Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Training for Licensed Providers, 4 Day
Training Program
Live
Oct 12, 2023
–
Oct 15, 2023
1,800
–
2,300
USD
In Person
4 Days
Awarded: Certificate of Completion
Description
Over the last decade, a growing subset of clinicians, primarily psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners in collaboration with psychologists and therapists, have taken a different approach to ketamine treatment in mental healthcare. A deviation from the medicalized intravenous ketamine infusion clinics, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) uses ketamine as a psychotherapeutic tool during the post-administration (i.e. psychoactive) phase, the 40- to 60-minutes following ketamine administration. This approach has gained momentum in the U.S. by psychiatric providers and mental healthcare clinicians due in large part to the resurgence of psychedelic research in academic and clinical settings, specifically the psychotherapeutic research of psilocybin and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in treatment-resistant depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, palliative care, and end of life care [1].
However, within the psychedelic research and clinical mental health communities, there has been confusion and misinformation proliferated about available treatment approaches and options utilizing racemic ketamine. It is our intention and hope that the following will provide clarification regarding available ketamine treatment options and some distinct differences between these approaches in mental healthcare.
The 4-day intensive is a helpful overview for clinicians (e.g. nurses, psych NPs, therapists, psychiatrists) interested in incorporating racemic ketamine-assisted psychotherapy into their practice.
Earn continuing education hours & gain clearer understanding of:
ketamine dosing, therapeutic approaches, and contraindications.
mindset (e.g. intention, ceremony) and setting (e.g. therapeutic ecology) for psychotherapeutic ketamine sessions in practice.
the importance of preparation and integration.
up-to-date research regarding ketamine’s neurophysiological mechanisms of action and psychotherapeutic use.
safely implementing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy into your practice.
However, within the psychedelic research and clinical mental health communities, there has been confusion and misinformation proliferated about available treatment approaches and options utilizing racemic ketamine. It is our intention and hope that the following will provide clarification regarding available ketamine treatment options and some distinct differences between these approaches in mental healthcare.
The 4-day intensive is a helpful overview for clinicians (e.g. nurses, psych NPs, therapists, psychiatrists) interested in incorporating racemic ketamine-assisted psychotherapy into their practice.
Earn continuing education hours & gain clearer understanding of:
ketamine dosing, therapeutic approaches, and contraindications.
mindset (e.g. intention, ceremony) and setting (e.g. therapeutic ecology) for psychotherapeutic ketamine sessions in practice.
the importance of preparation and integration.
up-to-date research regarding ketamine’s neurophysiological mechanisms of action and psychotherapeutic use.
safely implementing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy into your practice.
