Reading List and Resources

Ethical Guidelines for Ketamine Clinicians:

Kriya Institute Guidelines:
http://www.kriyainstitute.com/guidelines

 KAP training centers:

There are a number of KAP training centers — many of which are now offering virtual trainings:.

KRIYA — San Francisco, CA
  http://www.kriyainstitute.com/trainings

Fluence – New York City, New York
https://www.fluence8.com/programs/ketamine-for-clinicians

Healing Realms – San Francisco, CA
https://www.healingrealmscenter.com

Polaris Insight Center – San Francisco, CA
https://www.polarisinsight.com

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Sage Institute – Berkeley, CA
https://sageinst.org/kattraining

Temenos~ Center for Integrative Psychotherapy – Petaluma, CA
https://www.temenos.center/ketamine-training-for-professionals

The Ketamine Training Center – San Anselmo, CA
https://theketaminetrainingcenter.com

Phil Wolfson and Julane Andries

Training in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy:

California Institute for Integral Studies
https://www.ciis.edu/research-centers/center-for-psychedelic-therapies-and-research/about-the-certificate-in-psychedelic-assisted-therapies-and-research

Offers a certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research. Beginning in April, CIIS is beginning with the first East Coast cohort for this certificate, which has historically been based in Northern California. A year from now, there will be an additional 100+ trainees on the East coast who have completed the certificate.

 

Other websites with good Information and Further Resources:

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
https://maps.org

MAPS is sponsoring the phase 3 clinical trials for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD

Boston Psychedelic Research Group (BPRG)~ contact Anne St. Goar
https://www.bostonpsychedelicresearchgroup.com

This group meets roughly every couple of months. There is usually a presenter and discussion as well as break-out group discussions.

Ketamine Research Association
https://www.ketamineresearchfoundation.com

The Ketamine Library contains all the human studies from the beginning of research on ketamine to the current literature. It is updated regularly.

KRIYA~ Ketamine Research Institute
https://www.kriyainstitute.com

Founded by Raquel Bennet, PsyD~ Resources, a list of providers, trainings, and an annual conference from 2015-2019. They may hold future conferences focused on Ketamine treatment as well, but are on hold currently.

 

Books:

The Ketamine Papers, by Phil Wolfson, M.D. & Glen Hartelius (editors)
https://philwolfsonmd.com/the-ketamine-papers.html

Handbook of Medical Hallucinogens, edited by Charles S. Grob and Jim Grigsby
https://www.guilford.com/books/Handbook-of-Medical-Hallucinogens/Grob-Grigsby/9781462545445

How to Change your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence, by Michael Pollan
https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind

Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences, by William Richards
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/sacred-knowledge/9780231174060

The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-varieties-of-religious-experience-william-james/1116756373

Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at their roots using Memory Reconsolidation, By Bruce Ecker, et. al.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/unlocking-emotional-brain-bruce-ecker-robin-ticic-laurel-hulley/10.4324/9780203804377

A Primer on Memory Reconsolidation and its psychotherapeutic use as a core process of profound change by Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic and Laurel Hulley
https://www.coherencetherapy.org/files/Ecker-etal-NPT2013April-Primer.pdf

Acid Test: Lsd, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal, by Tom Shroder
https://bookshop.org/books/acid-test-lsd-ecstasy-and-the-power-to-heal/9780147516374

Trust Surrender Receive: How MDMA can Release Us from Trauma and PTSD, by Anne Other
https://bookshop.org/books/trust-surrender-receive-how-mdma-can-release-us-from-trauma-and-ptsd/9781619617384

Combining Ketamine with Psychotherapy

This list of articles  comes from the Kriya Institute Reading List
https://www.kriyainstitute.com/reading/

(They have many including those listed below regarding combining Ketamine with psychotherapy): 

Dore, J., Turnipseed, B., Dwyer, S., Turnipseed, A., Andries, J., Ascani, G., Monnette, C., Huidekoper, A., Strauss, N., & Wolfson, P. (2019). Ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP): Patient demographics, clinical data and outcomes in three large practices administering ketamine with psychotherapy, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs,51(2), 189-198. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2019.1587556
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2019.1587556

Gold, V. & Sienknecht, E. (2020) Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy online? Psychedelic Support, 06/19/2020.
https://www.psychedelic.support/resources/ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-online/

Greenway, K. T., Garel, N., Jerome, L. & Feduccia, A. (2020). Integrating psychotherapy and psychopharmacology: Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and other combined treatments. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2020.1772054

Katzman, J. (2018). Rapid depression remission and the “therapeutic bends” with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Psychedelics Today.
https://www.healingrealmscenter.com/blog/rapid-depression-remission-and-the-therapeutic-bends

Kolp, E., Young, S. M., Freidman, H., Krupitsky, E., Jansen, K., & O’Connor, L. (2007). Ketamine-enhanced psychotherapy: Preliminary clinical observations on its effects in treating death anxiety. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 26(1), 1–17.
http://dx.doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2007.26.1.1

Wilkinson, S. T., Wright, D., Fasula, M. K., Fenton, L., Griepp, M., Ostroff, R. B., & Sanacora, G. (2017).Cognitive behavior therapy may sustain antidepressant effects of intravenous ketamine in treatment-resistant depression . Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 86(3), 162–167. doi: 10.1159/000457960
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516265/

 

Podcasts:

Inbodied Life, with Lauren Taus : #24 The Women of Ketamine
https://www.inbodiedlife.com/blog/the-women-of-ketamine-sunny-strasburg-lmft-gita-vaid-md-psychotherapy

The mindbodygreen podcast with Jason Wachob: 24Jan2020 Ketamine, MAPS & what’s next for psychedelic-assisted therapy, an interview with Gita Vaid, MD
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ketamine-maps-whats-next-for-psychedelic-assisted-therapy/id1246494475?i=1000463542011

Psychedelics Today podcast with Joe Moore and Kyle Buller : Veronika Gold talks about Methods of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
https://psychedelicstoday.com/2019/05/07/veronika-gold-methods-of-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy/

 

About Trauma and Treatment:

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk, MD
https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score

Internal Family Systems Institute ~ List of practitioners and resources:
https://ifs-institute.com

Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model, by Richard Schwartz
https://ifs-institute.com/store/39

Speakers about trauma, neuroscience, dissociation and IFS

Frank Anderson speaks about trauma, neuroscience, dissociation and IFS
https://internalfamilysystems.pt/intervenientes/frank-anderson
https://www.pesi.com/speaker/details/01143954

Jim Hopper teaches about the effects of trauma on brain and psychological functioning:
https://www.jimhopper.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTQ_U3p5Wc

EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)~ List of practitioners and resources:
https://www.emdria.org

Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists, by Janina Fisher, PhD
https://janinafisher.com

Becoming Safely Embodied Skills Manual, by Deidre Fay
https://safelyembodied.lpages.co/books/

Polyvagal theory

Informational website of Dr. Stephen Porges, author of the Polyvagal Theory
https://www.stephenporges.com

Rhythm of Regulation with Deb Dana
https://www.rhythmofregulation.com

 

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