Trainings & Community Education

Thursday, October 2nd 2025

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Didactic training is a unique therapeutic approach used to address a variety of mental health conditions, including treatment-refractory depression, post-traumatic stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder and addictions.

It involves the use of the psychoactive substance ketamine combined with psychotherapy to enhance and deepen the therapeutic process. This training offers an overview of ketamine use in psychiatry, a review of current research, discussion of appropriate indications and uses in treatment, and education on the differences in varying models of ketamine treatment.

This training also provides discussion of unique ethical considerations, boundaries and abuse of power in the rapidly evolving field of psychedelic medicine.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will possess a basic understanding of this innovative model of treatment. 

Presenters will utilize a lecture-based format.

​​Following some time to practice integration skills as a pair there will then be some time for group integration for those who wish to voluntarily share their experiences.  After lunch the afternoon session will be the same activities but with the treatment pairs switching roles.  Another group integration session closes out the day.

Day Two is the same as Day One except participants will be divided into different pairs and the morning and afternoon sessions will be the same but for these sessions, an intramuscular (IM) injection will be the route of administration.  We feel it is important that potential practitioners have experience with these two routes of administration because they are two of the most common routes of administration used in the field (with the exception of intravenous (IV)). 

As with Day One sessions, these are closely monitored medically and clinically by trained Pearl staff and will include time for individual and group integration.  At the conclusion of Day Two, participants will get to experience a Sound Bath from a local renowned musician to expose them to another potential aspect of the integration process.

Day Three has been recently added to focus more on both short-term and long-term integration strategies.  The importance of integration when working with non-ordinary states of consciousness cannot be overstated and many training programs overlook this.  This Day will begin at 10am and end at 3pm and will focus on nurturing participants in their own integration process as well as offering tools for sustaining integration work on a more long-term basis, both for themselves and their potential future patients. 

There will also be time for appropriate closure before participants head home with a day off (Sunday) to assist in the transition back to their professional lives.