Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a growing therapeutic modality offering new pathways to healing, connection, and insight. Whether you’re a clinician providing KAP, a client preparing for your first session, or a psychonaut preparing for your 100th journey, the environment and tools you choose matter. How you prepare, how you experience, and especially how you integrate afterward  can significantly influence therapeutic outcomes. How Important is Preparation? Keta

Many clinicians are introduced to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) after having solid training in other modalities, thoughtful intention, and a deep respect for the medicine. And yet when KAP begins intersecting with developmental or complex trauma, something often shifts. Clients who have experienced complex trauma or C-PTSD are not simply integrating something that happened to them. Often, they are developing capacities that were never fully formed in the first place

For many clinicians (especially those of us practicing in brain-body, somatic, psychedelic-assisted, or relational frameworks) traditional treatment planning can feel misaligned with how the work actually unfolds. The forms ask for clarity before clarity exists. They require linear goals in systems that heal non-linearly. They often prioritize diagnosis, compliance, and prediction over consent, pacing, and lived experience. And yet treatment planning remains a necessary part

A calm therapy space designed for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions If you’ve trained in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and still feel unsure how to build a sustainable practice around it, you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re actually encountering a gap that many thoughtful clinicians hit; often quietly, and often alone. You learned the protocols. You understand safety, ethics, and preparation. You know ketamine can be powerful when used intentionally. A

In recent years, trauma-informed  has become part of our shared clinical language. For many therapists, this shift has felt affirming; bringing long-overdue attention to safety, power dynamics, and the nervous system. At the same time, it has raised important questions: What does it actually mean to practice trauma-informed therapy? Does being trauma-informed mean we should treat trauma directly? How do we name our role clearly, without pressure to practice outside our traini

You may have heard Brainspotting's tagline " Where you look affects how you feel” (Grand, 2013).  This means that when we access a Brainspot; we also access the emotional, physiological, and neurological charge associated with what is being processed. Tracking intensity and activation can help clients put language and measurement to a process that might feel otherwise abstract and unexplainable. One of the simplest tools we use to support this tracking is the Subjective Uni

Explore how brain-body trauma therapy uses somatics, brainspotting, and ketamine-assisted integration to support lasting change.

Explore how brain-body trauma therapy uses somatics, brainspotting, and ketamine-assisted integration to support lasting change.

Brain-Body Therapist Pointing to Brain Diagram The field of psychedelic-assisted therapy is rapidly expanding, with ketamine leading the...

Brain-Body Therapist Pointing to Brain Diagram The field of psychedelic-assisted therapy is rapidly expanding, with ketamine leading the...

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) has gained popularity as an alternative to traditional talk therapy over the past several years. ...

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) has gained popularity as an alternative to traditional talk therapy over the past several years. ...

For many adults I work with, there’s a quiet ache that feels hard to name. It often shows up as self-doubt, shame, or difficulty trusting...

For many adults I work with, there’s a quiet ache that feels hard to name. It often shows up as self-doubt, shame, or difficulty trusting...

New Brainspotting Certification Requirements (Effective November 1, 2025)

New Brainspotting Certification Requirements (Effective November 1, 2025)

Last week, I shared a bit about my personal journey during the pilot episode of UnBoxed Healing: DePathologize This!   My own mental...

Last week, I shared a bit about my personal journey during the pilot episode of UnBoxed Healing: DePathologize This!   My own mental...

In a world where misinformation about gender-affirming care is prevalent, access to trustworthy resources has never been more important....

In a world where misinformation about gender-affirming care is prevalent, access to trustworthy resources has never been more important....