Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) involves administering a controlled, low dose of ketamine alongside psychotherapeutic support. Unlike traditional antidepressants, which may take weeks to show effects, ketamine induces rapid and lasting improvements in mood and cognition. Psychotherapy helps integrate these experiences, fostering deep healing and personal growth. Our six-session protocol over 2–3 weeks provides maximum benefit. KAP differs from traditional talk therapy in its speed and depth. While standard therapy takes months to yield meaningful change, KAP, in conjunction with naturopathic interventions, achieves rapid, profound improvements. Ketamine’s antidepressant and anxiolytic effects quickly alleviate symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, guiding patients through transformative self-exploration. This healing journey begins with self-exploration and recognition of limiting patterns. By combining psychotherapy with psychedelic journeys, we go beyond symptom management to address root causes. At Sacred Journeys, we ensure a safe, supported environment for deep inner work. Our process includes comprehensive preparation, guided sessions, and post-treatment integration. We empower patients with tools for reflection and self-awareness, enabling them to incorporate insights into daily life for sustained well-being.
What to expect before a session
Initial Steps
Let’s start by getting to know each other. Schedule a free consultation to learn more about why ketamine infusions may be the answer to your transformation. We’ll ask you to fill out a short intake form so we can better understand your background, your current situation, and your prior understanding of ketamine. Our patient care coordinator will contact you to set up an initial appointment with Dr. Tim Frank and answer any logistical questions you may have.
Come with an intention
It helps to set off with a clear intention to get the most out of your treatment. Consider which issues or concerns you want to explore. Your mental health provider, counselors, or life coaches can help you focus your treatment intention.
Come with an open mind
You are here seeking transformation. As you start this exploration, know that powerful, even intense, experiences are what lead us to meaningful change. When we can let go and flow with whatever experience comes, we allow ketamine to be the dynamic guide and healer it is.
Treatment Preparation
You are about to explore the depths of your subconscious mind in a safe environment to find out how much remains hidden and forgotten. The mindset you take into your sessions impacts what you can get out of the experience. Prior to treatment, we encourage you to reflect on your objectives and intentions for treatment. This will help you reconnect with your core beliefs, values, objectives, and authentic self.
Come with an open heart
Ketamine therapy guides us to the emotions, memories, and concepts our hearts, minds, and souls want us to explore. It guides us through them so that we may overcome that which has blocked us from our potential. The rewards of ketamine therapy are found more quickly when we embrace whatever we encounter on the journey with no judgment. It is in following the path that we can access the treatment’s lasting effects.
Ketamine Infusion Session
Sacred Journeys' focus is on ensuring that each ketamine infusion session is not only personally meaningful and therapeutically significant but also safe, comforting, and transformational. You will be immersed in intentionally curated sounds, scents, atmosphere, and intentions, with the goal of encouraging a transformative experience.
You are safe
All you need to do is focus on transformation so we ensure you feel as safe and secure as possible. Throughout your entire treatment, Dr. Tim will closely monitor your vital signs with state-of-the-art equipment so you can embark on your journey of inner exploration.
A Calming Environment
At Sacred Journeys, we offer Bose noise-canceling headphones and an eyeshade to augment inward travel. At the same time, you listen to a personally curated playlist, guided meditations, or your preference. Each session takes place in a private room where you are seated in a reclining chair.
Amplify the experience
Studies show that music can evoke and attune not only our moods and physical and mental states but also our heart rate, breath rate, and blood pressure. To amplify ketamine’s effects, we use scientifically composed music from playlists curated by our team to enhance your experience.
There are unhealed episodes in everyone’s life and history that are powerful and profound. These moments of uncomfortable truths are sacred, and something extraordinary occurred in them that we can’t dismiss. Honor that truth and its wisdom—it holds the key to liberation.
- Dr. Tim Frank
Medically supervised Ketamine Assisted Therapy (KAT) is enhanced by integrating other modalities such as Naturopathic Medicine, emotional and lifestyle counseling, acupuncture, and bodywork. These methods work together to physically open blocked energy pathways and support an individual's physical and energetic transformation. By adding psychedelic journeys to an already robust Naturopathic Medical practice, we can better assist clients in healing from trauma-based wounds to new levels of self-actualization.