Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy:

An Academic and Experiential Journey


Join us for a Springtime Retreat in New England


Are you interested in broadening your understanding of prescription ketamine and in exploring treating symptoms of depression, anxiety or PTSD?


INSTRUCTORS AND FACILITATORS:

Karen Alter-Reid, Ph.D.

Kate Becker, LCSW

Dr. Bhvaya Rajanna, MD

Dr. Karen Scott, MD


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ZOOM TO LEARN AND THEN COME TO

MONTAGUE, MASSACHUSETTS TO EXERIENCE


PRE-RETREAT ZOOM DATES:

MAY 21, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST

Dr. Karen Scott, MD and

Dr. Bhavya Rajanna, MD

MAY 28, 2024 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Kate Becker, LCSW and

Karen Alter-Reid, PhD


RETREAT DATES:

June 3-5, 2024

Montague, Massachusetts


Open to 16 Trauma-informed Licensed Psychotherapists who have knowledge or training in EMDR Therapy


FEE:

All-inclusive* price for training, accommodations, and meals

from $1,595*

  * Only additional cost is $300 for your personal medical evaluation on Zoom with an M.D.


Cancellation Policy:

Full refund minus $400.00 fee if cancelled before May 7, 2024. No refunds after.

7.5 EMDRIA and Professional CEU's pending


If you are interested, scroll down below to the link for the initial application. Once we receive your application, we will contact you to schedule a call with an M.D.


What others have said about Kate and Karen's retreats:


"It was an experience of a lifetime that I am still integrating into my current needs and life. Thank you for being nurturing and just lovely people", Isabel, PsyD. Jamaica Retreat, 2024 

"The team of leaders were compassionate, knowledgeable and professional", S.S, Ph.D., Jamaica Retreat; 2024




Apply Here!

Questions are confidential and used by the training team to provide a safe and personalized experience



DESCRIPTION:

 

This program is a retreat based experiential training that will take place in-person at the Montague Retreat Center in Montague, Massachusetts. You will stay 2 nights at the beautiful retreat facility with meals included! 3 private rooms are available. Other rooms are shared with one other person. Two remote learning training sessions will take place prior to the retreat. 

 

Prescription ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic with psychedelic properties, has the potential to treat depression, PTSD and more. As participants, you will partake in experiential ketamine lozenges on the first day of the retreat, and IM (intramuscular) on the second day. A medical doctor will be present during the experiential portion of the retreat. Additional support will be provided by psychedelic-assisted psychotherapists who have experience working with people in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness. 

 

There will be preparation and integration exercises to support and enhance participants’ ketamine journeys. Preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences are widely viewed as necessary aspects for transformative change and EMDR Therapy and other therapeutic modalities can augment, enhance and accelerate transformation.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:


1) Participants will experience ketamine lozenges and IM ketamine for a greater understanding of expanded states of consciousness and to treat symptoms of anxiety, depression and/or PTSD.

2)  Participants will be able to define common psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy terms such as "set and setting" and "intentions" and how to adopt "set and setting" and "intentions" with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.

3) Participants will learn about ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin and name the theoretical mechanisms of action purported to treat MH and SA disorders.

4) Participants will learn multi-modal therapeutic techniques including EMDR Therapy to integrate psychedelic medicines into psychotherapy treatment. 

5) Participants will learn about trans-generational trauma and explain how EMDR Therapy and psychedelics can support the exploration, interruption and healing of trans-generational trauma.


*EMDR Therapy Certification not required for attendance.

EMDRIA CEs pending*

TAP HERE TO APPLY

Questions are confidential and used by the training team to provide a safe and personalized experience

TO LOOK AT THE VENUE, GO TO:

montagueretreatcenter.com

ABOUT YOUR TRAINERS AND FACILITATORS:

Karen Alter-Reid, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist for 35 years, an EMDR Institute Regional Basic Trainer, an EMDRIA Specialty Presenter on Healing and Interrupting Trans-generational Wounds with EMDR Therapy, and has specialties in the treatment of trans-generational trauma, first responders, and lifecycle transitions. She has presented her work nationally and internationally and has authored articles and chapters on the use of EMDR Therapy with specialty populations. She has studied Psychedelic Medicines since 2022. 

Kate Becker, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in EMDR Therapy, and a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher. Kate's focus is in the treatment of anxiety disorders, PTSD, depression, addiction and trauma. Kate was trained by MAPS in MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy in 2018 and is trained and experienced in ketamine assisted psychotherapy. Kate is a facilitator at Atman Retreat in Jamaica which hosts legal psilocybin retreats. Kate has presented nationally and internationally on the treatment of substance and behavioral addiction disorders.


Karen Scott MD

Karen Scott, MD is passionate about the promise of psychedelic medicines to help people find psychological healing and facilitate personal and spiritual growth. She is board certified in internal medicine with 20 years of clinical practice experience, including working in hospital medicine as well as addiction treatment. She has post-graduate training in ketamine assisted psychotherapy, psychedelic integration therapy, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and holds a certificate in psychedelic therapies and research from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Dr. Scott believes that all people have within them the capacity for wholeness, and that access to this innate healing capacity can be facilitated by the use of consciousness technologies including (but not limited to) psychedelic medicines.

Dr. Scott is a long time practitioner of meditation, and holds with reverence the knowledge that all life is an interconnected whole. She aspires to embody integrity and compassion in all her actions. She believes that our natural state prior to trauma and adversity is inner peace, and that it is the birthright of all people to experience this peace in daily life.

Bhavya Rajanna MD

Dr. Rajanna is a practicing Internal Medicine Physician and is trained in Ketamine assisted psychotherapy. She is a Graduate of Center of Psychedelic Therapy and research program at California Institute of Integral Studies. Dr. Rajanna is passionate about education and research in the field of psychedelic medicine. Focused in studying the neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of psychedelics, she is certified in guided imagery meditation and SKY yoga from Art of Living Institute.

She is well traveled, and is passionate about travel with purpose and is interested in photography, food and learning about different cultures.


SAVE THE DATES FOR PSILOCYBIN RETREAT IN

NEGRIL, JAMAICA. OCTOBER 26-30, 2024.

CONTACT KAREN ALTER-REID OR KATE BECKER TO BE PUT ON MAILING LIST

We are looking forward to hearing from you!


Karen Alter-Reid, Ph,D.

karen.alterreid@gmail.com

www.alter-reid.com


Kate Becker, LCSW

katebeckerlcsw@gmail.com

www.Katebeckerlcsw.com


This workshop is intended for Mental Health Professionals (Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Psychiatrists and APRNs)

Certificates are awarded online after completion of the workshop. Licensed Professionals should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.

This workshop is held in a facility that is ADA compliant.

Please contact Kate Becker: katebeckerlcsw@gmail.com if special accommodation is required. 


Grievance Procedure: Grievances should be written to Karen Alter-Reid: karen.alterreid@gmail.com


There are no known commercial support or conflicts of interest for this program.

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