The psychotherapy side of KAP with Sarah Cushing, RP (CRPO #15706): preparation, support, and integration, alongside a collaborating clinic that assesses, prescribes, and monitors the medicine.
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy pairs a medically supervised ketamine session with structured psychotherapy before and after. It is often considered when depression, PTSD, or entrenched patterns have not shifted with talk therapy alone.
Two roles, kept clearly separate: a prescriber handles the medical care, and I handle the psychotherapy. Responses vary considerably between people, and no particular outcome can be promised.
Before any medicine session, we spend time on the groundwork: your history, your intentions, what your nervous system does under stress, and what support looks like on a hard day.
We also talk plainly about what the experience may and may not do, and how we will handle it if the session brings up more than expected.
Ketamine is assessed, prescribed, administered, and monitored by an authorized medical prescriber at a collaborating clinic that meets the requirements for legal prescription in Ontario. I do not provide, source, or administer any substance.
My role is the psychotherapy component. Depending on the care plan and the clinic's protocol, that can include therapeutic support surrounding the medicine session itself.
Integration is where most of the durable change happens. What surfaced during the experience gets translated into something usable: relationships, boundaries, grief, patterns you can now see from a different angle.
We work with EMDR, parts work, and somatic attention here, at whatever pace the material asks for.
This page is general information, not medical advice. This is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, call 911, go to your nearest emergency department, or contact the 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline.
A free 15-minute consultation is the place to ask the questions this page did not answer.
