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What Is Ketamine‑Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)?

November 11, 20252 min read

What Is Ketamine‑Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)?

A new path to healing that honors your story

For some women, talk therapy opens doors.
For others, those doors stay shut no matter how hard they try.
That’s where Ketamine‑Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) can help.

It’s not a magic fix or a quick escape.
It’s a supported process, a way to soften the armor, loosen old patterns, and reconnect with parts of you that have been hidden or hurting for a long time.

So, What Is KAP?

Ketamine‑Assisted Psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that combines a safe, low dose of ketamine with guided therapy.

In a calm, supportive environment, ketamine can create a shift in your usual mental patterns, helping you explore your emotions, thoughts, and memories from a new angle.

With the right support, that shift can lead to real insight. Real relief.
Real healing.

What Might You Feel?

Every experience is unique.
You may feel more open, more tender, or gently dissociated.
Some women describe feeling like they’ve stepped outside their usual “story” and can see things with clarity and compassion for the first time.

This is where therapy comes in.
A skilled, compassionate therapist walks beside you to help you understand what comes up, stay grounded, and carry what you’ve learned back into your daily life.

Why Consider KAP?

KAP may be helpful if you:

  • Feel stuck in old emotional patterns, despite doing “the work”

  • Struggle with anxiety, depression, suicidal, or trauma responses

  • Have a hard time accessing or trusting your emotions

  • Want to explore healing in a more embodied, expanded way

KAP isn’t just about “feeling better.”
It’s about feeling more like yourself with curiosity, courage, and care.

What Makes This Different?

Many of my clients men and women who’ve carried emotional burdens for decades, especially those raised by emotionally unavailable, critical, or absent mothers.

KAP can help you:

  • Connect to your inner child with compassion

  • Release patterns rooted in early emotional neglect

  • Create space for softness, self-trust, and re-parenting

  • Gently shift the story you’ve carried about who you are

Is This Right for You?

This work is not about fixing you.
It's about coming home and becoming.

If you’re curious, I invite you to explore this next step.
You’ll be held, prepared, supported, and never rushed.

Amelia Mora Mars is a ketamine-assisted psychotherapist in Westlake Village, California.

Amelia Mora Mars

Amelia Mora Mars is a ketamine-assisted psychotherapist in Westlake Village, California.

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