Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in Brooklyn & Queens, NY

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in Brooklyn and Queens, NY for adults who feel stuck in emotional loops, long-standing attachment wounds, depression, anxiety, or patterns that haven’t shifted through traditional talk therapy. KAP is integrated with IFS-informed work, EMDR, and Brainspotting to support trauma processing, attachment repair, and nervous system regulation.

If you’ve done the work—years of talk therapy, insight, self-reflection—and still feel stuck in the same emotional loops, this isn’t because you’re not trying hard enough.
It may be that the parts of your brain holding these patterns haven’t had the support they need to change.

KAP is designed for people who understand their story but can’t seem to experience the present differently.

You may know where your core beliefs came from.
You may be able to name your attachment wounds.
And yet, your nervous system keeps responding as if the past is still happening.

You don’t have to stay trapped in that loop.

You don’t have to keep doing this alone.

Why Do You Still Feel Stuck Even After Doing So Much Work on Yourself?

Quick Facts:

Who It’s For: Adults who feel stuck in long-standing emotional patterns, attachment wounds, or loops that haven’t shifted through traditional talk therapy

Common Concerns: Depression, anxiety, emotional regulation struggles, attachment wounds, persistent self-esteem patterns, and difficulty translating insight from therapy into real change

Approaches Used: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), integration therapy, IFS-informed work, EMDR, Brainspotting, and trauma-informed relational therapy

Ketamine creates a temporary state where rigid thought patterns soften, emotional defenses loosen, and the brain becomes more flexible. In this state, therapy can reach places that are usually protected by fear, hyper-independence, or long-standing attachment wounds.

Who Is Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) For?

KAP may be a good fit if:

  • You feel stuck in a loop despite insight

  • You understand your core beliefs but can’t shift how they feel

  • EMDR or Brainspotting hasn’t landed the way you hoped

  • You struggle with depression, anxiety, or emotional regulation

  • Your self-esteem hasn’t changed even after years of therapy

  • You carry attachment wounds rooted in early relationships

  • You’ve learned to rely only on yourself (hyper-independence)

  • You feel like the “strong one” who doesn’t get support

If this resonates, you’re not resistant or broken. Your system learned how to survive—and now it needs help learning how to live differently.

How Does Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Help When Other Therapies Haven’t Worked?

KAP isn’t a quick fix, and it’s not a replacement for therapy.

It’s a container that allows therapy to go deeper.

  • Emotional patterns to loosen

  • Core beliefs to soften

  • New perspectives to feel real—not forced

  • Old relational wounds to be experienced differently

  • The present moment to register as different from the past

Ketamine temporarily reduces the brain’s default defenses and increases neuroplasticity, which can allow:

Therapy for Anxiety

What Is Our Approach to KAP?

We take an informed, collaborative, and nonjudgmental approach that meets you right where you are.

We integrate Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with IFS-informed work, EMDR, and Brainspotting to support trauma processing, attachment repair, and nervous system regulation.

We help you slow down enough to feel what’s happening inside—safely.

We support the parts of you that learned to survive alone.

We help your brain and body experience something new, not just understand it.

You are never pushed.

You are never left alone in the experience.

The work unfolds collaboratively and intentionally.

We’re not here to override your defenses—we’re here to understand why they exist and help them soften.

Local and Virtual Sessions Available

We offer KAP in person both at my Williamsburg office as well as my office in Ridgewood Queens, serving clients in neighborhoods like Bushwick, Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Crown Heights.

Preparation and integration sessions may also be offered via secure telehealth throughout New York State, depending on clinical appropriateness.

How KAP Works

1. Consultation

Begin with a free 15-minute phone consultation to discuss what feels stuck and determine whether KAP may be a good fit.

2. Preparation

Preparation sessions focus on intention-setting, understanding your patterns, and building safety before any ketamine experience. This phase supports clarity and emotional readiness.

3. KAP Session

During the KAP session, ketamine creates a temporary state where rigid patterns soften and therapy can reach material that may feel protected in traditional talk therapy.

The work unfolds collaboratively and intentionally.

4. Integration

Integration sessions help you process the experience, make meaning of insights, and support nervous system regulation.

Preparation and integration may be offered via secure telehealth throughout New York State, depending on appropriateness.

5. Ongoing Work

KAP is not a replacement for therapy. It is integrated into continued relational, trauma-informed, and attachment-focused work.

Why MindfulSelf Therapy

Our approach is informed, integrative, and nonjudgmental. We understand that creatives often process the world with heightened sensitivity, deep emotional nuance, and unique internal rhythms.

  • Psychodynamic therapy to explore your inner world and self-narratives

  • Mindfulness-based practices to help you reconnect to the present moment

  • Somatic work to support nervous system balance and embodied healing

  • Relational therapy to address how connection (or disconnection) is shaping your sense of safety and belonging

What we will draw from:

We’re not just therapists, we’re collaborators in your self-discovery, here to support your voice, vitality, and creative integrity.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • No—but many clients seek KAP after feeling stalled in other approaches.

  • No. Ketamine supports the therapy—it doesn’t replace it.

  • No. You remain supported, oriented, and guided throughout.

  • In person and virtual sessionl are both available but are the in-person slots are limited. Please inquire if you’d like in person to see if any in-person sessions are open.

  • There is a 48 hour cancellation policy. f you cancel with less than 48 hours' notice, or do not show up for your session, you will be charged the full session fee. We will always do my best to try and reschedule you within the same work week to avoid this, but it may not always be possible.

    • American Psychiatric Association – Consensus Statement on the Use of Ketamine in Mood Disorders (2017)
      Professional guidance outlining clinical considerations and safety recommendations for ketamine treatment.
      https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28249076/

How to Start

If you’ve been living with insomnia for so long that it feels like your “normal,” you deserve to know it doesn’t have to stay this way.

KAP can help you rebuild your confidence, your rhythms, and your sense of calm.

We invite you to:

Book a free 15-minute phone consultation

Ask questions about how therapy works

Tell us a little about your creative world, or nothing at all, we'll meet you wherever you are

Book a Session