While under the influence of ketamine, people report experiencing a state of relaxation and heightened conscious awareness. The interface of remaining physically relaxed and simultaneously alert and aware is an expanded state of consciousness and if expertly navigated, can lead to a disruption in automatic patterns of negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
We will prepare you for your ketamine dose session and the therapeutic journey. We spend time discussing your intention or reason for the journey, establishing the Set of the journey.
We will teach you some self-care and self-soothing skills to practice before your journey. We will guide you in preparing for your journey in every detail. When you are ready, after one or two sessions of preparation, we will stay with you for your entire journey.
Effects are felt in about 20 minutes and last for about 40-45 minutes, depending on how your body metabolizes the drug. The drug effects make it easier to go into deeper states of consciousness, not possible without years of meditation practice, or another psychedelic. The rest of the time is spent on integrating your experience.
You will experience both a guided session and a self-directed session. In a guided session, your therapist will take you into a pre-planned specific memory. In a self-directed journey, you let the medicine take you into yourself. You have options. We invite you to make the session yours by letting us know your preferences.