Healing Realms Center

We offer ketamine infusion treatment as part of our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) program from our San Francisco office in Castro District. Our therapy team works in partnership with skilled physicians to offer the assurance of safety and medical monitoring, along with transformative methods of depth-oriented psychotherapy, all within a comfortable private practice office setting.

Ketamine Infusion Treatment

​​Ketamine, increasingly prescribed as an off-label treatment for various chronic treatment-resistant mental health conditions (such as depression, alcohol and other substance dependencies, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric diagnoses) is distinguished from other psychotropic medications by its rapid onset, often producing transient relief in as soon as a few hours.​

The dissociative effects of a ketamine infusion treatment creates a time out from one’s habitual ways of thinking and ruminative worries; this tends to disrupt patterns of negative feelings and obsessional preoccupations, and creates opportunities to explore novel ways of being.
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In lower doses, some people experience empathogenic (similar to MDMA) effects, with a relaxing of typical defenses, which can greatly enhance a psychotherapy session. At higher doses, ketamine acts as a potent psychedelic and dissociative agent, often facilitating a profound transpersonal or mystical peak experience.

These sorts of peak experiences have been shown to expand one’s sense of self and understanding of existence, and are particularly well-suited for exploration with providers who are open to transpersonal inquiries. The emergence of core emotional themes can also provide a wealth of material to work with in therapy, especially in the context of a long-term therapeutic relationship.

Our Practice

Ketamine, a versatile medicine, and can be administered in a variety of ways. We respect the diversity of providers in this emerging field, and our highest priority is matching the intervention to the client’s needs.

Our practice is best suited for those who are interested in using ketamine as a tool for depth psychotherapy and/or spiritual exploration, as our focus is on the therapy process and the deeper layers of the self. This can be quite helpful for people with treatment-resistant mental health concerns, as well as those without major diagnoses who are interested in gaining greater insight into themselves and their connection to life.

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