Healing Depression with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

In recent years, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) has emerged as a powerful and transformative approach for individuals struggling with treatment-resistant depression. Unlike traditional antidepressants that can take weeks to show effects and sometimes don’t work at all ketamine has demonstrated rapid and profound results in reducing depressive symptoms. When combined with psychotherapy, the benefits are often deeper and longer-lasting, offering a new sense of hope to those who have tried everything else. Ketamine is a dissociative anaesthetic that has been used in medical settings for decades. In lower, controlled doses, it acts on the brain's glutamate system, which is different from how conventional antidepressants work. This mechanism helps to rapidly increase neuroplasticity the brain's ability to form new connections. It’s this process that supports the emotional and cognitive shifts necessary for healing depression. In ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, the me...