What are Psychedelic Medicines?

“WE MAY NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORLD THAT CREATED OUR MINDS, BUT WE CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MIND WITH WHICH WE CREATED OUR WORLD”
–DR. GABOR MATE

The term psychedelic was derived from two Greek words that together mean “mind-manifesting.”

Psychedelic substances, originally derived from natural plants, have been used for centuries by various cultures in spiritual ceremonies to promote healing and well-being.

When used in a controlled and safe environment with proper support, they can be powerful tools to help treat many mood disorders such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, alcoholism, opioid addictions, eating disorders, and many other ailments of the spirit.

All psychedelic medicines, if safely used with the right supervision, dosage, and client mindset, can occasion an ego-dissolving transcendent experience. This allows the client to compassionately examine their greatest traumas, fears, addictions, and other spiritual ailments, and ultimately, overcome them.

Ketamine Assisted therapy (KAP)

A Promising Solution

Ketamine is a compound that was discovered in 1962 and found to be an extremely safe and short acting dissociative anesthetic and analgesic (pain reliever). It is FDA-approved for many indications including its use among children in emergency and operating rooms.

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

For psychedelic journeys or mood disorder treatments, sub-anesthetic doses of Ketamine that are a fraction of what would be administered to an infant during a surgical procedure are given.

When administered at these very small doses, Ketamine allows the client to experience different planes of consciousness in a similar manner to other classical psychedelic medicines. Often, it provides for “ego dissolution” which is viewed by many psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners, as the doorway to healing. FDA-approved for many indications including its use among children in emergency and operating rooms. Integration sessions are scheduled as needed to support and amplify these therapeutic gains. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy—KAP works with your conscious mind in a therapeutic process that augments the possibility for healing, growth and enhanced awareness of self and others, beyond medication alone due to the neuroplastic window that becomes available in conjunction with the medicine.

Psychedelic Integration

Ketamine-assisted therapy remains the only legal psychedelic we can provide in a therapy context. While we do not provide or condone the use of illegal substances, we acknowledge that some individuals may choose to take these substances outside of a medically advised context, despite the legal and medical risks associated with recreational use of psychedelics.

“With most medications, like valium, the anti-anxiety effect you get only lasts when it is in your system. When the valium goes away, you can get rebound anxiety. When you take Ketamine, it triggers reactions in your cortex that enable brain connections to regrow. It’s the reaction to Ketamine, not the presence of Ketamine in the body that constitutes the effect." –DR. JOHN KRYSTAL CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST, YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

There are many treatments for mood disorders including psychotherapy, pharmacological agents and helpful techniques such as EDMR, electroconvulsive therapy (ECA) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). However, many people find that one or more of these options are not providing lasting relief.

Thankfully, in the year 2000, Yale University research studies started showing positive results for treatment using low-dose ketamine infusions. Ketamine is an FDA-approved medication for anesthesia that is used every day in hospitals and emergency rooms around the world. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has placed ketamine on its list of Essential Medicines and is arguably one of the most widely used medicines in the world for sedation and pain relief.

Ketamine was discovered in 1962, first tested in humans in 1964, and approved for use in the United States in 1970. It was extensively used for surgical anesthesia in the Vietnam War due to its safety. Ketamine is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in a health system.

Since its discovery in 1962, it has been discovered that in sub-anesthetic doses to be a successful treatment of mood disorders including Depression, PTSD, OCD and Anxiety and Chronic Pain Syndromes including Central Sensitization Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Reflex Simplex Dystrophy.

According to the World Health Organization on May 27th, 2016: updates on Ketamine were presented, in which new potential medical applications were identified. Potential new therapeutic uses were identified, which included depression and anxiety disorders. The use of Ketamine for treating depression is under evaluation in Phase III clinical studies. Additionally noted in the report, levels of Ketamine abuse appeared to be declining in many countries worldwide.

The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Ketamine for both anesthesia and pain control. However, the FDA has not approved ketamine for the treatment of mood disorders or chronic pain alleviation. This is a very safe medication, but like all medications, side effects may occur. To ensure your safety, a physician will do an intake before we do your session.

“THE POTENTIAL OF THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR UNIVERSE IS, I BELIEVE, THEIR MOST VALUABLE PROPERTY” – ALEXANDER SHULGIN

If you are interested IN KAP, please complete the Ketamine Interest Form here.