Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and Integration
Psychedelic Integration Therapy is a harm reduction method to help clients prepare and integrate their non-ordinary states of consciousness. This can be through breathwork, meditation, dream work, or psychedelic medicines.
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*Keely Brannigan and Soma Counseling does not endorse illegal activity or help clients find psychedelic drugs.
What is Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)?
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Ketamine used off-label with therapy can treat the root cause of trauma and many mental health disorders. Creating lasting change, new neural pathways (neuroplasticity), and newfound growth.
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KAP is a holistic, psychedelic-assisted model that combines ketamine treatment with constant psychotherapy sessions. This model has the potential to access deeper, more meaningful insights and offers lasting change.
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Ketamine has been on the top 50 list of essential medicines by the World Health Organization. It is so safe it is routinely given to infants and animals. It has been studied for over 40 years with a high safety profile.
Ketamine is commonly prescribed off-label for mental health issues with a long track record of clinical safety. Beyond its original use as an anesthetic and analgesic, ketamine is also prescribed off label for the treatment of depression and anxiety and other mental health challenges.
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Preparation Work
Preparation work can include intention setting, diet, lifestyle changes, social supports, and taking time off to play and rest before and after the journey.
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Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction includes knowing about a substance including appropriate doses, set and setting, having a "sitter", and having access to appropriate test kits.
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Integration Therapy
Integration means wholeness. A coming together of all our parts. Non-ordinary states of consciousness can cause mystical experiences, open up shadow work, and cause insights that need time to assimilate. We need to be mirrored back. I can help you process your "downloads" (insights) from these sometimes highly impactful, sometimes difficult experiences.
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Group Integration Work
We need each other. Integration work is best done in community. Inquire with me if you are interested!
Psychedelic Integration Therapy
Keely Brannigan completed the Fluence Ketamine Assisted Therapy Intro course and Psychedelic Integration course through Journey Clinical. She also is in the process of completing the Polaris Insight Center certification course for Ketamine Assisted-Psychotherapy.
Keely has 20 years of experience with vipassana meditation. She has attended many long courses and sat daily for many years. She became a yoga instructor in 2012. Keely has integrated non-ordinary states of consciousness through breathwork, meditation, trauma-informed yoga, and conscious communication in clinical practice since 2015 in individual and group work.
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"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." - Jung