Our Approach
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Ketamine uniquely augments talk therapy in order to help patients identify, understand, accept, and metabolize their deepest emotional material. For many, this includes working through depression, anxiety, grief, loss, existential distress, terminal illness, or other major life events such as relationship or career changes. Successful treatment leads to increased self-compassion, transformation, growth, and resilience.
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The interdisciplinary team at Althea NOLA collaborates with therapists to provide facilitated treatment sessions in a thoughtfully-designed container of safety. Inward healing journeys have been described on a vast spectrum: sometimes blissful, other times scary, often cathartic, occasionally confusing or strange, and many times calm or peaceful. Even patients with significant past psychedelic experience report ongoing variety in their sessions, from one to the next. Almost every patient feels some ineffable sense that their sessions are “hard to adequately describe with words.”
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Althea NOLA is patient-centered, physician-supervised, and scientifically informed. Our approach to holistic healing is through collaboration with patients, the community, and by engaging with the best offerings of our hearts and our minds.
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Thoughtful & Collaborative Beginning
Your care starts with an initial consultation focused on understanding your history, goals, and questions. Together, we discuss whether ketamine therapy is a good fit, explore options, and determine timing that feels appropriate. There is no pressure to rush. Decisions are made collaboratively and with care.
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Bio-Psycho-Social Assessment & Personalized Planning
If you move forward, we complete a thorough medical and mental health assessment to inform a personalized treatment plan. This process helps ensure that care is safe, appropriate, and tailored to your unique needs. Details may vary based on individual circumstances and clinical judgment.
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Supporting Meaning and Safety
While ketamine itself is a medication, we recognize that preparation matters. We support patients in working with trained mental health therapists and trusted practitioners to prepare emotionally and psychologically for treatment. This step helps create a grounded, intentional foundation for the experience.
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Safe & Monitored Medical Setting
Ketamine treatment is delivered in a medically supervised environment, guided by your individualized care plan. Sessions are closely monitored, calm, and unhurried, with attention to both physical safety and emotional wellbeing.
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After treatment, we prioritize follow-up and ongoing evaluation with your care team. Integration and meaning-making are supported through therapy and reflective practices, helping translate the experience into lasting insight and change. Care at Althea is an ongoing process, not a one-time event.
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The Ketamine Journey
The ketamine state is often described as dreamlike, spacious, or deeply reflective.
Some people experience imagery or emotional shifts.
Others feel a sense of distance from habitual thought patterns.
No two sessions are the same.
A trained clinician remains available throughout.
This ensures safety while allowing your experience to unfold naturally.
Sessions last approximately 2 hours.
This includes arrival, preparation, the ketamine experience itself, and recovery time.