Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Training: The Workbook

From Clinical Foundations to a Thriving Practice: Everything Therapists Need to Do KAP Well
 
Coming Winter 2026 -  650+ page digital edition. 
 
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If you’ve been drawn to ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, there’s a reason. This workbook is built to take you from curious to confident, with a clear launch plan for the KAP practice you actually want: your clients, your formats, your pricing, your values.
 
This workbook is in the works. It’s a big one (650+ pages), and I’m making sure every page is worth your time. Join the email list below to get updates, early peeks, and a heads-up the moment it’s ready.
 
What’s inside
Twelve modules that weave clinical skills and business planning together, with research and documentation best practices alongside the content they support:
Foundations of KAP: What KAP is (and isn’t), the three-phase structure, the US legal landscape, and an honest look at the fears that hold clinicians back.
Ketamine basics for therapists: How ketamine affects the brain, what working with altered states asks of you, routes of administration, and how to get malpractice coverage clarified in writing.
Assessment, screening, and candidacy: Who KAP serves safely, how to build your intake pipeline, and the paperwork that supports each step.
Set, setting, and the therapeutic container: Practical set and setting, sample playlists, neurodivergent- and trauma-informed adaptations, and what it costs to build your ideal space in stages.
Preparation sessions in depth: Alliance-building, intention-setting, resourcing, documentation, and how to package preparation so clients understand its value.
Facilitating medicine sessions: What you actually do on medicine day, how to tell immersion from overwhelm, consent around touch, emergency planning (including telehealth), and a medicine-day protocol you can adapt.
Integration: Making meaning, supporting lasting change, and building sustainable integration offerings like groups and alumni circles.
Collaborating with prescribers and care teams: How to find and vet partners, define roles, put agreements in writing, and build a referral network.
KAP formats and modality integration: Individual, relationship, group, and retreat formats, plus pairing KAP with IFS, EMDR, somatic work, ACT, and Brainspotting.
Accessible, inclusive, and equity-oriented KAP: The harmful history of psychedelic research, how to adapt your practice for diverse communities, and concrete access strategies like sliding scales and scholarships.
Ethical KAP marketing: Websites, SEO, advertising rules, and how to educate rather than sell, without hype or cure language.
Your KAP practice blueprint: A capstone that pulls it all together into your own launch plan, with a realistic timeline.
 
Who this workbook is for
Licensed mental health clinicians curious about adding KAP to their work
Therapists already offering KAP who want stronger systems, documentation, and business structure
Clinicians building a values-aligned practice, including telehealth-only and private-pay models
 
What this workbook is not
Legal, medical, or insurance advice
A substitute for formal training, supervision, or consultation
A license or credential to practice KAP in your state
A guarantee of any particular business outcome
 
It’s a companion for building your practice thoughtfully, to be used alongside your own clinical judgment, your licensing board’s guidance, and qualified legal and medical consultation.
 
Author
This workbook was written by Sarah Wolfer, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), specializing in ketamine‑assisted psychotherapy. It reflects years of clinical experience, evidence‑informed practices, and a commitment to trauma‑informed ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. 
 
About the digital edition
Delivered as a digital PDF, formatted for on-screen reading and clean printing
Single-user license: please don’t share or forward the file
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