Ketamine Therapy in Kailua, Oahu

Ketamine Therapy in Kailua, Oahu (KAP Program)

If you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, or feeling stuck despite traditional therapy, ketamine therapy in Kailua, Oahu may offer a powerful path forward.

At the Center for Healing & Transformation, our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) program combines the transformative effects of ketamine with the support of highly trained integration therapists to facilitate deep, lasting healing.

Ketamine helps create a state of increased neuroplasticity — allowing you to access new perspectives, process experiences differently, and shift patterns that have felt stuck for years. While ketamine creates the opening, our skilled therapists provide the guidance and integration needed to turn these experiences into meaningful change.

Our program is intentionally designed to support the whole person — mind, body, and spirit — within a safe, structured, and deeply supportive environment. Many clients experience a renewed sense of clarity, emotional connection, and forward movement in their lives.

The Science of Ketamine

Depression and chronic stress deplete the connections between neurons in the brain. Ketamine helps restore these connections between brain cells. Ketamine does this by activating the release of a neurotransmitter called glutamate in the brain, as well as increasing brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which causes an increase in functionality (neuroplasticity) of the brain. This opens our system to growth and transformation, and accelerates the healing process.

Ketamine activates a different pathway in the brain from that of most other psychiatric medications including SSRIs, SNRIs, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics and benzodiazepines. Because it works on a different neurotransmitter, Ketamine can be effective in treating mental health conditions where other medications have failed.

Why Pair Ketamine with Trauma Healing Therapy?

After each ketamine journey, there is a two week window of time when the neuroplasticity of the brain is significantly increased due to the release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). BDNF acts like a fertilizer to the brain, allowing the brain to create new neurons and increasing the connectivity between neurons. Your brain and body will be in an ideal state to shift patterns, to learn and to create healthier habits. This period is an important time to have your trauma healing sessions as your body is more open and receptive to healing.

Often times when our environment is unhealthy, vulnerable parts of us can believe we are the cause; if something bad happens to us then it must be our fault. Ketamine can help us to release and move beyond our long held, deeply rooted negative beliefs. The ketamine creates the opening, and the trauma therapy supports and guides each individual toward deep and lasting healing.

Individuals with depression and anxiety tend to have a very strong Default Mode Network (DMN), which is our protective system that works to keep us safe. This system can go into overdrive, creating a fortress-like rigid defense system. Ketamine dissolves the walls from this rigid defense system to see the world and self from a different perspective. This experience creates new neural pathways and “muscle memory” of a new way of being and responding to the world. The trauma healing therapy is essential in supporting the ketamine treatment.

Am I a fit for the KAP program?

Some experiences that ketamine can be helpful for:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- PTSD/Trauma
- OCD
- Grief/loss
- Feeling “stuck” in life
- Existential crisis/Quarter-Life and Mid-Life crisis
- Wanting to optimize personal/spiritual growth and relationships
- Expanding your perspective, seeing life through a more expansive lens
Unfortunately, for your own safety, we are not able to offer KAP services if you experience the following conditions:
- Uncontrolled hypertension or heart failure
- Active Psychosis or Mania
- Active Ketamine Use Disorder
- Recent traumatic brain injury, intracranial tumors, recent stroke, or other conditions that cause elevated intracranial pressure
- Unstable Glaucoma or recent ocular surgery
- Pregnancy or at high risk of becoming pregnant during treatment

Is Ketamine Safe?

Ketamine is the only legally prescribable psychedelic medicine in Hawaii. It is fast acting and has a short duration of 40-90 minutes. It has been used medically since the 1970’s and has been highly researched for decades, showing positive and safe outcomes with few negative side effects. Ketamine is a medication that has historically been used in anesthesia and pain management. In the early 1990’s, research found that ketamine has positive impacts on mood and anxiety, and further research over the last three decades has supported these findings. Though there have been many studies and decades of clinical experience showing the benefits of ketamine for depression and other mental health conditions, its use remains off label for these conditions. We utilize intramuscular (IM) injections and intravenous injections (IV) to administer ketamine.

How Does a Ketamine Journey Feel?

Ketamine medicine sessions last between two and three hours, with the active effects of ketamine lasting an average of 45-90 minutes. Ketamine works as a dissociative, which means it can quickly induce a state in which individuals feel detached from their body and their everyday awareness and perception.

Ketamine activates visual, auditory and other sensory changes, which means that time and space are likely to feel altered. Ketamine often induces feelings of openness, wonder, creativity, gratitude, empathy and connection, although ketamine journeys can also put us in touch with pain, suffering, grief, loss and past trauma. This may be painful, yet it creates a different perspective as we experience grief and loss. Ketamine can create a non-ordinary (“altered”) state of consciousness that can lead to profound transpersonal (“transcendental”, “mystical”, “spiritual”, “religious”) peak experiences. These experiences build with each journey and can lead to deep personal transformation.

Your experience will be unique to you. KAP journeys are journeys that cannot be pre-programmed. They evolve from your own inner world and vary in intensity. Some experiences are enjoyable and filled with awe, and some are difficult. Each journey is important and brings opportunity for healing and growth.

“Recent data suggest that ketamine…might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment in decades. First and most important, several studies demonstrate that ketamine reduces depression within six hours, with effects that are equal to or greater than the effects of six weeks of treatment with other antidepressant medications. Second, ketamine’s effects have been noted in people with treatment-resistant depression. This promises a new option for people with some of the most disabling and chronic forms of depression...Third, it appears that one of the earliest effects of the drug is a profound reduction in suicidal thoughts.”

~ Dr. Tom Insel MD -Former Provost of Harvard University and former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health

KAP Pricing

With insurance (HMSA, HMSA Quest, UHA, Tricare):

Ketamine Journey Session (2-3 hours): $500 plus copay and GE Tax

Psychiatry Intake: copay plus GE Tax

Preparatory Session: copay plus GE Tax

Integration Sessions: copay plus GE Tax

Without insurance (Cash pay/out of pocket)

Ketamine Journey Session (2-3 hours): $1000 plus GE Tax

Psychiatry Intake: $400 plus GE Tax

Preparatory Session: $250 plus GE Tax

Psychotherapy Integration Sessions: $185 plus GE Tax

Meet Our KAP Practitioners

Darcy Stamps,

MA, LMHC, LPC

-Psychotherapist - Ketamine Program-

Trauma Healing Therapist
Adolescents (13+), Adults, Couples
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Mindfulness

Dr. Robin Martin,

-Psychiatrist - Ketamine Program-

Psychiatrist for Ketamine Program
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Integrative and Holistic
Mindfulness

Elle Jackson,

MS, LMFT

-Psychotherapist - Ketamine Program-

Trauma Healing Psychotherapist
EMDR Trauma Therapy
Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)
Mindfulness

Katrin Skeele,

MA, LPCC, RYT, RPYT

-Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate - KAP Program-

Trauma Healing Therapist
EMDR Therapist
Brainspotting Certified
Somatic Therapy/Embodiment

Kelsey Wright,

MS, LMFT

-Psychotherapist - Ketamine Program-

EMDR Trauma Healing Therapist
Adolescents (12+), Adults
Individual & Couples Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Nicole Loría,

MS, LMHC, LPC

-Psychotherapist - Ketamine Program-

Individual Therapist
Trauma Healing Therapist
EMDR, IFS, Somatic
Mindfulness

Rowen Ollier,

-Nurse Guide - Ketamine Program-

Ketamine Nurse Guide
Reiki Practitioner
Sound Healer
Shamanic Energy Medicine

Start Ketamine Therapy in Kailua, Oahu

If you’re feeling stuck despite therapy or medication, ketamine therapy in Kailua, Oahu may offer a powerful path forward. Our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) program is designed to help you move beyond patterns that no longer serve you and reconnect with clarity, purpose, and a deeper sense of self.

Take the first step today.

📞 Call or text (808) 451-3960
📅 Schedule your free consultation with the Intake Team

Our Intake Team will guide you through the process, answer your questions, and help determine if this approach is the right fit for you.

Located in Kailua, Oahu and welcoming clients traveling from across Hawaii and around the world