Ketamine Therapy & Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in Buffalo, NY

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines the benefits of ketamine medicine with guided therapy to help you safely explore, process, and heal emotional pain. In a calm, intentional setting, clients often experience renewed perspective, release from long-held patterns, and a deeper sense of connection to self and meaning.

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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) combines the therapeutic use of ketamine with talk therapy to support emotional healing, insight, and transformation. Ketamine is a legal, fast-acting medicine that can create a non-ordinary state of consciousness, helping loosen rigid thought patterns, reduce avoidance, and open access to deeper emotional material. When paired with a skilled therapist in a safe, structured setting, this state can support breakthroughs in healing that might be difficult to reach through talk therapy alone.

KAP typically involves a preparation phase, a ketamine dosing session, and integration sessions to process the experience and apply insights in daily life. Sessions are collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in your intentions. Whether working with depression, trauma, anxiety, or existential concerns, KAP offers a unique opportunity to explore the inner landscape with both medical and psychological support.

Our Buffalo, NY Location

We offer ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) in Buffalo, NY, providing a safe and supportive environment for individuals seeking relief from depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health challenges.

Located in the Buffalo area, our practice serves clients throughout Western New York, including Amherst, Williamsville, and surrounding communities.

Our approach combines evidence-based psychotherapy with carefully guided ketamine sessions, helping clients access deeper emotional insight and lasting change.

Just curious about ketamine-assisted therapy?

Explore how Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) works, what sessions are like, and how it may support emotional healing and personal growth. Whether you're just curious or beginning to explore options, these resources can help you understand the process.

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Pricing & Logistics

Overview of KAP Services & Costs

I aim to make the process of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) transparent and accessible. Below is a clear summary of how KAP is structured — including pricing, insurance coverage, and practical details.

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Insurance Coverage

Many parts of the KAP process can be covered by insurance.

Covered by insurance:
✅ Initial consultation (1 hour)
✅ Preparation (Prep) sessions (1 hour)
✅ Integration sessions (1 hour)
✅ One hour of each 3-hour Dosing session

Private pay required:
❌ Remaining 2 hours of each Dosing session

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Insurance Plans Accepted

I am in network with:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (Multiple BCBS plans)
  • Independent Health (IHA)
  • Univera
  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Fidelis

Additionally, my prescribing partner, Journey Clinical, accepts these insurance plans in NY State for their medical services and ketamine prescribing:

  • Aetna
  • Cigna (Evernorth)
  • United Healthcare

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KAP Private Pay Packages — Typical Structure & Pricing

Initial KAP Package

(Includes first two oral dosing sessions)

ServiceCost

Initial consultation (1 hour) $250/hour — may be covered by insurance

Preparation sessions (1+ hours) $250/hour — may be covered by insurance

Two Oral Dosing Sessions (3 hours each) $500 per session ($1,000 total) — private pay for 2 hours per session; 1 hour billed to insurance

Integration sessions (1+ hours)$250/hour — may be covered by insurance

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Additional Dosing Sessions

ServiceCost

Additional Oral Dosing Session (3 hours)$500 per session — private pay for 2 hours; 1 hour billed to insurance

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Prescribing & Medication Costs (Journey Clinical)

Service First-time patients Ongoing treatment

Initial medical evaluation + medication (covers 2 sessions) $347 total

Follow-up medical consultation + medication (covers up to 6 sessions) $313 total (per quarter)

Note: Journey Clinical’s medical consultations may be covered if you are in-network with Aetna, Cigna (Evernorth), or United Healthcare.

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Scheduling & Session Logistics

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My Hours

Telehealth video

Monday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm - Telehealth video

Tuesday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm - Telehealth video

Wednesday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm - IN PERSON DOSING ONLY

Thursday 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm - KAP integration only

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In-person — KAP Dosing Sessions

Wednesdays 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Wednesdays 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Thursday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm - Telehealth video​

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Session Format
  • Preparation & Integration Sessions: Can be scheduled via secure video or in-person
  • Dosing Sessions: In-person only, guided in my therapy office
  • Ketamine Format: Self-administered sublingual tablets, used only during guided dosing sessions with me
Getting Started

If you’re new to KAP, we will begin with an initial consultation to explore your needs and whether this work is a good fit for you. After that:

  1. You will complete a medical screening through Journey Clinical
  2. Once cleared, we begin Preparation, Dosing, and Integration in a carefully structured process paced for your healing
Important Notes
  • KAP is structured to be deeply supportive, combining psychological and somatic work with your ketamine experiences.
  • My approach integrates attachment repair, EMDR principles, somatic awareness, and shamanic/archetypal support — in ways uniquely tailored to each client.
  • I offer payment plans and sliding scale in certain cases. Please feel free to inquire.
Ketamine Therapy VS. KAP

Ketamine Therapy in Buffalo: Why We Practice KAP

If you’re searching for ketamine therapy in Buffalo, it helps to know that not all ketamine care looks the same. Some clinics offer ketamine largely on its own — often as an IV infusion, with the focus on the medicine and the dose. That model can bring relief, but it leaves the deeper work of meaning and change largely up to you.

At Samadhi Healing Collective, we practice ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP). The medicine is one part of a relationship: we prepare together beforehand, your therapist stays present through the experience, and we integrate it afterward. Ketamine can soften rigid patterns and open access to feelings and memories that are hard to reach through talk alone — and the therapy is what helps that opening translate into lasting change.

Ketamine-Only Care

IV Infusion / Medical-Only Model

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    Focus is on the medicine and the dose
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    Minimal therapeutic preparation
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    Focus is on the medicine and the dose
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    Meaning-making is left up to you
Our Approach

IV Infusion / Medical-Only Model

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    Focus is on the medicine and the dose
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    Your therapist present throughout the session
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    Integration afterward to apply insight
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    Medicine and relationship work together

For people working with trauma in particular, that relationship matters. A brief window of openness is most useful when someone you trust is beside you, helping you move toward what’s tender rather than around it. That’s the work we do — ketamine therapy grounded in attachment, EMDR-informed care, and somatic awareness, in Buffalo and across Western New York.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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What’s the difference between ketamine therapy and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy?

Both use the same medicine; what differs is the structure around it. “Ketamine therapy” often refers to ketamine given largely on its own, sometimes as an IV infusion, with the focus on the medical side. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) places the medicine inside a therapy relationship: preparation beforehand, a therapist present during the dosing session, and integration afterward to make sense of what comes up. At Samadhi Healing Collective, we practice KAP — the medicine opens a window, and the therapeutic work is what helps that opening lead somewhere lasting.

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What happens during a ketamine therapy session?

A dosing session runs about three hours in a calm, private office in Buffalo. You take a sublingual tablet, settle in, and your therapist stays present throughout. Many people enter a non-ordinary state — a loosening of the usual mental patterns, sometimes vivid imagery, sometimes a deep stillness. There’s no single right way to have the experience. Afterward, integration sessions help you carry any insight or relief into everyday life.

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Is ketamine-assisted psychotherapy covered by insurance?

Partly. Several parts of the process — your initial consultation, preparation sessions, integration sessions, and a portion of each dosing session — can often be billed to insurance as psychotherapy. The remaining dosing time is private pay. Medical screening and ketamine prescribing are handled through our partner, Journey Clinical. We’ll walk you through the structure and cost before you begin, and payment plans or sliding scale may be available in some cases.

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Is ketamine therapy safe?

Ketamine has a long medical track record, and in this setting it’s used at low doses with screening and prescriber oversight through Journey Clinical. Every prospective client completes a medical and psychological screening to determine whether KAP is appropriate, and sessions are monitored. It isn’t the right fit for everyone — which is exactly what the screening and initial consultation are for.

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What does ketamine-assisted psychotherapy help with?

People most often come to KAP for depression, anxiety, PTSD and the effects of complex trauma, or a sense of being stuck in patterns that talk therapy alone hasn’t shifted. Because our practice centers trauma and attachment, KAP here is integrated with approaches like EMDR and somatic work rather than offered as a standalone treatment. Whether it’s a good fit for what you’re carrying is something we determine together in an initial consultation.

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How do I get started?

The first step is an initial consultation, where we talk through what’s bringing you in, answer your questions, and decide together whether KAP is a good fit. From there, medical screening is completed through Journey Clinical, followed by preparation, dosing, and integration sessions. You can reach out through our website or by phone to begin.

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