Yes and no and more. We most often see the work we do with our clients outside the ketamine journeys as equal to or more important than the events themselves, and so we do a lot of work with our clients before, during and after ketamine sessions that may help them articulate and think through their experiences. That being said, we don’t believe that it is always necessary to do so in order for a person to benefit from ketamine, and hold the firm the belief that well-trained healers offer something much more important: they “hold space.” It’s no coincidence that good psychedelic practitioners use this term, while well-seasoned therapists talk about “holding,” a “holding environment” and providing “a container.” They are talking about the same thing: the capacity to provide the right relational nutrients for growth. So, our work is not only about what happens before or after the session, but how we create a comfortable yet invigorating experience for our guest before, during and after their sessions.  And in this, we don’t always see the ketamine as the center of our work, but the whole process we offer as the “event.” 

We believe that growth is an improvisational event, and that good care is an improvisational art form in which one person in the room is contemplating “problems of living” while another is following along in order to provide the right kind of environment for change — one filled with curiosity, warmth, attunement and compassion. In the place of “psychedelic integration,” we offer what we call the Lascaux Method, which focuses on enhancing these elements in order to help our guests achieve the kinds of goals typically sought in ketamine treatment.