Ketamine Therapy Orlando: How Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Can Support Mental Health and Relationships
Peachi Therapy partners with Journey Clinical to provide KAP
For many people, traditional talk therapy provides meaningful healing and growth. But sometimes, despite hard work in therapy, symptoms like depression, anxiety, or feeling “stuck” can persist. This is where Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) can offer a new pathway forward.
As a sex therapist in Orlando, I provide KAP as an option for clients who want to deepen their healing process. When done in a safe, supportive setting, ketamine therapy in Orlando can help clients access insights, release emotional blocks, and create lasting change in their mental health and relationships.
What is Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)?
KAP combines the use of low-dose ketamine (prescribed and medically monitored) with the therapeutic support of a trained therapist. Unlike taking medication alone, the focus of KAP is on what happens during and after the experience—how insights, emotions, and shifts that arise in session can be integrated into your daily life.
How KAP Can Help You Reach Your Goals
1. Breaking Through Stuck Patterns
Many clients come to therapy feeling caught in loops of negative thinking, trauma responses, or cycles of disconnection in relationships. Ketamine can quiet the “default mode network” in the brain, creating space for new perspectives and insights. With therapeutic guidance, this often leads to breakthroughs that feel difficult to access in traditional talk therapy alone.
2. Reducing Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety
Research shows ketamine can rapidly reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. While results vary, clients often report a sense of relief, clarity, or “lightness” that helps them move forward with more hope.
3. Enhancing Emotional Connection
For individuals and couples, KAP can help soften defenses and increase openness to connection. Many clients find they’re able to access compassion—for themselves and for others—that supports intimacy, healthier boundaries, and stronger communication.
4. Supporting Trauma Healing
Trauma can make it difficult to feel safe in your body or relationships. KAP allows clients to explore difficult emotions and memories in a contained, supported way. The medicine can create enough distance from painful experiences that healing becomes more possible without feeling overwhelmed.
5. Creating Movement in Stuck Relationships
It’s common for individuals to feel trapped in repetitive patterns with their partner—whether it’s avoiding conflict, shutting down, or replaying old wounds. KAP can help loosen these patterns by offering new perspectives, lowering defenses, and opening space for more honest communication. For some, this means reconnecting with their partner in deeper ways; for others, it brings clarity about what they truly need from the relationship. This makes KAP a supportive option for people already engaging in couples counseling in Orlando who want to explore new ways to connect.
6. Aligning with Your Purpose
Beyond reducing symptoms, KAP often opens space for bigger questions: What do I want? How do I want to live? What really matters to me? Clients often leave sessions with renewed clarity about their values, goals, and direction in life.
What to Expect in a KAP Process
Medical Screening – A medical provider (like Journey Clinical, who I collaborate with) ensures ketamine is safe for you, especially if you take medications like thyroid or hormone replacements.
Preparation – Together, we’ll set intentions for your sessions and create a supportive plan.
Medicine Sessions – In a calm, safe setting, you’ll take ketamine and allow the experience to unfold while I support you therapeutically.
Integration – Perhaps the most important step. We’ll process what arose in the session and translate it into meaningful changes in your daily life and relationships.
Is KAP Right for You?
KAP isn’t a “quick fix,” but rather a tool that can enhance and accelerate your therapy process. It may be especially supportive if you’ve felt stuck despite therapy, or if you’re looking for deeper healing in areas like depression, anxiety, trauma, or relationship challenges.
If you’re curious, we can explore together whether ketamine therapy in Orlando aligns with your needs and goals.
At Peachi Therapy in Orlando, I offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, sex therapy, and couples counseling in Orlando to support individuals and partners in creating more connection, clarity, and resilience. If you’ve been searching for a compassionate sex therapist in Orlando or are curious about the benefits of KAP, I’d be honored to support your journey.
Author Bio:
Tori Ricci is a board certified sex therapist who specializes in helping individuals and couples navigate intimacy and relationship challenges. With a focus on compassion, education, and practical solutions, Tori aims to offer a safe, non-judgmental space for clients to explore and address their sexual health concerns.
