Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a growing therapeutic modality offering new pathways to healing, connection, and insight. Whether you’re a clinician providing KAP, a client preparing for your first session, or a psychonaut preparing for your 100th journey, the environment and tools you choose matter. How you prepare, how you experience, and especially how you integrate afterward can significantly influence therapeutic outcomes. How Important is Preparation? Keta

Shame is often a whole-body experience. It can show up as heat in the face, collapse in the chest, a frozen feeling, an urge to hide, or a harsh inner voice that seems to take over. That is one of the reasons we are bringing Brainspotting-informed work into this month’s Mom Parts KAP Lab on Shame in Motherhood. Shame in Motherhood For many moms, mothering people, and caregivers, shame often makes itself known in the aftermath of a moment: A moment of yelling. A moment of want

When I first began exploring psycholytic work, I understood it primarily as a way of describing a low-dose approach to ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Over time, I realized it was pointing me toward a philosophy of practice: one rooted in curiosity, spaciousness, and honoring the pace at which meaningful change unfolds. The term "psycholytic" comes from Greek roots: Psyche (ψυχή): Meaning "mind," "soul," or "spirit". Lytikos (λυτικός): Meaning "dissolving" or "loosening"...

More than one in five perinatal people are diagnosed with a mental health condition during pregnancy or within the first postpartum year (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2023). Motherhood Is Not Pathology When we look more closely at the emotional landscape of motherhood, it becomes clear that so much of what gets labeled as disorder is happening inside a much larger context. Many moms are navigating inadequate social support, limited paid leave, inacce