Unlocking Healing: Understanding Ketamine Assisted Therapy for Complex Trauma and Dissociation

When we hear the word "psychedelic," images of mind-altering substances often come to mind—LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, and others that induce a journey into altered states of consciousness. But what if I told you psychedelics are more than just substances? At its core, "psychedelic" derives from the Greek words "psyche" (mind) and "delos" (to manifest). Essentially, psychedelics reveal aspects of our unconscious, those hidden realms of our psyche that are normally inaccessible during our waking state.

… ketamine and psychedelic-assisted therapies are currently the wild west of the mental health field. I have no doubt there will eventually be a governing psychedelic-assisted therapy board that provides oversight, standards, and best practices, but currently such a board doesn’t exist. This means that anyone can hang their shingle saying they are a KAP therapist and offer this work without adequate training or oversight.

This blog article includes a transcription of Lauren Going’s webinar: “What is Ketamine Assisted Therapy?” for those who prefer to read content rather than watch it! You may also access the webinar recording via this blog post.

This blog article includes a transcription of Eleanor Bramwell’s webinar: “What is Microdosing?” for those who prefer to read content rather than watch it! You may also access the webinar recording via this blog post.

If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you have probably heard about Matthew Perry’s cause of death, listed as ‘acute effects of ketamine’. Unfortunately this pithy statement is greatly misleading and serves to demonize one of the safest, fastest-acting, and most effective treatments for depression and other mental health and addictive disorders available today. Learn more about the safety and positive effects of Ketamine in this blog edition by co-founder, Lauren Going, LCSW-C

With psychedelic research pouring out of esteemed universities like Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Stanford…. plant medicine work is surging in popularity. And for good reason! Users are reporting huge benefits to their mood, mental health, focus and overall being! Preliminary research suggests that because micro dosing increases neuroplasticity users are more able to rewire the brain- resulting in lasting changes post microdose protocol.