Tele-health provided for your convenience
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Telehealth Therapy
Telehealth services include phone or video conferencing using a HIPAA compliant software platform for use throughout the state of California. This is a great option for the busy professional, caregivers, those recovering from surgeries/illnesses, etc.
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
I offer a therapeutic modality called Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in partnership with an organization called Journey Clinical. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic modality in which ketamine is used as a complement to psychotherapy to help eligible patients experience more frequent breakthroughs and sustained improvement in symptoms. I take on the psychotherapy portion of the experience, while Journey Clinical’s medical team supports you on all medical aspects. This includes determining eligibility, developing a custom treatment plan, prescribing the medicine and monitoring outcomes.
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine is a legal, safe and effective medicine used to treat a wide variety of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety and PTSD, OCD, substance use disorder and many others. Ketamine has rapidly acting antidepressant and mood-enhancing effects, which can begin to take effect within 1-2 hrs. after treatment. It works by blocking the brain’s NMDA receptors as well as by stimulating AMPA receptors, which are thought to help form new synaptic connections and boost neural circuits that regulate stress and mood. Ketamine has also been shown to enhance overall neuroplasticity for lasting symptom improvement. Ketamine can be administered in a variety of ways, including IV infusion, intramuscular injection, via nasal spray and using sublingual lozenges. In my work, we only use the sublingual lozenge form.
The effects of ketamine, which most patients find pleasant, last for approximately 45 minutes. These effects can make you feel “far from” your body, and facilitate shifts in perception that can often feel expansive in nature. Your motor and verbal abilities will be reduced, so you’ll be lying down in a comfortable position during the experience. Once these effects subside, we’ll spend the remainder of our appointment giving you space to process and discuss your experience. While it may feel hard to articulate what happens during the experience, patients feel like the insights gained are clear.
We are happy to announce that we can offer package deals that include 18 weeks (4.5 months) of treatment!
This includes:
2 visits to our nurse practitioner for assessment and follow up
prescriptions mailed directly to you
2 initial exploratory sessions to set up and understand clearly what the integrative work is to be worked on in treatment.
8 treatment sessions that are 2 hours long. This includes a therapist sitting with you virtually as you are comfortably in your own home environment during your treatment.
8 integrative sessions with your therapist in between treatment sessions to gain the maximum scientifically proven benefit for your best outcome.
Price is $5,075
Prescription cost is separate. We have notice an uptrend that insurance companies are now starting to cover this cost for you. If this is the case you can submit your receipt to insurance for reimbursement and they will reimburse you directly.
We are happy to provide superbills. We do not bill insurance companies.
Two options to acquire this package deal.
Pay upfront for a 5% discount (savings of $253.75)
You can pay as you go
We do accept any credit card including HSA, FSA and Care Credit cards.
