Ketamine Assisted Therapy

Ketamine assisted therapy offers an incredible opportunity for us to reconnect to what we are authentically experiencing inside by removing the barriers to feeling.  Many of our emotional barriers stem from deep patterns of emotional repression that we often don’t know how to begin gaining awareness of let alone know what to do with. This can leave us in states of distress, confusion, and hopelessness as we try everything to heal and nothing seems to make a difference.

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic and pain reliever that is now being offered to treat mood disorders, PTSD, addiction, and chronic pain conditions. Ketamine is thought to interact with the NMDA receptor and the neurotransmitter glutamate, allowing the brain to reset and restore connections between nerves. It provides relief to the nervous system, inviting the body, mind, and spirit to relax.

Experiencing ease, especially when we have chronic pain or stored trauma in our bodies, can be healing in itself. The medicine also reduces the fear response in the brain and allows us to be in a state of observation of our inner experience. It provides an opportunity to connect with our inner healing intelligence from a state of presence rather than fear. This can create vast changes in our experience of ourselves and life. It can help us gain perspective about past or current situations, revisit memories both positive and negative in a way that can create meaning, and it offers a sense of ease by providing us with the ability to be with ourselves and reality from a state of calm curiosity.

After just two years of offering this service, I have witnessed incredible healing at rainfallmedicine and I believe strongly in this medicine’s ability to offer quick, deep healing. It can help us move forward on our path of healing with leaps in places we can often only take steps towards in our daily lives. It is especially supportive for those who feel stuck in their healing and unsure how to move forward. 

This service is widely available but the importance of having support during the process is often overlooked. It is vulnerable to allow ourselves to experience altered states. In this vulnerability, it is vital that an environment of trust and care is offered to create a sense of safety while exploring uncharted territory. I facilitate ketamine assisted therapy at rainfallmedicine where I offer direct support before, during, and after ketamine sessions.