Looking at the Whole Picture: Ketamine Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD
When you're living with depression, anxiety, or PTSD, it can feel like you're stuck inside a loop you can't break—where your thoughts, body, and emotions keep replaying the same painful patterns. That’s where ketamine therapy can shift things. But it’s not just about the medicine. It’s about the full experience—body, mind, and emotional process—working together to create real, grounded change.
More Than a Chemical Shift
Ketamine isn’t a magic fix. What it does do is offer a pause—an opening. In a guided, intentional setting, it can help loosen the grip of depressive thoughts, disrupt the racing cycle of anxiety, or create enough distance from traumatic memories to process them safely. It's a chance to approach what hurts without becoming overwhelmed by it.
But ketamine alone isn't the whole picture. That’s why I blend somatic therapy into the process. Your body holds a lot—tightness, numbness, hypervigilance. And when the medicine quiets the noise, your body often begins to speak. That’s the space where we begin to listen, to move, to feel again.
Depression: Reaching What Feels Out of Reach
Depression can dull everything. For many, the hardest part isn’t sadness—it’s the flatness. A sense that nothing matters, or worse, that you don’t. Ketamine therapy can bring some of that feeling back—not all at once, and not in a forced way—but enough to reconnect with a sense of aliveness. It might look like seeing a color more vividly, hearing a song differently, or realizing you actually care again. That opening can be subtle but powerful.
Anxiety: Easing the Constant Vigilance
Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic. Sometimes it shows up as control, perfectionism, or constant worry. Ketamine can gently quiet that inner engine, giving your nervous system a break from scanning for danger. It can allow you to experience calm without having to “earn” it by exhausting yourself. And from that place, we can explore what safety and trust feel like—especially in your own body.
PTSD: Creating Space from the Past
Trauma isn’t just a memory—it’s how your body has learned to survive. Ketamine therapy offers an experience of what it’s like to step outside those survival patterns. When guided intentionally, the medicine can help you access parts of your story without being re-traumatized by them. It can also help reconnect you to emotions that got buried, and begin to thaw the freeze response that often lingers long after trauma.
The Whole Experience Matters
The way I work is rooted in presence. I use a lozenge (troche) form of ketamine—not an IV infusion—and I stay with you throughout the session. It’s not about sending you off into the experience alone. It's about being there, grounded, to help you navigate whatever comes up. And we continue working together afterward, integrating what you experienced into your life in a way that feels real and lasting.
Because healing isn’t just about symptom relief. It’s about becoming more connected—to yourself, your body, your story, and your capacity to feel and live fully.