Serial Ketamine Infusions as Adjunctive Therapy to Inpatient Care for Depression
How does ketamine affect psychotherapy?
Studies suggest that human support is a factor in ketamine psychedelic therapy
cognitive behavioral therapy
cognitive behavioral therapy
Change in the Neural Response to Auditory Deviance Following Cognitive Therapy for Hallucinations in Patients With Schizophrenia (Knott, et al, 2020)
"These findings of improved auditory information processing and symptom-response attributable to CBTv suggest potential clinical and functional benefits of psychotherapeutical approaches for patients with persistent AVHs."
cognitive behavioral therapy
Spotlight: Understanding the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Study on Offenders (Saxena, et al, 2024)
"Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is well known for its effectiveness in addressing psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and borderline personality disorder, often used alongside medication."
psychedelic cognitive behavioral therapy
Spotlight: Key competencies for psychedelic treatment in real-world mental health care settings (Wolff, et al, 2025)
"To accommodate mainstream adoption of these treatments, the competencies framework we present respects the distinctive contextual and cultural sensitivities of psychedelic care while remaining anchored in established psychotherapeutic, medical, and scientific paradigms."
cbt
Spotlight: A Conversation About Black Mental Health and How CBT Can Be a Powerful Tool for Healing (2024)
"A growing body of research documents the effectiveness of CBT for racially diverse populations, including Black Americans."
ketamine
Spotlight: Understanding the Experience of Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and the Importance of Context (Stockwell, et al, 2025) Comprender la experiencia de la terapia asistida por ketamina y la importancia del contexto
"comfort in the setting supported participants to let go and was facilitated by learning about the therapist's personal experiences, a strong therapeutic alliance, and feeling safe...music also influenced the experience, facilitating a spiritual journey guiding the experience."
ketamine-assisted psychotherapy
Psychedelics in Palliative Care, Marcia Glass, Ed., Oxford University Press
with contributions by Psychedelic Institute fellows, Michael DeMarco, PhD and Thaís Salles Araujo, MD on ketamine, psilocybin mushrooms in palliative care
at home ketamine therapy
Spotlight: Ketamine’s Rapid Antidepressant Effects Mapped Brain-Wide + μ-opioid receptor?
"The deployment of mesoscale brain-wide fluctuation analysis unveils the complex, multiregional neural orchestration underlying ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects, a blueprint for future therapeutic innovation... insights gained from this research hold transformative promise..."
apprenticeships
The Importance of Psychedelic Practice and Experience for Mental Health Practitioners
This past summer I completed a 12-week therapeutic ketamine journey practicum and supervision with Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health and Family Therapy. I am excited to share my experience with you!
at home ketamine
Spotlight: Ketamine Lit Review on Mastodon (a site not owned by fascists)
Over 800 posts to date! See what's new in ongoing ketamine research spanning over 60 years.
at home ketamine
Ketamine + Psychotherapy
Learn more about ketamine-assisted psychotherapy assisting you.
psychedelics
Neural correlates and subjective experiences in meditation vs psychedelics, including ketamine (Preliminary Lit Review)
A preliminary, evolving review of the literature. (Ongoing Draft) | Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family Therapy
michael demarco therapist
About the Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family Therapy
Collaborative psychotherapy in support of medicines that may affect mental health, including ketamine
psychedelic therapist joshua tree
After psychedelic therapist training? Apprenticeship Model of Practicum & Clinical Supervision helps psychedelic therapists gain valuable experience
The Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family Therapy offers Psychedelic Practicum, Supervision, Apprenticeship, Clinical Consultation online in collaboration with an independent medical / psychiatric provider.
cbt
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 therapy
Psychedelic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Preliminary Lit Review)
An evolving overview of cognitive behavioral therapy in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and ketamine psychedelic therapy.
at-home ketamine
Increasing Access to Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy : The "proliferation of ketamine clinics" narrative and cost considerations
Psychedelic and psychiatric medicines have been studied for over 100 years as adjuncts to psychotherapy, with over 60 years of ongoing research on the off-label use of racemic ketamine, a generic medicine in various routes of administration with varying levels of support care