At Growth Thru Change, we believe healing is about more than reducing symptoms. While psychotherapy remains a central part of our work, we also recognize that different people may benefit from different forms of support depending on their needs, experiences, and goals.
This belief is what made our collaboration with Martin Healing Sanctuary in East Falls a natural next step. Together, we are creating a more integrative model of care that brings psychotherapy and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) alongside somatic practices, yoga, mindfulness, massage, Reiki, and other supportive healing approaches.
For some people, traditional therapy may provide the support they need. Others may benefit from medication, KAP, or a combination of approaches that address the mind, body, nervous system, relationships, and overall well-being.
Through this collaboration, our goal is to help people in Philadelphia explore more thoughtful healing options and find the combination of care that feels right for them.
Why Growth Thru Change and Martin Healing Sanctuary Came Together?
At Growth Thru Change, we’ve always believed that healing is about more than reducing symptoms, it’s about caring for the whole person. While psychotherapy remains at the heart of what we do, we also recognize that healing can happen through many different pathways, depending on each person’s unique needs.
That’s why partnering with Martin Healing Sanctuary was a natural next step.
Together, we’re creating an integrative model of care that brings together psychotherapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), somatic therapies, yoga, massage, Reiki, mindfulness, and other evidence-informed healing practices, all under one roof.
For some people, traditional therapy is enough. For others, medication may play an important role. And for many, true healing comes from combining approaches that support the mind, body, nervous system, relationships, and overall well-being.
Our goal isn’t simply to offer ketamine treatment. It’s to help people discover the combination of therapies that best supports their healing journey.
Through this collaboration, we’re expanding access to thoughtful, collaborative care while increasing awareness of integrative mental health treatment and helping people in the Philadelphia community understand the full range of healing options available to them.
What Each Partner Brings to Ketamine-Assisted Care?
The collaboration between Growth Thru Change and Martin Healing Sanctuary brings together clinical psychotherapy and a broader integrative healing environment. While both support the same overall goal of helping people move forward, each partner contributes something different to the ketamine-assisted care experience.
Growth Thru Change: Psychotherapy and Clinical KAP Support
Growth Thru Change provides the clinical and therapeutic support involved in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. The process starts by understanding whether KAP is appropriate for the individual and whether they feel psychologically prepared for this type of work.
Support may include:
- Psychological assessment and readiness to understand goals, concerns, emotional stability, and whether KAP may be a suitable option.
- Preparation sessions to discuss expectations, set intentions, strengthen coping skills, and build a therapeutic foundation before the medicine experience.
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy with trained clinicians who provide therapeutic support during the process.
- Integration sessions to explore emotions, memories, or insights that may emerge and connect them to everyday life.
- Ongoing psychotherapy, where appropriate, to continue working on longer-term therapeutic goals after KAP.
The aim is to make ketamine part of a structured therapeutic process rather than treating the medicine session as a stand-alone experience.
Martin Healing Sanctuary: An Environment Built Around Integrative Healing
Martin Healing Sanctuary brings a broader whole-person environment to this collaboration. Alongside clinical psychotherapy and KAP, clients have access to a setting where different forms of integrative support can exist within the same healing community.
Depending on a person’s needs and interests, this environment may include:
- Mindfulness and reflective practices
- Yoga and movement
- Somatic healing approaches
- Restorative wellness experiences
- Access to different wellness practitioners
- Opportunities for community and connection
These services are not intended to be part of every person’s treatment plan. Instead, they create additional options that may complement psychotherapy or KAP when they feel relevant and supportive to the individual.
How Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Works Within This Collaborative Model?
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is more than a medicine session. It is a structured process where assessment, preparation, supported ketamine experiences, and integration work together as parts of care.
1. Understanding Readiness Before Ketamine
Treatment begins with consultation and assessment rather than ketamine itself. Clinicians consider medical and psychological history, current symptoms, emotional readiness, treatment goals, coping resources, and potential risks before deciding whether KAP may be appropriate.
2. Preparing for the Experience
Preparation gives clients time to understand what a ketamine experience may involve. Sessions can focus on expectations, concerns, intentions, coping strategies, and building a trusting therapeutic relationship.
This structured approach is also reflected in research. A 2022 systematic narrative review of 17 publications involving 603 participants defined KAP as psychotherapy provided before, during, and/or after ketamine administration. The review found that combined treatment showed potential benefits across areas, including depressive and anxiety symptoms, while noting considerable differences between treatment protocols.
3. The Ketamine-Assisted Session
During the medicine session, ketamine is used within a supported therapeutic framework. Clients remain in a calm environment with trained professionals present to support safety, reflection, and emotional processing.
4. Integrating What Emerges
Integration allows clients to explore emotions, memories, perspectives, or insights that emerged and connect them with everyday patterns and therapeutic goals.
A 2023 systematic review involving 19 studies and 1,006 participants found largely positive outcomes when psychotherapy was combined with ketamine. However, researchers also noted substantial variation in ketamine protocols and psychotherapy approaches, meaning more controlled research is still needed.
Together, these stages show why KAP is better understood as an ongoing therapeutic process rather than a single ketamine session.
Why Having More Healing Options Can Matter?
Healing needs can look different from one person to another, and the type of support that feels right may also change over time. This is one of the main benefits of bringing Growth Thru Change and Martin Healing Sanctuary together: people have access to more than one pathway for care.
Depending on individual needs, support may include:
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for medicine-supported therapeutic work
- Anxiety Therapy for persistent worry or overwhelm
- Depression Therapy for low mood and emotional difficulties
- Trauma Therapy for unresolved traumatic experiences
- EMDR Therapy for trauma-focused processing
- Couples Therapy for relationship and connection concerns
- Family Therapy for challenges affecting the wider family system
- Integrative wellness practices that may complement psychological care
Having these options allows care to remain flexible and individualized. Instead of trying to fit every person into one type of treatment, the conversation can begin with a more useful question: What kind of support fits this person right now?
Healing After Ketamine Goes Beyond the Medicine Session
The effects of a ketamine session do not end when the medicine wears off. What happens afterward can be just as important, especially when new emotions, memories, or perspectives have surfaced.
Clinical Integration
Integration sessions give clients space to process what came up during KAP and connect those experiences with ongoing therapeutic goals, patterns, and changes they want to make.
Embodied and Restorative Support
Some people may also benefit from practices such as mindfulness, yoga, movement, or somatic work. These approaches can support reflection and help people reconnect with their bodies in ways that feel personally meaningful.
Connection and Community
Being around practitioners and others who understand integrative or psychedelic healing can also make the process feel less isolating. These forms of support can complement psychotherapy and medical care, creating a broader whole-person approach to healing.
Conclusion
If you are considering KAP, you may not yet know whether ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, traditional therapy, trauma-focused treatment, or a combination of approaches is right for you. You may be feeling stuck after trying other treatments, living with depression, anxiety, trauma, or burnout, or simply looking for a more integrative way to support your mental health.
You may also be curious about KAP but unsure whether you are ready, or need help making sense of a previous ketamine or psychedelic experience.
The first step does not have to be choosing ketamine. It can simply be having a thoughtful conversation about what kind of care fits your needs.
At our East Falls location at 3580 W Indian Queen Lane, the Growth Thru Change team can help you explore your options.
