Practitioner

Experiential

The opportunity below is for graduates of the Alchemy KAT training program. If there’s additional room, we will also accept other mental health practitioners who have had previous experiences with psychedelic/altered states. We will prioritize those who have not had a KAT experiential with Alchemy before, although you’re welcome to sign up if you have and we’ll let you know if it’s possible to add you.

Please note that participating in the experiential will require qualifying for a mental health diagnosis, completing a medical screening (non-refundable), becoming a client in our system, and receiving a prescription for a few ketamine troches (usually an additional $80).

The experiential will be in-person in Berkeley, so participants should have a CA address for the lozenges to be sent to. Participants should also be in CA for all sessions (including virtual). If you’re unable to make the group session an would like an individual session, please fill out our KAT interest form.

If you have any questions, please email trainings@alchemytherapy.org.

Group Information

    • Will be in CA during all dates below, including scheduling a time for your intake and individual prep while you’re in the state

    • Are experiencing diagnosable mental health symptoms that may be treatable with ketamine-assisted therapy, and identify as a practitioner wanting to learn more about this modality

    • Are currently seeing a therapist and/or have a strong support system incase challenging material comes up

    • Feel interested in KAT, but don’t want to commit to long-term treatment

    • Individual medical/psychiatric evaluation with the Center for New Growth

    • Individual 50-minute prep session

    • Group Prep: Aug 25th, 6-8pm (virtual)

    • Group KAT: Aug 29th, 10:30am-3pm (in-person, Berkeley)

    • Group Integration: Aug 30th, 10am-noon (virtual)

    • Group Additional Integration: Sept 5th, 10am-noon (virtual, optional & at additional cost)

  • This will be a small group with up to eight (8) participants. Everyone will start with a non-refundable medical/psychiatric intake with the Center for New Growth. You’ll meet with one or two of our therapists for a 50-minute individual preparation session and psychological assessment to ask any questions you may have, explore what you’d like to get out of the group, and to assess if it’s a good fit for you. Once we move into the group format, you’ll have a chance to meet the other group members virtually, get to know them, and share a bit more about yourself. The ketamine session itself will be 4.5 hours long and will begin with a check-in where we can all connect, though most of the time will be spent internally-focused. Everyone will be encouraged to bring journals, put on eye shades (if that feels comfortable), and listen to music to help them create their own comfortable space. At the end, we’ll have a bit of time to check-out, and will be meeting the next day to more intentionally integrate together. An optional integration session a week later will be available if needed, at an additional cost.

  • Participants will be asked to COVID test the day of the ketamine session before arriving in-person. Masks can be worn individually if desired, but will not be required. The building we will be using for the in-person session has a set of about five small steps leading up to it.

  • As a equitable-scale nonprofit clinic, we’re working on supporting our mission of making psychedelic therapy accessible. If you’re able to pay more, you’re generously supporting those who pay less while also supporting our nonprofit clinic. We’ll only be able to take on a few people on the lowest end of the sliding scale, which ranges from $500-$3,000 for the entire process. Please keep in mind with the individual sessions, prep, KAT, and integration, that ends up adding up to about 10 hours of support total.

  • These groups will be co-facilitated by Alchemy therapists Sabrina Sierra, Ziv Shmueli, Karina Ryan, and Daniel Torockio (though substitutions may be made if needed).

  • Please email trainings@alchemytherapy.org with any questions.

Interest Form

If you’re interested in joining, please fill out the interest form below. We’ll follow up with a longer intake form once we confirm there is space in the group.

We’ll be accepting participants on a rolling basis, so we’ll let you know if all spots fill up and what the plans are for future sessions.