Ketamine Therapy

Ketamine therapy services offered in Buffalo, NY

Ketamine therapy stimulates the formation of new brain connections within 24 hours, improving mood, focus, and thinking. The integrative medicine team at OWM Integrative Wellness in Buffalo, New York, provides ketamine therapy in an environment that enhances these positive brain changes. Call the office or request a consultation online today to learn more about ketamine therapy and how it might benefit you.

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What is ketamine therapy?

Ketamine therapy is one of the integrative medicine treatments available at OWM Integrative Wellness aimed at enhancing health. well-being, and alleviating symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD. Although Ketamine has been used extensively for decades as a general anesthetic during surgical procedures because of its pain-reducing and sedative effects, ketamine has more recently been shown to be an effective intervention for anxiety, depression and PTSD. The drug is administered through an intravenous (IV) line in your arm to quickly block NMDA receptors in the brain. These receptors are responsible for conduction of stress enhancing chemicals that often keep the brain in a Fight Or Fight mode. The brain does not repair and eliminate inflammation when in this mode. Once NMDA receptors are blocked, the brain can start mending old nerve connections and forming new ones. This changes carry a wide spectrum of benefits both for clients looking for illness prevention and those suffering from a mood disorder.

Am I a candidate for ketamine therapy?

After a consultation, the OWM Integrative Wellness team determines if you’re a candidate for ketamine therapy. They use ketamine therapy is used to treat:

∙ Depression ∙ Anxiety

∙ Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ∙ Chronic pain

∙ Substance and alcohol addiction ∙ Stress

If you suffer from any of these conditions and traditional treatments fail to ease your symptoms, you may be a candidate for IV ketamine therapy.

Administration and Safety

Before each Ketamine treatment, Dr. Kaplan personally performs an evaluation, including a comprehensive medical examination and basic blood work. Once cleared, a client meets with one of OWM’s partner psychotherapists for a preparatory session to understand the individual’s goals and intentions before performing a treatment and ensure that the individual is properly prepared for the experience.

A minimum of two integration sessions are recommended after completing the series of infusions to maximize results.

Every client is screened by a psychotherapist before administration to ensure that the individual is properly prepared for the experience. Dr. Kaplan sits with each client during their initial session. A trained nurse sits in for each remaining session.

How Are We Different

It's all about set and setting!

Our Ketamine Service is unlike any other in the area. We take the time to get to know our clients before the initiation of therapy. Virtual Reality Goggles are used to increase brain responsiveness to the treatment. Several infusions are given before Ketamine to improve the brain’s ability to take advantage of Ketamine’s healing properties.

Music and dosing of Ketamine are adjusted based on the individual’s assessment.

Ketamine is known to stimulate the formation of new brain connections within 24 hours of treatment. OWM Integrative Wellness IV Ketamine Therapy creates an environment that is very receptive to positive change and adaptation without the negative side effects of other treatments, providing a powerful tool to help reduce depression and boost coping skills. To capitalize on the insights that come with your treatment, Dr. Kaplan, and partner psychotherapists, Drs. Lesley Martin and Jenna Witkowski, have created an integration process that takes place two days after your Ketamine infusion.

The Benefits

By stimulating brain neurogenesis, Ketamine treatments heal damaged brain nerve connections while improving creativity, mental focus, abstract thinking, and organization. Ketamine also treats:

Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD

Chronic pain

Substance and Alcohol Addiction

Stress

The Power of Music

Music and its myriad of therapeutic benefits have been used extensively with psychedelic-assisted therapy to enhance and guide an individual through a therapeutic session.

When administering Ketamine therapy at OWM, we now use Wavepaths, a synthesizing software to select a much more personalized music experience; the one that matches your goals and your intention. Each music therapy session is accurately designed during psychotherapy preparation and integration sessions with our psychotherapists for subsequent ketamine sessions.