Althea NOLA
Interactive Care Map
Important Clinical & Legal Notice
This interactive guide walks you through what Ketamine Therapy looks like at Althea NOLA, from first conversation to ongoing integration. It is designed for educational purposes only.
- Diagnosis Required: Ketamine Therapy is a medical and psychiatric intervention. Participation requires a qualifying mental health diagnosis (e.g., Depression, Anxiety, PTSD) determined during your formal clinic intake. This tool does not diagnose conditions or determine eligibility.
- Complete Privacy: This tool does not collect, save, or transmit any personal health information. Your selections remain entirely in your browser and disappear the moment you close this page.
- No Clinical Relationship: Using this tool does not establish a therapist-client or patient-provider relationship with Althea NOLA or its clinicians.
If you are experiencing a medical or mental health emergency, please call 911 (medical), 988 (suicide/crisis lifeline), or go to your nearest emergency room.
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What brings you here?
Select the statement that resonates most right now. This helps us show you how our process adapts to what you are bringing to the table.
Your Guide
Your Path Through the Work
Our concierge model means every step is clinically rigorous and deeply relational. Here is how each phase supports what you are bringing to the table.
This call is not an intake. It is a brief, honest conversation. We listen to what is bringing you here, answer your questions, and help you decide whether taking the next step feels right.
Why this matters for you:
A Note on Honesty
This call is for you, not for us. There is no intake form, no clinical paperwork, and no obligation. If we sense this is not the right fit or the right time, we will say so plainly.
Our medical team evaluates your full clinical picture — health history, current medications, and clinical presentation — to ensure ketamine is a safe, evidence-based fit for your specific presentation, not a generic protocol.
Why this matters for you:
Investment & Accessibility
Clinic Intake: $275 for 60 minutes
This fee covers your comprehensive clinical evaluation. Completing the intake does not guarantee approval for treatment. If our team determines that Ketamine Therapy is not clinically appropriate for you at this time, we will communicate that clearly and, where possible, offer alternative referrals.
We believe cost should not be the only barrier to quality care. If the intake fee presents a financial hardship, please reach out. We may be able to work with you.
A Note on Honesty
Paying for an intake is not paying for treatment. It is paying for a rigorous, good-faith clinical evaluation. If we do not think this is right for you, that assessment is the intake working as intended.
Preparation is not administrative. It is therapeutic. We build the relational container, establish your intentions, and help your nervous system know what is coming before medicine is ever introduced.
Why this matters for you:
A Note on Honesty
If you have had difficult experiences with medicine in other settings, often it is because preparation was skipped or rushed. We do not rush this phase. The number of preparation sessions depends on your clinical needs, not a fixed protocol.
Facilitated treatment sessions within a thoughtfully-designed container of safety. You receive ketamine at a sub-anesthetic dose while our clinical team provides warm presence, authentic connection, and continuity — monitoring both your physiological state and your psychological process throughout.
Why this matters for you:
A Note on Honesty
The medicine session is not where the healing is completed. It is where a window opens — a catalyst that creates a neuroplastic window for change, not a magic bullet. What you do with that window in the days and weeks that follow is where lasting change takes root.
Relief without integration is temporary. Integration is the active process of translating what surfaced during the medicine session into concrete changes in your daily life, your relationships, and your self-perception.
Why this matters for you:
A Note on Honesty
Integration can be more demanding than the medicine session itself. This is where preparation and integration sessions are so important for maximizing the benefits of ketamine, while minimizing the harms. We hold continuity across sessions to support sustainable change, not just fleeting relief.