Wholeness Center is a mental health clinic that provides Ketamine treatments and other naturopathic services and treatments. Their approach aims to improve the body, mind, and spirit. Servicing Fort Collins and Northern Colorado, Wholeness Center offers a new vision of alternative natural mental health, integrative medicine, functional medicine, and behavioral health care.
Examples of mental and behavioral health services include integrative psychiatry, IV Therapy, neurofeedback, nutritional support, and more. These services treat a variety of conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADD, ADHD, among others.
When it comes to ketamine treatments, Wholeness Center recommends them for patients who have tried psychiatric treatments or therapies but been unsuccessful in reducing your symptoms, if you want a broadened perspective of your condition, or you’re open to having a spiritual or mystical experience in order to transform and relieve symptoms.
A large staff of experienced professionals at Wholeness Center work under one roof, from social workers to psychiatric nurse practitioners. This allows the clinic to blend the best of multiple fields and provide the resources necessary to restore positive health and wholeness.
What types of ketamine services does Wholeness Center offer?
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is offered with three different routes of administration:
Sublingual
Oral lozenges
Offered by Jason Sienknecht, LPC CAC II, Gail Dawson, and Dawn Fabian PMHNP
IM (intramuscular) injections
Offered by Scott Shannon MD and Dawn Fabian PMHNP
Intravenous (IV) line
Offered by Scott Shannon MD and Dawn Fabian PMHNP
Wholeness Center also offers the Ketamine Comprehensive Assessment Program, a psychiatric program providing intensive diagnosis, education, assessment, and customized treatment plan for individuals suffering from a mental health condition. Specifics:
2.5 hours of integrative psychiatry assessment
2 hours of naturopathic assessment
Quantitative EEG/ brain map & 1-hour review
1 hour of family systems assessment/ psychotherapy
3 sessions of individualized ketamine therapy/nutritional therapy with psychotherapy
Wholeness Center has many patients from out of state and even out of the country.
What to Expect at Wholeness Center
Pre-Appointment
Initial visit lengths vary from 45 minutes to 1 and 1/2 hours. A team member will take a detailed history of your health concerns. They may choose to do a physical exam, explore a therapeutic counseling session, perform acupuncture, order lab work, or other tests. If you have already had tests done you may choose to bring a copy of them with you. Some natural medications or supplements may be prescribed and a treatment plan will be devised at this time.
The Process
Sublingual
4-8 psychotherapy sessions over 3-4 weeks
Sessions last about 2 hours
Creates a milder and more gentle experience than the IV or IM method
Ketamine lozenges are used to speed psychotherapy
A therapist will be present throughout the entire session
Induces a low dose trance experience for a time out from the ordinary mind
Facilitates reduction in defenses and negative thinking but still allows for awareness and communication with your therapist
IM (intramuscular) injections
1-3 sessions over 3 weeks, with the possibility of monthly maintenance treatments
Sessions last about 1.5 to 2 hours
Dosage is typically moderate-high
A psychiatrist meets with you periodically during sessions and monitors your progress
Allows for higher dose sessions for the purpose of inducing dissociative, psychedelic, or transformative experiences
Intravenous (IV) line
1-6 sessions over 3 weeks
Sessions last 1-2 hours
Allows for low or high dose sessions, depending on treatment goals
A psychiatrist monitors your progress and is able to adjust the strength of the ketamine throughout the session, as needed
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