KAP Training - Three Day

Combined Introduction to Ketamine Therapy and Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and Working with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Weekend Training

Three Day Training - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Dates:

Training Days - Friday April 4 - Sunday April 6, 9am - 5pm (Atlantic Time)

Preparation Call - TuesdayApril 1, 7pm (Eastern), 6pm (Central), 5pm (Mountain), 4pm (Pacific)

Follow-Up Call - Wednesday April 9, 7pm (Eastern), 6pm (Central), 5pm (Mountain), 4pm (Pacific)

Cost: $2400

Combine the one-day Introduction to Ketamine-Assisted Therapy training and the two-day Working with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy training into one weekend-long training at a 10% discount!

Participate in all three days of training consecutively, experiencing the introductory training and intranasal ketamine group experiential, then continue into the more advanced training on working with providing ketamine-assisted therapy and dyad-based intramuscular ketamine experiential. There is a 10% discount when you register for both trainings together as a three-day training. This is also an opportunity for participants who have already completed the Introduction to Ketamine-Assisted Therapy training in either Iowa or St. Thomas to deepen their experience with the medicine by participating in the group intranasal experiential a second time.

Day One is an introduction to ketamine-assisted therapy for healthcare providers who are interested in learning the basics about working with ketamine and exploring if they might like to incorporate ketamine therapy into their practice. It includes a morning of didactic education and a group experiential session with intranasal ketamine in the afternoon.

Topics covered during the educational session include:

• Foundational information about psychedelic psychotherapy and use of ketamine 
• Role of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy compared to traditional psychotherapy 
• Pharmacology compared to traditional antidepressants
• Enhanced efficacy & durability with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
• Indications & contraindications
• Routes of administration of ketamine
• Practical guidelines for use of ketamine in practice with or without KAP
• Business considerations in decision-making about practice
• Creating a safe “container” for preparation, administration, and integration
• Set & setting, building the container, setting intentions, integration during and after sessions
• Music & therapeutic touch
• Integration

The afternoon group experiential session includes:

• A grounding activity for preparation
• Experience of intranasal ketamine in group setting
• Processing the experience through individual and group integration

Day Two and Day Three offer a deeper dive into providing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and experience with intramuscular ketamine. These training days offer more education and hands-on practice with preparation, administration, and integration through a session of intramuscular ketamine. Education will deepen concepts discussed in the Day One of the training and introduce new skills. Participants will work in pairs or small groups during the experiential portion of the training, providing direct support with their partner during a session of intramuscular ketamine administration.

Topics covered during the education session include:

• Provider approaches to ketamine-assisted therapy
• Inner Healer/Innate Healing Intelligence
• Non-directive exploration
• Trusting the process
• Beginner’s mind
• Empathic presence
• Provider ethics
• Provider self-care
• Topics to discuss in preparation with clients
• Informed consent for medicine sessions
• Flight instructions for medicine sessions
• Working with non-ordinary states of consciousness during sessions
• Managing challenging journeys
• Early integration work
• Ongoing integration
• Dosing and safety considerations
• Business considerations for working with intramuscular ketamine

Experiential day includes:

• Opening activity
• Dyad/Small group preparation
• Medicine session 1
• Dyad/Small group integration
• Medicine session 2
• Dyad/Small group integration
• Large Group integration and closing activity

Breakfast, snacks, beverages are provided, and lunch on Day 1 of the training.

This training is taught by:

Dr. Laurie McCormick, MD, DFAPA

Dr. Laurie McCormick, MD, DFAPA is Board Certified Psychiatrist & Family Physician who provides Integrative Psychiatry and Ketamine Assisted Therapy in her private practice locations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as well as St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

She offers a hybrid of in-person and/or telehealth appointments. Her experience in the field of mental health started with a career in academic medicine and neuroscience research in eating disorders and brain stimulation and now primarily in an outpatient clinical setting in private practice to improve access to safe and equitable ketamine and other psychedelic assisted therapies. Laurie has been prescribing ketamine (intranasal and/or sublingual routes) for nearly 4 years and is completing the Numinus (Explore now) and IPI Year Long Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Ketamine Provider Training(Explore now). She is passionate about being able to offer new options where other treatment interventions have failed and the impact of one’s spiritual experience being a valued as part of the healing process.

Dr. Yael Baldwin, PhD

Dr. Yael Baldwin is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Asheville, NC. She specializes in psychodynamic and existential approaches to enhancing our relationships (to self, others, and the world) while working through trauma, loss, and life transitions.

She is also a psychedelic-assisted therapist (trained through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and Living Medicine Institute) currently offering Ketamine-assisted therapy. Yael is also a Professor Emerita from Mars Hill University where she was the chair and professor of clinical psychology for almost twenty years. She has been researching, writing, teaching, and practicing a variety of mental health treatments, from psychoanalysis to meditation and psychedelics, for over two decades. Dr. Baldwin is on the board of the Western North Carolina Psychologists Association and is an international author and speaker. Her life’s work focuses on how we can all suffer less and flourish more, together.

Michal Klau-Stevens, LCSW, MPH

Michal Klau-Stevens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in West Hartford, Connecticut. She specializes in working with women before and during pregnancy, and during early parenting years, with a focus on treating trauma and substance use disorders. She is licensed in CT and MA and offers in-home services in select locations and telehealth sessions.

Michal is a Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute’s year-long training program and offers preparation and integration sessions for ketamine therapy. She holds MSW/MPH degrees with a focus on Maternal and Child Health from the University of Connecticut. She is an advanced training Accelerated Resolution Therapy provider. As an advocate and activist for two decades promoting healthy birth options and the midwifery model of care, and as a therapist for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders in community health settings, she experienced the challenges to families of untreated trauma, which often does not respond well to traditional therapy approaches. Her search for treatments that work led her to psychedelic-assisted therapy. She is excited to be a part of expanding ketamine-assisted therapy training to other providers to expand access to this unique and effective treatment.

Located on tropical St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the location of this training offers warm climate, proximity to beautiful beaches, and the natural beauty of the island. Lodging is reserved at a nearby hotel, and transportation will be provided to and from the airport, and to and from the training location on training days.