What is the difference between Talk therapy and MindBody therapy?

Talk therapy allows clients to talk through the thoughts and emotions they are aware of, in their consciousness.

MindBody therapy helps clients grow awareness in how their bodies are holding onto trauma, in their subconsciousness. It encourages them to reconnect the mind and the body, as they are not separate or independent of one another. Working with the body empowers clients to work through trauma, and feel less stuck in it.

What are some of the techniques used in MindBody therapy?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychedelic Somatic Interactive Psychotherapy (PSIP), and more.

What is Assisted Psychotherapy?

Assisted Psychotherapy uses medicine or substances that can alter states of consciousness, allowing new ways to process thoughts and feelings. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is currently legal and available here in Kansas. The FDA is in the process of evaluating the use of MDMA for the treatment of PTSD. We are hopeful that MDMA will be approved by the FDA and be available for use with Assisted Psychotherapy in the near future.

What Is Ketamine?

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has been shown to be safe and effective for over 50 years. It is most often used as an anesthetic for minor surgeries and emergency pain relief. The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed it as one of the World’s essential medications.

In the past 20 years, there has been increasing research on the use of Ketamine for mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and alcoholism. Studies on depression treatment with Ketamine have shown over 70% of participants with “treatment-resistant depression” experienced substantial improvement in their depression.

How does Ketamine Work?

Ketamine can help reset the brain’s Default Mode Network (DMN). The DMN is active when you are daydreaming, thinking about yourself and others, recalling events from the past, and preparing for the future. Changes in the DMN can allow negative thinking patterns to shift, resulting in more hopeful and healthier thoughts.

Ketamine also improves neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to reorganize neural networks or connections associated with learning, experiences, or after injuries. This enhanced neural communication can help reprocess the thoughts or feelings you have about past experiences.

Additionally, Ketamine helps with excitotoxicity and inflammation in the brain.

Is Ketamine covered by Insurance?

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and Guided Ketamine Sessions are NOT covered by insurance. The cash price for KAP is $550 per session and the cash price for Guided Ketamine Sessions is $400 per session.

Both Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Guided Ketamine Sessions require a Medical Intake appointment ($250) to review your health history prior to prescribing Ketamine. The Medical Intake, KAP, and Guided Ketamine Sessions are NOT covered by insurance.

Some of our therapists currently accept Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) for therapy sessions, including preparing for KAP and integrating after KAP. Unfortunately, BCBS does not cover the cost of the KAP session.

What Types of Ketamine Services are Available at Guide?

Click here to see our 5 min video on the Ketamine Services Available at Guide.

How many Ketamine Sessions do I need?

We recommend starting with 3 sessions over a period of time that you and the therapist decide together. Some of the literature with improvement in PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety is based on the completion of 3 KAP sessions. Some clients will require additional sessions to meet their therapy goals.

What is the difference between Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Guided Ketamine Sessions?

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) sessions are scheduled with a licensed therapist trained in psychedelics. We require a minimum of three (3) therapy sessions with the KAP therapist to help prepare you for the first KAP experience and one (1) therapy session after each KAP session to help integrate the experience with your therapy goals.

Guided Ketamine Sessions are scheduled with a licensed medical professional trained in psychedelics, currently our Nurse Practitioner, Safia Lyon, APRN. We require that you have a primary therapist who you see regularly, weekly or every other week. We schedule Guided Ketamine Sessions around your regular therapy sessions to ensure you have the support you need.

Both Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Guided Ketamine Sessions require a Medical Intake appointment ($250) to review your health history prior to prescribing Ketamine. The Medical Intake, KAP, and Guided Ketamine Sessions are NOT covered by insurance.

VIDEO ABOUT THE KETAMINE SERVICES AVAILABLE AT GUIDE

What is a Bridge Appointment?

Bridge Appointments are designed to bridge the gap between our physical health and mental/emotional health. In this hour-long appointment, we can talk about the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), Dysautonomia (an imbalance in the ANS), Dysregulation (symptoms of stress or triggers), the difference between stress and trauma, different types of therapy (talk, mindbody, and assisted psychotherapy), etc. These appointments are scheduled with our Nurse Practitioner, Safia Lyon, and the price is $160 for one hour.