Barcelona training now open for US applicants!

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy is a novel, breakthrough approach to awakened mind and the healing of trauma and depression.

The Ketamine Training Center is the premier organization in the field having provided training to over 800 practitioners in our 6-day residential retreat events.

In the news

The Pharmacokinetics of Ketamine in the Breast Milk of Lactating Women:
Quantification of Ketamine and Metabolites

In the news

Read the New Yorker Article that mentions our work here:
Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?

Ketamine Code of Ethics

About Our Trainings

We have arranged with PeerPoint to provide a certificate of training, which will go out to each participant after the conclusion of each training. This will provide 30 AMA Category I credits, which apply to medical practitioners and therapists—acceptable to licensing boards in over 40 states. Do confirm this with your Board if you have a question about this. Embedded in our fee structure for CE is $150 and is included in your tuition.

We look forward to being with you in profound learning, experiential, and connecting events that continue to move KAP forward and support our developing practices.

You will learn and enjoy yourselves. We look forward to being with you. 

BIPOC Scholarship.

The Ketamine Training Center has created a scholarship program to make attending its trainings more affordable for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).

Upcoming Trainings

Upcoming Events—Scroll Down for the Specifics for each event
Dharma K 3.0 at Menla in the Catskills April 22-27, 2025
Fundamentals at Menla in the Catskills May 5-11 2025


In design for the Fall of 2025:
September 15th -21st

KTC Presents Our 3rd Annual Advanced Sharing For KAP Practitioners At Our Beloved Menla Retreat Center In The Catskills - With CEs Available and an Intimate Size

September 15 - 21, 2025

Themes for this Year include:

The Therapeutics of the Low Dose Psychorevelation Format

New Strategies for Treatment of Anxiety, PTSD, Insomnia and Relationships

Architecting the KAP Methodology and Fundamentals of Integrating the Ketamine Experience

Ketamine Use and Abuse—Prevention and Treatment

Ketamine for PMDD and Women’s Well-being

Ketamine and the Spirit—Mindfulness, Meditation, Living Life Well and Fully

–and what you as practitioners offer to the program and your interests.

The Advanced Sharing Retreat is open to KPA and others who have attended different KAP trainings and who have at least begun to practice KAP. Attendance is limited to 20 applicants.  It will include group experiences—psychorevelation mornings and higher dose afternoons—all IM–and presentations and case discussions. Our program is formed with attendees as a process of mutual interests. We will be soliciting your input into the program. We expect sessions potentially to include: Successes and Failures; Case Presentations as Consultations; Case Videos, Practice Issues; Working in Groups; Couples; Adolescents; Our Various Methodologies; KAP and Sex Therapy; Ketamine and Emerging Psychedelics; Diversity, Identity and Culture; Commercialization and Where We Are Heading; Expanded Awareness and Movement in KAP; Trauma and KAP; Update on Science; Ketamine Abuse and Misuse, Meditation, Rituals and the Ketamine Experience-and other topics as we bring them to our attention. We would conduct the program within a contemplative practice set. Please see this as an opportunity to expand our connections and skillful means. Please see this as an opportunity to come together as a community of devoted practitioners. We are committed to sharing and fun. All of our trainings and events have created kindness and affection. We welcome your application and attendance.

We are providing 30 Credits of CEs under the Fundamentals Training Rubric which is how we obtain them for you.  In addition to full participation in Advanced Sharing activities, we will be having daily lunch time CE specific meetings, These will be focused on practical KAP issues; practice building; case discussions; new applications for ketamine and KAP; neuroscience discussion; and integrating methodologies into KAP.  Depending on enrollment, the cost of the CEs will be $300.

 

As this is a Sharing event, aside from Organizers, Providers, and our Support team, we are not paying for Leaders as we do in our Fundamentals program. In the spirit of collaboration, we are asking applicants to pay their tuition fees on a sliding scale by your own estimate in an honor framework of fees of $3500-$4500. regardless of degree. Fees to Menla for room and board are arranged separately with Menla.

BIPOC Scholarships and limited reductions in fees will be processed on request and dependent on registration as we are a non-profit organization.

Participants will be requested to provide their suggestions for topics and their potential offerings to add to the scheduling. Zoom sessions will precede the event for planning and participation. Our intention is to have a sharing that elevates all of our practices conceptually, methodologically ,spiritually, and practically. And to support the growth and development of the KAP community of practitioners, and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy.

Please apply now as there is large interest in the event based on the results of our survey.

Tuition:

$3,500 – $4,500 sliding scale 

Scholarships potentially available after ascertainment of enrollment. BIPOC support available after acceptance of application.

Room and board separate at additional cost payable to Menla.

Room reservation is made directly through Menla after acceptance to the program. The Menla Link will be provided at that time.

Ketamine Assisted Therapy Training - Second Edition in Barcelona with Clinica Synaptica

September 29 - October 3 | Level 2 October 6-9th

Phil Wolfson and Clinica Synapitca are pleased to announce the Second Annual Barcelona Training this September and October. There are two offerings: Level 1 for those who have not had training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with an introductory experiential aspect
and

Level 2— Our Retreat for those who have had the basic training in Level 1 previously, or in the Level 1 training program that will have preceded the event. At the remarkable Ca Benet an hour outside of Barcelona—led by Phil

We are especially interested in serving participants who live outside of the US as KAP expands it’s beneficial presence in the world.

For more information, click the Apply Now button below to be redirected to the Clinica Synaptica Site.

Renowned KAP Fundamentals Training at The Bishop’s Ranch in the Splendor of the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma

March 8th -13th 2026

The Fundamentals Program is a community experiential journey of learning what KAP is truly about both personally and didactically.

With Phil Wolfson, Bessel van der Kolk, Licia Sky, Mark Braunstein, Heather Hart Kennedy and more
The Bishop’s Ranch—Northern California—about 1 and ½ hours from SFO—for views: http://www.bishopsranch.org/

Limited participation for licensed health practitioners only. CEs provided as part of Tuition.
Four BIPOC scholarships are available by application as above. Consideration for scholarships occurs with application after admission to the program.

Registration is now open, and we welcome your application and presence. The registration fee is $500 for all applicants, $400 of which is refundable depending on date of cancellation. We predict the training will fill up rapidly, so we suggest you apply soon.

Tuition, CEs, Room and Board–Inclusive $4,500 Single Rooms—14 rooms available—first come, first serve. $4,000 Double Rooms—11 rooms available

Covid Precautions

KTC has had its own experiences with COVID disrupting our programs and we wish to take appropriate  and necessary precautions:

  • COVID-19 VACCINATION IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ATTENDANCE.
  • Please test two days before attending the program.
  • Please test the morning of the program before leaving your abode.
  • We will test on arrival so long as the Covid risk is present. We follow CDC guidelines.
  • We may test subsequently during the training.
  • If training is canceled due to COVID-19, we will refund fees minus $100 if the cancellation precedes the commencement of the training, with consideration for any non-refundable expenses we have made.
  • If training is canceled during its course, refunds will be prorated to the length of the training and expenses incurred.
  • If an individual contracts COVID-19 and cannot attend the training, a refund will be made according to expenses expended by KTC.
  • If an individual contracts COVID-19 during the training, they will be asked to leave the training, and a refund will be made according to the duration of their presence in the training and expenses incurred.
  • If a person becomes COVID-19-positive during the training and leaves, it is up to the other participants to decide to stay or leave. Testing will be conducted daily. Suppose a participant makes a voluntary decision to leave the training. In that case, they will have their remaining fees (after deduction for expenses incurred to the time of their departure) put forward towards another training. KTC will hold the remaining credit for up to 12 months from the time of the training. KTC will do its best to provide training during that period.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

Phil Wolfson MD

Our Faculty

Phil Wolfson, MD Director
Gita Vaid, MD
Monica Winsor
Daniel Ahlers
Peter Corbett
Licia Sky
Bessel van der Kolk
David Dansky
Mark Braunstein
Julissa Vasquez
Ben McCauley
Heather Hart Kennedy
Anahita Kashefi
Julian Amaro – Administrative Assistant

With Contributions from:
Jason Wallach
Ron Siegel
Robert Thurman
Michael Burbank
…and others

Testimonials

- Anonymous

“I saw into the heart of my soul and connected with the universe and its inhabitants as one. I came away knowing I could release myself and others from trauma and suffering and contribute to a healing of the world”

- Anonymous

“With all my experience of psychedelic medicines, ketamine’s release from my body and the welcome absence of my ego enabled me to know myself as the pure energy I truly am. I returned to a sense of liberation from my usual formats and obsessions. This interruption of my ordinary mind liberated me to begin anew, to original being.”

- Past Participant David Dansky, MD

“Thank you so much for a truly wonderful workshop. You both impart such compassionate wisdom and maturity to the multiple aspects of psychedelic medicine, from biochemistry to ethics. Apart from it being an amazingly enjoyable experience, I can’t remember the last time I learned so much on so many levels in just 4 days.”

Latest News & Publications

Lucid News - Awakening a Broad and Critical Understanding of Ketamine

The Ketamine Research Foundation and its practitioner authors share our article for awakening a broad and critical understanding of the spectrum of benefits and hazards of ketamine’s use. As practitioners we are exposed to and probe the personal bases for ketamine’s extraordinary positive value to allay human suffering and for its dependence. We offer this work to increase knowledge about ketamine and ketamine assisted psychotherapy and to further compassionate awareness to individual susceptibilities and experiences. Our article is long and intricate in order to provide a full view. And in Memory of Ken Jordan, who honored us with his deeply thoughtful editing, this as his last contribution.

Dr. Phil Wolfson Featured In Oprah Daily Articles

There are a series of articles featuring the work of Dr. Phil Wolfson that recently appeared in the Oprah Daily magazine. Click below to read the articles.

Psychedelic Methodologies and The Impregnable Value of the Subjective—A New and Evolving Approach

Phil Wolfson and Gita Vaid of the Ketamine  Research Foundation are pleased to
announce their KAP paper available now.

The Pharmacokinetics Of Ketamine In The Breast Milk Of Lactating Women

Abstract: There is no available data on the secretion and concentration of ketamine and its metabolites in breastmilk. There are statements in the literature made as to the safety…

THE NEW YORKER Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?

The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.

About us

The Ketamine Training Center (KTC) has been presenting our Fundamentals Training for over 4 years with more than 800 participants in our 5–6-day experiential programs. Practitioners represent the spectrum of licensed prescribers, psychotherapists, and clergy—with an international presence.

Our programs begin with on-line sessions preceding the in-person presence at our extraordinary residential retreat centers east, west, and abroad. Non-denominational ritual, yoga and meditation are voluntary component parts of our sessions in conformity with the use of ketamine as an alternative and psychedelic medicine. We are the evolving methodological ground for the expanding therapeutic use of alternative medicines–alternative to conventional Pharma and psychiatry.
Essential to the provision of mind-altering medicines is personal experience with them.

In the context of our 30-40 participant trainings, practitioners are exposed to a broad range of experiences facilitating awareness both personally and in the evolving communities of our trainings— and then in the follow-up sessions that continue cohesion and communication. Our Ketamine Psychotherapy Associates membership program furthers the development of practitioners, practices, and therapeutics with consistent input, support and benefits that build competency, cohesion, awareness, and program.

The Fundamentals Training is rich in awakening movement and emotion in each of us with our Expanded Awareness and Sharing. Low dose psycholytic small groups, presentations on ketamine neuroscience by the renowned Jason Wallach, therapeutic strategies, mindfulness, trauma often with Bessel van der Kolk and Licia Sky, psychodynamics, IFS, gestalt, psychedelic medicine therapeutics, and much more are woven into our programs.

Our Leadership Group will vary in composition and will include Phil Wolfson, author of The Ketamine Papers. Group experiences of our methods for administering sublingual lozenges and intramuscular injections of ketamine are a fundamental part of the experience, with early competency development in these forms of administration—in the two roles or sitter/therapist and recipient.

We welcome your interest, applications, and presence!

Our Papers

Frontiers.org: Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in adolescents with multiple psychiatric diagnoses

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): Patient Demographics, Clinical Data and Outcomes in Three Large Practices Administering Ketamine with Psychotherapy

MDMA and Life Threatening Illness

PTSD and LTI

Administering Ketamine with Psychotherapy

Our Ketamine and Lactation preprint

– Toni Morrison

I would do it all over again:
Be the harbor and set the sail,
Loose the breeze and harness the gale,
Cherish the harvest of what I have been.
Better the summit to scale.
Better the summit to be.