Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) group offerings are created to foster a supportive healing container that enhances KAP's benefits. The benefits of KAP can be augmented when provided in a group context, where there is a shared sense of connection, belonging, and healing with the support of others.
Group offerings are intended for those looking to explore KAP in a healing community to enhance connection and decrease isolation as a remedy for the loneliness many are experiencing now. This group is here to support the softening of our unconscious defense strategies and habituated fear patterns by engaging in this heart-opening and sacred work. The healing act of human connection helps us to move away from the isolation of I and into the support and belonging of the group as WE.
As we navigate our lives, it's powerful to connect with others who share parts of our human experiences. We strive to create collective spaces to explore the wonderful, weird, and difficult things about being us, in our own ways, in this particular place and time. TOGETHER.
What is the structure of KAP Group Therapy?
There are a maximum of 6 participants per group cohort session, starting with an individual psychiatric and medical evaluation for safety and eligibility for KAP. The five-week structure includes a preparation session (2 hours), three group KAP sessions (Intramuscular administration, 4 hours each), and five KAP group integration sessions (90 minutes each) that will be interspersed throughout. All sessions are held in person and facilitated by KAP-trained therapist JuliaChafets, LICSW, and KAP provider Katie Whitaker, PMHNP.
If this group is for you, please click the above link and submit the contact request. We will schedule an initial consultation and screening for eligibility. You will receive a complete medical and psychiatric evaluation appointment before the start of the group to make sure Ketamine is a safe medicine for you. This evaluation can be submitted to insurance for reimbursement. Thereafter, we require a $500 non-refundable deposit to secure your place in the group.
Total Cost is $1750 for the entire KAP Group Therapy 5-week session, including the ketamine medicine, three KAP group therapy sessions (4 hrs each), one KAP preparation session (2 hrs), and four integration therapy sessions (90 minutes each).
Your individual medical and psychiatric evaluation will be submitted through your insurance (in network with BCBS of Vermont, MVP, Medicaid, and Medicare).
Sliding fee scale & payment plans are available. Please inquire!
For group participants, additional individual support (e.g., a 60-minute session) is available outside of the listed group gatherings for an additional fee and can be submitted to insurance.
