Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy | Guilford, CT & Online.

When you've tried everything, and everything hasn't worked.

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) can open doors that talk therapy sometimes can't. I provide the preparation and integration work that gives meaning to the medicine.

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Maybe you've been in therapy for years. Maybe you've tried the medications, done the work, said all the words, but things haven’t changed.

That's not a failure on your part. KAP is showing remarkable results for helping with:

Severe or treatment-resistant depression
Anxiety
Trauma, PTSD, and C-PTSD
OCD
Substance use
And a growing list of conditions as research expands

What KAP actually is

Ketamine is a legal, prescribed medicine that, at low doses in a supported setting, temporarily quiets the mind's usual defenses. For a few hours, the thought patterns that normally run the show loosen their grip. The brain becomes more open, more malleable, more able to form new ways of thinking and feeling.

The medicine alone isn't the therapy.

What makes KAP work is what you do around it: the intention going in, and the meaning you make coming out. That's my role in the process, and it's where the lasting change happens.

How it Works

Preparation

Before any dosing, we meet for prep sessions: getting to know each other, building trust, setting your intentions, and walking through exactly what to expect. If you're not already my client, this is where we begin.

The Dosing Journey

I partner with Better U, whose providers handle the medical side: the med evaluation, the prescription, and the medicine itself, which is delivered to your home. The medicine journey can happen in my office or in the comfort of your own home. For at-home sessions, we meet virtually and arrange for someone to be home with you, just in case. (In some cases, when geography allows, I can even come to you.) Most people start with a series of 9 to 12 dosing sessions, though your prescriber tailors that to your situation.

Integration

This is the heart of it, and the key to the whole treatment. Right after each journey, or within a day or two while your mind is at its most open, we meet to work with what came up: the images, the memories, the shifts in perspective. We turn the experience into lasting change. This usually means 1 to 3 integration sessions per dosing session.

Dosing may be spaced anywhere from weekly to monthly depending on your goals, and many clients continue with maintenance sessions every few months after a series ends. There's no one path; we follow what your healing needs.

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Cost & Logistics

There are two costs. The medical side is handled by Better U and billed separately through their program; you'll find their current pricing on their site [link]. My fee is my standard hourly rate: a combined KAP session with preparation, the medicine journey, and integration runs about 2.5 to 3 hours.

On insurance. KAP is currently an off-label treatment, so insurance doesn't cover the dosing journeys (this may well change in the coming years). If I accept your insurance, your prep and integration sessions may be billable. We'll map out the real numbers ahead of time so there are no surprises.

It's an investment. And for the conditions KAP treats best, it can be a life-changing one.

What clients say about working with me

People who have done this work with me describe feeling more open, more free. They talk about finally being able to set down burdens they'd carried for decades, and about making room for shifts in how they think and feel that actually last.

I won't promise you a miracle. What I'll promise is a safe, prepared, deeply supported process, and my full presence in it with you.

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Frequently Asked Questions

That depends on your situation and your prescriber's guidance, but most people start with a series of 9 to 12 dosing sessions, spaced anywhere from weekly to monthly, with integration sessions in between. After that, some do a shorter second round, and many come back for maintenance sessions every few months.
In a medical context, ketamine has been used safely for decades. In KAP, it's prescribed by a medical provider, dosed carefully, and taken in a supported setting with preparation and follow-up. That's a world away from a party drug!
No. If you're working with a prescriber and need a therapist for preparation and integration, we can begin with standalone prep sessions and go from there.
Completely. Most people are. That's exactly what the preparation sessions are for: by the time you begin a journey, you won't be walking into the unknown, and you won't be doing any of it alone.
Sometimes, yes. I'm a feminist therapist, and that shapes everything about my work. The men who do well with me are usually questioning or actively pushing back against patriarchy and traditional ideas of masculinity, and are drawn to nurturing their softer, more intuitive side. If that resonates, reach out. If not, I'm probably not the right fit, and that's okay.