Ketamine-Assisted Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression
Combining proven therapeutic approaches with the support of low-dose ketamine to help you heal more deeply.
When Traditional Therapy Isn't Enough
Some memories and patterns stay stuck — no matter how much work you've done in therapy. Most clients I meet are seeking healing from old wounds they have been carrying. Many clients feel they have done a lot of therapy work around some of these core issues without feeling a sense of resolution.
Awareness doesn’t always equal embodied relief. When Ketamine is included in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR®), access to healing can be explored with new connections, embodied symptom reduction, access to emotional states, and applying new insights to daily life.
Ketamine-Assisted EMDR® (KA-EMDR) offer a different path, helping your brain become more open to processing trauma, releasing old patterns, and building new ones.
What Is Ketamine-Assisted EMDR?
KA-EMDR pairs low-dose ketamine with EMDR therapy — a well-researched approach that helps the brain reprocess traumatic or upsetting memories that may be "stuck."
Ketamine is an FDA-approved, Schedule III medicine prescribed by a licensed medical provider that has been found to support healing from treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms. It has a unique structure that increases availability of neurotransmitters connected to healing, growth, and new learning. EMDR is a psychotherapy designed to target upsetting memories and utilize the brain's natural healing process to support new insight. When combined in session, ketamine further supports the integration of new learning, symptom relief, and the loosening of default patterns that keep us feeling "stuck" — while the low dose keeps you awake, aware, and fully engaged in the therapeutic process.
Sessions last up to 90 minutes
Targets a specific memory during reprocessing alongside ketamine support
Uses tactile bilateral stimulation
Is This Right for You?
KA-EMDR may be a good fit if you:
Ketamine-assisted therapy can be impactful, but it isn't for everyone. You may be a good fit if you:
Feel "stuck" in your therapeutic progress
Struggle to access or stay present with difficult emotions
Experience avoidance, emotional numbness, or hypervigilance
Have tried EMDR or talk therapy and want to go deeper
An intake and medical screening are required before beginning treatment.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Schedule a consultation with Alicia Rowley, LCPC, LMHC, to ask questions and see if KA-EMDR could be part of your healing journey
