range
- Greater resilience
- Sense of calm and peace
- Deepened interpersonal skills
- Clearing of old thought patterns that are no longer serve oneself
- Respect for emotions rather than fears
- Physical symptom relief
- Ability to connect the dots- behavioral/emotional patterns
- Decreased death anxiety
- Decreased this is me and this is other, we centric
- Decreased social rejection, exclusion
- Decreased rigidity of thinking- fixating
- Decrease in abandonment and isolation feelings
- Decreased self-blame and judgement of self and others
Integration
Integration is the act of processing and reflecting on any material that arose during your journey (insights, visions, memories, feelings, somatic sensations, etc.) It is a conscious effort to remember and put to use the experience. It is a time to complete any unfinished journey experiences.
Integration increases your understanding of the experience and enhances your ability to use the experience to create lasting, positive change in your life. Integration can last days to many years. It is often difficult to find people who understand what you have and are going through. We are here for additional integration appointments as needed.
Neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain and nervous system to form and reorganize nerve cell connections, especially in response to learning.) is highly active the first few days after the journey and may continue for weeks. This is a critical time for reprogramming. The more effort put into this process the more the benefit.
Follow Up
Follow up is determined on an individual basis. Your practitioner and you together will develop your care plan