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# Ketamine + Psychotherapy
- URL: https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/ketamine-psychotherapy-referral/
- Published: 2024-08-15T02:24:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-28T10:52:07.000Z
- Description: Learn more about ketamine-assisted psychotherapy assisting you.
- Author: Michael DeMarco, PhD
- Tags: at home ketamine, mental health counseling, assisted-psychotherapy, ketamine psychedelic, psychedelics, at-home ketamine, california therapists, cognitive behavioral therapy, ketamine therapy telehealth, ketamine therapy palm springs, ketamine therapist supervision, ketamine referral, ketamine-assisted therapy, ketamine therapists california, ketamine therapists new york, ketamine therapists palm springs, ketamine therapists vermont, ketamine therapists utah

[Ketamine + PsychotherapyKetamine 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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/size/w256h256/format/png/2024/06/eye-sticker-3.gif)Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyPlanetMedicines![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/2024/06/CA--NY--UT--VT-2.jpg)](https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/ketamine-psychotherapy/)

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.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/icon/eye-sticker-3-262.gif)Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyMichael DeMarco, PhD![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/thumbnail/httpspsychedelicmentalhealth.net-2-22.png)](https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/psychedelic-therapy-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-ketamine-context-competencies/)

Cognititve behavioral therapy + ketamine

[Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy — Rates, Referrals & RegistrationPsychotherapy 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.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/size/w256h256/format/png/2024/06/eye-sticker-3.gif)Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyPlanetMedicines![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/2024/06/httpspsychedelicmentalhealth.net-1-4.png)](https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/psychedelic-assisted-psychotherapy-rates-referrals-registration/)

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”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/icon/eye-sticker-3-251.gif)Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyMichael DeMarco, PhD![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/thumbnail/anime-himmel.gif)](https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/spotlight-ketamine-and-psychotherapy-for-the-treatment-of-psychiatric-disorders-systematic-review-kew-et-al-2023/)

[Spotlight: A long, strange trip: Ketamine treatment in psychiatry (Nutt, et al, 2025)″...mystical experiences were strongly related to immediate and sustained psychiatric benefits at the group level and on an individual, session-by-session basis across the six doses, providing mechanistic support for ketamine-psychotherapy pairings.”![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/icon/eye-sticker-3-298.gif)Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family TherapyMichael DeMarco, PhD![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/thumbnail/CA--NY--UT--VT-2-104.jpg)](https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/ketamine-treatment-in-psychiatry-nutt-et-al-2025/)