Resetting The Brain With Ketamine

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Sometimes talk therapy alone isn’t enough to reach the places that feel most stuck. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a powerful approach that combines the safety and support of therapy with the healing potential of ketamine. When used thoughtfully and intentionally, ketamine can quiet the mind’s usual defenses, ease anxiety and depression, and open the door to deeper insights, compassion, and self-connection.

How It Works:

In KAP, you won’t just be given medicine and left to figure it out. The process is structured, intentional, and fully supported. Typically, clients begin with a series of six sessions, each designed to build on the last. Before any ketamine is introduced, we’ll spend time preparing together — setting intentions, understanding your story, and creating a safe foundation for the work.

When it’s time for a ketamine session, the medicine is usually taken in the form of troches (lozenges), which dissolve under the tongue. These provide a gentle, sublingual administration that allows you to stay safe and grounded while also accessing new perspectives and states of awareness. During your session, you’ll be in a comfortable, supportive setting, and I’ll be present the entire time to guide, reassure, and hold space for whatever arises.

Each medicine session is followed by integration conversations, where we talk through your experience and help you make sense of what surfaced. This step is just as important as the medicine itself — it’s where insights become meaningful change in daily life. We’ll look at what the experience revealed about your patterns, your protective strategies, and your deeper self, and we’ll connect those insights to your ongoing healing journey.

Individual and Group Exploration

Alongside individual KAP sessions, many clients benefit from group ketamine sessions. In these small, supportive gatherings, participants share what they’re learning, reflect together, and recognize that they are not alone in their struggles or their growth. Group work can deepen the process by creating community, reducing isolation, and offering new perspectives.

Why This Matters

The work we do together in KAP integrates everything I bring as a therapist — from Organic Intelligence and Polyvagal Theory (helping regulate the nervous system), to IFS, EFT, and attachment-based therapy (understanding your story and relationships), to ACT, mindfulness, and spirituality (grounding your healing in values and deeper meaning). Ketamine doesn’t replace these approaches — it enhances them, opening a window where healing can move more freely.

Over the course of six sessions, clients often notice a shift: less heaviness, more clarity, and a greater sense of connection to themselves and others. KAP isn’t about chasing quick fixes. It’s about creating the conditions for real, lasting transformation — a chance to move from surviving to truly living, with support every step of the way.

Learn More:

Kelly LaPorta collaborates with a Board Certified Physician at her practice.

To learn more and find out if you may be a good fit for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, contact Kelly at 480-694-2372 or email her at kellylaportacounseling@gmail.com