Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines psychotherapy with ketamine treatment through a collaborative-care model. Angela Shelley, LMFT, provides the psychotherapy component in coordination with Journey Clinical’s medical team.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, or KAP, is a structured approach that combines psychotherapy with ketamine prescribed and medically managed by a licensed medical provider.
At Embraced Therapy, Angela Shelley, LMFT, provides the psychotherapy component of KAP. Embraced Therapy collaborates with Journey Clinical, whose medical team determines eligibility, manages prescribing, and provides medical monitoring.
The psychotherapy work may include preparation before a dosing session, therapeutic support during the ketamine experience, integration afterward, and ongoing therapy as insights and experiences are connected to everyday life.
KAP brings together two distinct parts of care: medical ketamine treatment and psychotherapy.
Journey Clinical’s medical team is responsible for the medical side of treatment, including determining whether ketamine is appropriate, prescribing the medication, and monitoring medical safety.
Angela provides the psychotherapy side of treatment, helping clients prepare for the experience, providing therapeutic support during KAP sessions when part of the treatment plan, and supporting integration afterward.
Some clients explore KAP when they are interested in adding a different therapeutic approach to their ongoing mental health care. Others may have tried other forms of treatment and want to learn whether KAP could be an appropriate option.
KAP is not appropriate for everyone. Medical eligibility is determined by Journey Clinical’s medical team, while Angela works with clients to consider therapeutic readiness, goals, and fit.
1. Free Consultation
Start with a brief consultation with Embraced Therapy to talk about your interest in KAP and whether Angela may be an appropriate therapist fit.
2. Medical Evaluation Through Journey Clinical
Journey Clinical’s medical team determines medical eligibility, manages the ketamine prescription, and provides medical monitoring.
3. Preparation and KAP Psychotherapy
Angela helps you prepare for the experience and provides the psychotherapy component of KAP in coordination with your Journey Clinical medical care.
4. Integration and Ongoing Therapy
Integration sessions provide space to reflect on the experience, connect it to your therapeutic goals, and continue the work within ongoing psychotherapy.
Angela Shelley, LMFT, provides Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy through Embraced Therapy in collaboration with Journey Clinical’s medical team. Her role is psychotherapy-focused and includes preparation, therapeutic support, integration, and ongoing clinical work.
KAP may be one option for adults who are interested in exploring ketamine as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Whether it is medically appropriate depends on your health history, medications, and other individual factors.
Journey Clinical’s medical team makes medical eligibility and prescribing decisions. Angela can help you explore the psychotherapy side of KAP and whether this approach fits your broader therapy goals.
A free consultation with Embraced Therapy is not a medical clearance or guarantee of eligibility for ketamine treatment.
Embraced Therapy collaborates with Journey Clinical to provide KAP within a coordinated-care model.
Journey Clinical’s licensed medical team handles medical eligibility, ketamine prescribing, and medical monitoring. Angela Shelley, LMFT, provides the psychotherapy component through Embraced Therapy.
This separation helps keep medical decisions with the prescribing medical team while psychotherapy remains grounded in your ongoing therapeutic relationship.
KAP is collaborative care involving both your therapist and Journey Clinical’s medical team.
Before beginning ketamine treatment, Journey Clinical completes the medical evaluation and determines whether you are eligible. Angela provides psychotherapy preparation so you can discuss expectations, intentions, concerns, and support needs.
KAP sessions are followed by integration therapy, where you can reflect on the experience and connect what emerged to your ongoing therapeutic work. Your treatment plan is individualized, and the number and timing of sessions may vary.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions about the psychotherapy side of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and learn more about how Embraced Therapy works with Journey Clinical.
