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Ketamine + Psychotherapy

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Michael DeMarco, PhD

by Michael DeMarco, PhD

Ketamine + Psychotherapy
Ketamine therapy Palm Springs | Ketamine Therapy New York
Ketamine + Psychotherapy
Ketamine assisted psychotherapy, ketamine preparation, integration, and support via telehealth | Licensed psychotherapist (LMFT) CA, NY, UT, VT | On location in Palm Springs / Joshua Tree / Coachella, California
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Details on how we approach ketamine-assisted psychotherapy

Psychedelic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: On Ketamine, Context, and Competencies in “Assisted-Psychotherapy”
There are many tools to help a psychotherapist help clients learn to speak the language of cognitive behavioral therapy, especially tools which may help facilitate therapeutic alliance, including, but not limited to telehealth.
Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyMichael DeMarco, PhD

Cognititve behavioral therapy + ketamine

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy — Rates, Referrals & Registration
Psychotherapy via telehealth from the Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family Therapy is available for residents of CA, NY, UT and VT. Local appointments available in the Greater Palm Springs | Joshua Tree area.
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Our psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy ketamine program is by independent medical referral. Once you've been prescribed therapeutic ketamine, psychotherapy begins with a preparation session before your first time working with the medicine.

Spotlight: Ketamine and psychotherapy for the treatment of psychiatric disorders: systematic review (Kew, et al, 2023)
″...Outcomes were largely positive for the addition of psychotherapy to ketamine treatment...The combination of psychotherapy and ketamine offers promise for the treatment of psychiatric disorders”
Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyMichael DeMarco, PhD

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