KETAMINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Our Approach
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine, which was first developed over 50 years ago, is a synthetic pharmaceutical compound classified as a dissociative anesthetic medication. As an anesthetic (at doses much higher than ever used in KAP, where administered doses are only about 10% to 25%) it is listed on the World Health Organization’s global list of “essential medications”
How Does Ketamine Affect Change?
This is a question with a very complex answer that we can only generally cover. The main reason for this is that the effects of ketamine on the brain are complex and its effects seem to reach multiple interactive subsystems of the mind and body simultaneously. Studies have found that ketamine was more effective than traditional antidepressants at getting across the blood-brain barrier, that it can have important effects on cerebral blood flow in areas of the brain that are believed to be areas implicated in addiction and psychiatric distress,
What is Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy? (KAP)
Ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP) is, just as the name implies, psychotherapy treatment utilizing the added leverage of the effects (both physical and transformative) of administered ketamine. But KAP truly begins even before any ketamine sessions through work with your chosen Cairn Center provider and (optimally) with the coordination of your current therapist
Is KAP Right For Me?
We understand that there is a lot to process regarding the decision to do any therapy, never mind a therapy utilizing a medication around which there is often misunderstanding and misinformation. If, after reading through our site, you want to know more, please do avail yourself of our Resources page for directions to other informative websites, links to useful