Ketamine Therapy

1. Phone Consultation

An initial phone call or email to our office to inquire about treatment options, clinicians, and pricing. We have a number of clinicians providing treatment and a wide range of prices including low-cost ketamine treatment options.

2. Optional 10 Minute Consultation

You can schedule a no-cost 10-minute consultation call with one of our Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (Natasha Felton PNP, Anne Gallenstein PNP, and Ilya Bernstein NP and PNP intern) to discuss your treatment goals and options. Note that this step is optional, and some patients prefer to skip it and move directly to scheduling an intake appointment with one of the clinicians on our ketamine treatment team.

3. Schedule an In-Person or Telehealth Appointment

Schedule an in-person or telehealth initial appointment with one of the clinicians on our ketamine treatment team.

4. Intake Paperwork

Complete your online intake “paperwork” before your appointment.

5. Initial Evaluation Appointment

This is your opportunity to connect with your clinician, share your story, discuss any medical issues, and ask any questions you may have about treatment options. This will help you and your clinician determine if ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) is safe for you, and will be helpful for your unique needs and mental health goals.

6. Optional Goal Setting and Preparation Session(s)

Some patients prefer to have one or several appointments with their clinician to get to know each other better and more comprehensively discuss their stories and goals. Much, but not all, research on KAP includes several preparatory talk therapy sessions before beginning the medicine treatment sessions.

7. Ketamine Treatment Session

Ketamine treatments are available in our Park Slope, Brooklyn office. Sessions typically last about 2 to 2.5 hours. You will collaborate with your clinician to determine the mode of administration - oral or by injection - with the option to adjust from session to session depending on what works best for you. Your clinician will be with you through the entire experience, and save time to talk before and after the session. Plan on a light, calm day after the treatment.

8. Optional, but Strongly Recommended 45-minute Long Integration Session

A 45-minute long integration session within 72 hours of your ketamine treatment session to optimize its effect. In this window of time, your brain has a much higher capacity for neuroplasticity (the growth and rewiring of functions in some way that differs from how it previously functioned) which allows you to make more rapid and significant progress toward your mental health goals.

9. Repeat

We recommend an initial series of four to eight ketamine-assisted psychotherapy treatments followed by integration sessions over two to ten weeks.

10. Long-Term Integration

For months or even years after the ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions, you can continue to discuss the rich material that comes up in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions in ongoing therapy with your ketamine clinician or another therapist.

11. Maintenance

For some people a series of four to eight treatments is sufficient. For others, ongoing maintenance treatment with ketamine ranging from once a month to every six months is a way to hold on to the benefits of treatment and remain well.