Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy is when a client utilizes legal psychedelic substances and/or alternative altered-states in therapy sessions with a licensed therapist/mental health professional. Currently, the only substance which is approved and legal for psychotherapy in some states is Ketamine. Clinical trials continue with excellent progress for the legalization of Psylocibin and MDMA for use in psychotherapy. Psychedelic Assisted Therapy is effective in the treatment of Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Addiction and more. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2018.00733/full

Psychedelic Integration Therapy is when a client processes and integrates a psychedelic experience they have previously had in therapy sessions with their Licensed Therapist or experiences they have previously had outside of their therapy sessions (such as ceremonies and independent psychedelic experiences). Psychedelic Integration is helpful for clients to learn how to apply the deep learning that occurs in psychedelic experiences to their lives to enhance creativity, resolve spiritual issues, and build a lasting connection to the benefits of the experience.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is a holistic,
psychedelic modality in which ketamine is used as a
complement to psychotherapy to help eligible patients get
un-stuck and experience long-lasting improvement in
symptoms, particularly those with depression and anxiety. Eric Fraser brings music therapy into the KAP experience with mastery and attunement to each client individually.

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) differs from ketamine infusion therapy. While infusion centers tend to follow a medical model in which the ketamine is utilized as a pharmaceutical treatment, KAP focuses on the psychedelic experience of ketamine as a tool in a therapeutic relationship to uncover, address and integrate trauma, anxiety, spiritual issues, depression, addiction and more. KAP also provides a unique and powerful context to reconnect with creativity, self expression, and self realization.

Somatic therapy is body centered and works to bring clients into contact with how they experience emotions and mental states in their bodies. A good somatic therapist can help the client discover, resolve and release reactive patterns that are felt in the body as tension, pain, unease, fear, anxiety, difficult emotions and sickness.

Example: Reactive attachment can occur for so many reasons. It is linked to how our nervous systems were wired in our relationships/attachments. When we are in reactive/activated patterns, we may feel ourselves entering scary loops, anger and defensiveness, or re-enactment of trauma.
In Somatic Psychotherapy, the therapist helps clients learn to discover and be with how the reactions arise in their body sensations, and engage them in learning to send signals to their bodies that they are safe, independent, and have choice/agency. We can rewire our attachment system through Somatic Psychotherapy!

The use of music and sound, as well as natural environments, meditation and mindfulness, are all exceptional tools to use in somatic therapy.

Eric Fraser (Sound and Nature founder) is a somatic expert bringing in his extensive experience as a music therapist/musician and meditation teacher/practitioner together with trauma informed talk therapy. Eric is certified in the Trauma Solutions DARe method (Direct Attachment Re-patterning experience), which is a leading method merging Somatic Experiencing and Attachment therapy.

Eric Fraser, LCAT is certified in the Dynamic Attachment Re-Patterning experience method (DARe). The DARe method brings together Somatic Experiencing (SE) with Attachment Therapy, in order to support clients to develop secure attachment and a healthy nervous system. We are wired for connection with others. The DARe method can help clients re-wire their attachment patterns, and change relationships to be more secure.

Music Therapy is the clinical & evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program. Music therapy interventions can address a variety of healthcare & educational goals and many can benefit from music therapy services. The base of evidence in music therapy research is extensive and strong. - AMTA (American Music Therapy Association)

Eric Fraser is a Board Certified Music Therapist MT-BC by the certification board for music therapists.

A music therapist-board certified (MT-BC) is an individual who has completed an AMTA (American Music Therapy Association) approved graduate or undergraduate program in Music Therapy. The required training includes 1200 hours of supervision in a qualified setting. In New York state, a music therapist (MT-BC) is eligible to work towards the License in Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), which is a psychotherapy license.

The effects of Ketamine can be different for each person. Ketamine is a dissociative psychedelic that works differently than serotonin influencing Psylocibin or MDMA. Most people feel Ketamine as pleasant and restorative.

Ketamine preparation sessions are one hour meetings prior to the 3 hour ketamine dosing sessions. The preparation session will be to build a relationship with the therapist, discover and set intentions for therapeutic goals, and prepare the client to “meet the medicine” with tools such as deep listening, breathing, and relaxation skills.

When Ketamine is obtained for recreational use it can overtime lead to a “psychological addiction”. However, in the context of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), the dosage and frequency is carefully monitored. In KAP (with a therapist), Ketamine medication is taken as an oral lozenge, which is different than the common “street” method of ingesting in powder form through the nose. Unsupervised frequent recreational use is what leads to addiction.

Ketamine is demonstrated and researched as an effective strategy for treatment of addiction, and it is especially useful in the treatment of depression, anxiety and suicidality.

Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236511/

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ketamine-and-psychological-therapy-may-help-people-with-severe-alcohol-use-disorder#What-researchers-found

Psychedelic integration sessions are for the integration of the Ketamine sessions that are held with the therapist (Eric Fraser). Some clients who have had prior psychedelic experiences that need integration can also utilize a psychedelic integration session.

The KAP dosing sessions are 3 hours in length and can be held in person or remotely.

For the first hour clients will be supported to relax and develop their therapeutic goals/intentions for the ketamine experience.

In the 2nd hour clients will self-administer the ketamine and experience an altered state (psychedelic experience) for 45-6o minutes. The client will be supported to be comfortable with specialized and curated music/sound to support and deepen the psychedelic experience.

In the 3rd hour, the client emerges from the effects of ketamine and engages in integration with the therapist to address what came up in the session.

A sound bath or sound meditation is when the music therapist or sound healer provides sound that is rich in texture and vibration (such as singing bowls, flutes, drones, and many other resonant frequencies) to support deep relaxation, altered states, psychedelic experience, healing and therapeutic goals

Individuals suffering from:

Treatment resistant depression

General depressive symptoms

Anxiety

Individuals who are:

Ready to come for KAP package including preparation and integration

Trauma Informed Therapists need to have learned about and trained in methods to:

Recognize the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) / trauma among all people

Recognize that many behaviors and symptoms are the result of traumatic experiences

Recognize that being treated with respect and kindness – and being empowered with choices – are key in helping people recover from traumatic experiences