1. Toward an Ethos
in
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Veronika Gold, LMFT
Eric Sienknecht, PsyD

2. KETAMINE

3. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
vs
Ketamine Treatment
Treatment room at Polaris Insight CenterTreatment room at IV infusion clinic

4. Treatment Indications
◇ Treatment Resistant
Depression
◇ Anxiety Disorders, OCD
◇ PTSD
◇ Addictions
◇ Some forms of chronic pain
◇ Psycho-spiritual growth
process
Contraindications
◇ Personality Disorder
◇ Delusional Disorder
◇ Bipolar with caution
◇ Uncontrolled HTN
◇ Cardiovascular Disease
◇ Kidney or liver disease

5. Sacredness of the Journey

6. Mystical
Experience
Questionnaire
(MEQ)
Responses
After a
Single Dose
IM KAP
Session,
n = 19

7. Activation of
and
Trust in
the
Inner
Healing
Intelligence

8. Titrating the
Experience

9. Treatment Protocol for Lozenge Sessions
◇ Medical and Psychological Assessment and Intake Session
◇ 2-6 in office sessions with low-moderate dose lozenges over 2-
week period
◇ Education and guidance to prepare for at-home low dose
sessions when indicated
◇ Therapist contact after every at-home session
◇ Patient required to have own therapist for weekly sessions
◇ Maintenance phase: less frequent sessions and/or IM sessions

10. The Healing Potential
of
Non-Ordinary States of
Consciousness

11. LIN

12. LIN 1 2 3 4 6
Change of
state 1 2 2.6 2.9
BDI - II
(63)
21 7 3
HAM-A
(56)
26 16 4 2
PCL-5
(80)
59 33
Resiliency
(14)
PTGI-X
(125)
6 11
79

13. Experiential
Learning

14. Sharon

15. Sharon 1 2 3 6
Change of
state 2.2 2.7 2.8
BDI - II
(63)
28 11 4 3
HAM-A
(56)
12 6 5 8
MEQ
90

16. Integration

17. ◇ The Ketamine Training Institute: www.theketaminetrainingcenter.com
◇ Kriya Institute: www.kriyainstitute.com
◇ Kriya Conference on November 9th and 10th, 2019, at Nueva School
in Hillsborough, California
ACCESS to Ketamine Therapy
Access to Care Donations:
https://www.ketamineresearchfoundation.com
TRAINING IN KETAMINE ASSISTED
PSYCHOTHERAPY

18. Polaris Insight Center
4257 18th St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
415.800.7083
polarisinsight.com
info@polarisinsight.com
veronika@polarisinsight.com
eric@polarisinsight.com
THANK YOU!!!