What is Ketamine Assisted Therapy?
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) is a treatment approach that blends the use of ketamine, a short-acting psychedelic medication, with supportive and integrative psychotherapy. Ketamine is prescribed off label for the treatment of depression, anxiety, OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain and other common mental health conditions.
Unlike traditional therapy, KAP induces an expanded state of consciousness, allowing individuals to gain new insights and perspectives. By combining ketamine with psychotherapy, KAP offers a distinctive approach to healing that can result in profound therapeutic outcomes.
Through our sister company, Go Inward, Lauren Vilar, LCSW offers:
Benefits of Ketamine Assisted Therapy
Ketamine increases neuroplasticity, allowing the brain to enter into a more open and receptive state. It creates the ability to be more open to changes, interrupt racing thoughts patterns, and increase cognitive flexibility.
Ketamine-assisted therapy is designed to be an experience that brings deep insights and lasting change. When we include counseling alongside ketamine sessions, it’s like we’re creating a pathway from the “aha” moment to a lasting transformation.
The goal isn’t just to feel better temporarily, but to find a way to keep feeling better over time.
Meet Lauren Vilar, LCSW
Lauren is the passionate owner of LMV Counseling in Wilmington, NC. She is also the therapist and founder of Go Inward. She helps clients find healing thought individual and group ketamine assisted therapy programs.
Lauren’s training for psychedelic assisted therapy include trainings by Fluence Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy & Integration, MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy, and Polaris Insight. Her specialties includes trauma-informed care and mindfulness. Lauren’s area of special interest is MDMA for the treatment of PTSD.
We have teamed up with Thank You Life to help make this transformative work accessible to more people. Thank You Life is a 501c3 Psychedelic Care Nonprofit and all donations are tax-deductible. Thank You Life’s mission is to make psychedelic-assisted care accessible to all by removing financial barriers and supporting high-quality treatment clinics.
Your donation helps people in this community receive the top-quality mental healthcare they would otherwise not be able to afford on their own. Donations are tax-deductible and intended for use at our healing center. Thank you for paying it forward and helping members of your community heal.To learn more about Thank You Life and our partnership, please visit thankyoulife.org