Ketamine-assisted therapy consists of several steps, all of which take place over several weeks. After you complete an initial online appointment, our psychiatrists will have to assess whether ketamine-assisted therapy is an appropriate treatment option for you. This is why you will be required to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and a physiological examination that includes blood sampling.
If the doctor agrees that you are suitable for KAT (i.e. no obvious factors that would preclude the treatment have been found), the treatment in itself takes approximately 2–5 weeks, including all therapy sessions as well as the ketamine experience. The exact duration always depends on the individual agreement between the client and the therapist.
The dates and times of all examinations, appointments, and sessions are scheduled in advance by mutual agreement between the client and our staff. Clients are advised to take a day off after the ketamine session, but throughout the rest of the process, they should be able to function as usual—no need to worry about being “out of commission” for several weeks.