In today’s fast-paced world, trauma, depression, and anxiety often feel like locked rooms with no keys. Traditional therapy opens doors gradually — sometimes too slowly. Medication works chemically, but without insight. But what if we combined the two — a breakthrough medicine plus deep inner work?

Welcome to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) — an evidence-based blend of pharmacology and psychotherapy designed to accelerate healing from the inside out.

🧠 What Is Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy?

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a structured treatment approach that pairs the rapid mood-enhancing and dissociative effects of ketamine with skilled psychotherapy during or after the experience.

The ketamine creates a neuroplastic, emotionally open state. The therapist helps the patient explore, process, and integrate — leading to durable, life-changing shifts in mindset, behavior, and mood.

🔍 How Does It Work?

1. Ketamine administration: Usually via subcutaneous (SC) injection or lozenge

2. Preparation session: Grounding, intention-setting, expectation management

3. KAP session (with therapist present): Guided therapy during the altered state or immediately after

4. Integration session: Helping make sense of the experience, find meaning, and apply insights to daily life

This 4-step model supports both psychological safety and emotional growth.

🎯 Who Is It For?

KAP is best suited for:

• Treatment-resistant depression

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• End-of-life distress or existential anxiety

• Obsessive thoughts and compulsions

• Emotional numbness or chronic emptiness

Unlike stand-alone ketamine therapy, KAP isn’t just about symptom relief. It’s about finding meaning, connection, and clarity.

💡 Why Is KAP Effective?

• Ketamine temporarily reduces the “inner critic”, enabling freer emotional exploration

• Increased neuroplasticity allows for reprocessing of trauma and negative core beliefs

• Therapy during or immediately after the ketamine experience creates lasting neural and psychological change

• Clients often describe increased self-compassion, insight, and purpose after just a few sessions

🛡️ Is It Safe?

Yes, when done in a clinical setting by trained professionals.

We screen for:

• Active psychosis or mania

• Uncontrolled hypertension

• Substance use disorders

Each session is supervised, and follow-up support is provided to ensure integration and safety.

🔑 Real-World Example

A woman with long-standing childhood trauma and emotional numbness found herself, for the first time, crying during her second KAP session. Not out of sadness — but out of finally feeling safe enough to feel. Over the next few weeks, she started journaling, speaking openly with loved ones, and rediscovering joy in music she hadn’t heard in years.

This is the potential of medicine and meaning coming together.

🏥 Why Choose My Clinic for KAP?

At my practice, we offer tailored Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy sessions using safe subcutaneous doses in a structured, supportive format.

You receive:

• 1:1 consultation and preparation

• In-session therapeutic presence

• Guided integration in Tamil or English

• Affordable plans without compromising safety

• Evidence-based protocols aligned with global best practices

📞 Take the First Step

If talk therapy alone hasn’t worked — or if you’re ready for something deeper — Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy may be the turning point.

Available at:

Apollo Clinic, Velachery
📍 27/17 Velachery Road, Chennai
🕒 Mon–Sat: 6 PM to 8 PM

Apollo Clinic, Tambaram
📍 3, Bharathamadha St, East Tambaram
🕒 Mon–Sat: 4 PM to 5:30 PM
📞 Call or WhatsApp: 8595155808

🌿 Healing is not just about removing pain. It’s about rediscovering the part of you that always wanted to bloom.