Yes. KAP is conducted under medical supervision through Journey Clinical, with careful screening, dosing, and monitoring. Your safety is always the priority.

Will I lose control during the session?

No. Most people remain aware of their experience. Many describe it as gaining perspective, not losing control.

What Makes This Different

• You’re guided—not left alone in the experience • You understand what’s happening—not confused by it • You process it—not just feel it • You apply it—not lose it a few days later

How quickly does it work?

Some people notice shifts early, while for others it builds over time. The goal is not just quick relief, but sustainable change.

Do I have to stop my current therapy?

No. KAP can be integrated into your existing care, or we can coordinate your treatment within our practice.

Is this covered by insurance?

The therapy portion may be covered depending on your plan. The ketamine portion is typically self-pay. We can walk you through your options.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Open Doors Life Center has partnered with Journey Clinical to offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

KAP combines ketamine treatment with therapy to help create deeper insight, emotional relief, and lasting change, especially when traditional approaches haven’t been enough on their own.

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What Is Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)?

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a type of treatment that combines ketamine with therapy to help your brain get “unstuck.”

Ketamine helps your brain loosen its usual way of thinking.

Instead of being stuck in the same loop (like overthinking, anxiety, or negative thoughts), your mind becomes more open and flexible.

Ketamine creates a window of opportunity in your brain.
But therapy is what helps you use that window.

During and after your sessions, your therapist helps you:

• understand what came up
• process emotions safely
• connect it to your real life
• build new, healthier patterns

Without therapy, people often feel better for a short time… but fall back into old habits.

With therapy, you can actually change those habits as

you begin to rewire how you think, feel, and respond.

You’re not just feeling better for a moment.
You’re learning how to be different long-term.

How It Works

We provide KAP in partnership with Journey Clinical, a trusted medical provider specializing in ketamine treatment. This allows you to receive care that is both medically sound and therapeutically guided:

This first session offers an opportunity to review the KAP-informed consent, determine whether KAP is a good fit for your presenting issues, and discuss the treatment plan and goals for KAP. Following this session, a referral will be submitted to Journey Clinical for the initial consultation.

A typical ketamine dosing session lasts between 1-2 hours and can take place either in-person at our office or remotely via telehealth. During a dosing session, you will self-administer your ketamine lozenge either in our office or in your home.

You will be in a comfortable, reclining position wearing an eye mask and listening to calming music. Although a KAP dosing session may be largely an internal experience, I will be present with you the entire time to hold space and provide support as needed.

You schedule an initial evaluation with a clinician from the Journey Clinical medical team via Zoom. They will go over your medical and psychiatric history with you, provide education on the treatment, and determine if you are eligible for KAP.

If Journey Clinical’s medical team determines that you are eligible for KAP, they will develop a personalized Ketamine prescription and outcome monitoring plan for you.

Journey Clinical’s medical staff will write a ketamine prescription for you, and a small amount of oral ketamine will be sent to your home, enough for the first 2 KAP sessions. You will be taught to take your vitals and self-administer the ketamine lozenges by Journey Clinical’s medical team in advance of our KAP sessions.

Once you receive your ketamine lozenges, we will schedule time together for our KAP preparation, dosing, and integration sessions. Preparation sessions will be scheduled just like regular therapy sessions before the KAP dosing session. The goal of a preparation session(s) is to align on the process and set intentions for our KAP sessions together.

After our KAP dosing session, we will meet for multiple integration therapy sessions to review the memories, thoughts & insights that arose during your dosing session, and to prepare for the next dosing session.

After our first KAP session, Journey Clinical’s medical team schedules regular follow-ups with you to monitor outcomes and prescribe ketamine lozenge refills, as appropriate. The frequency of follow-ups depends on your treatment plan and is at a minimum once per quarter.

What KAP May Help With

KAP may be beneficial for individuals struggling with:

Depression
Anxiety
Trauma and PTSD
Emotional numbness or feeling “stuck”
Patterns that have not improved with traditional therapy alone

Each client is carefully evaluated to determine if this approach is a good fit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Many clinics provide ketamine without therapy. While that may offer short-term relief, it often lacks the support needed for lasting change. Ketamine can create a window for change. Therapy is what makes that change stick. Without therapy, relief is often temporary. With therapy, you begin to rewire how you think, feel, and respond. KAP includes preparation, guidance, and integration—so the experience actually leads to meaningful progress.

If you’re wondering whether this could help, the next step is simple.

Schedule a consultation and let’s talk through your options.

Call or text our office today: 817-479-3105