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 of how their bodies are holding onto trauma in the subconscious. 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 currently evaluating the use of MDMA for the treatment of PTSD, and we are hopeful it may become available for use in Assisted Psychotherapy in the 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.

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 thoughts and feelings connected to past experiences.

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

Is Ketamine covered by insurance?
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Guided Ketamine Sessions, and the Medical Intake appointment required prior to prescribing Ketamine ($250 to $450) are not covered by insurance.

Some of our therapists currently accept Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) for therapy sessions, including preparation and integration sessions. BCBS does not cover the cost of the KAP session itself.

What types of Ketamine services are available at Guide?
Click here to see our 5 minute video on the Ketamine services available at Guide.
Prices have changed since the video was made.

How many Ketamine sessions do I need?
We recommend starting with 3 sessions over a period of time that you and your therapist decide together. Some of the research showing improvement in PTSD, depression, and anxiety is based on completing 3 KAP sessions. Some clients may 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 psychedelic assisted therapy. We require a minimum of three therapy sessions with the KAP therapist to help prepare you for your first KAP experience and one therapy session after each KAP session to help integrate the experience with your therapy goals.

Guided Ketamine Sessions are scheduled with our most experienced therapists and are designed as a one time experience for therapists and doctors only. This package includes 1 preparation session, 1 medical intake, 1 KAP session, 1 integration session, and a treatment plan going forward. These guided sessions can be repeated, but there is no commitment beyond the first experience.

It is required to have a therapist to participate in this package. If you do not have a therapist and would like to explore this option, we may be able to help connect you.