Ketamine-Assisted Intensive Retreats

A powerful new approach to trauma healing, combining ketamine with intensive therapy

We KAIR

Embark on a Transformative Healing Journey
with Our KAIR Team

Uncover new depths of healing and personal growth with our groundbreaking Ketamine-Assisted Intensive Retreat (KAIR) Program. What makes us unique is that we combine the potency of ketamine with intensive trauma therapy. This is a powerful approach for treating various mental health conditions, especially those resistant to traditional treatments.

Trauma can lock us into rigid responses, crippling our ability to interact with the world spontaneously. We become hypervigilant, constantly on guard. To thrive, we need to loosen our grip on former ways of relating and become more adaptable.

Ketamine offers a powerful key. It unlocks the neuroplastic windows of our brain, allowing us to create new connections and cognitive flexibility. We can learn to navigate daily life with greater fluidity and grace, shedding the shackles of internal vigilance and truly engage with the world. By quieting the mind’s resistance, ketamine can open doors to fresh insights and possibilities that may have felt inaccessible before.

Ketamine, however, is just the beginning. To fully integrate these new insights, intensive therapy with a skilled clinician is crucial. Their feedback and presence during and after the ketamine experience helps us continue the integration of the journey, anchoring the positive changes in our long-term memory.

This transformative combination of ketamine and intensive trauma therapy empowers us to redefine how we respond to the world. We become able to reshape our narrative, build our resilience and take back control of our lives.

Providing you with a safe space

Meet our Team of Certified
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Providers

Dr. Bambi Rattner, Psy.D.

Bambi received her master’s degree in 1987 and has been in practice ever since - 37 years! She received her doctorate in psychology in 1997 and has worked in pretty much every setting, with every age, and every population. In her intensive work she weaves together EMDR, Internal Family Systems, ART and Image Transformation Therapy to promote rapid healing and lasting change.
Nikki Gamache, M.A., LMHC

Nikki is EMDR Certified and trained in a variety of trauma-healing methods, including Progressive Counting, Flash, and ART. She practices from a mindfulness-based and Internal Family Systems approach. Nikki has worked with a variety of clients from all different backgrounds, with her passion being in working with LGBTQ+ individuals with a focus on transgender and non-binary individuals.
Amy Shuman, LICSW, DCSW

Amy’s 30 years as a social worker has provided her the opportunity to work extensively with people and their challenges. She uses a blend of two approaches: Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and a heart-felt meditation practice called HeartMath, to help clients decrease or resolve distress that affects their ability to find contentment in their present life.
Vickie Alston, LCSW, DCSW

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Correctional Health Care Professional & Master Practitioner in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) & EMDR, Vickie has unique experience assisting individuals to enhance their lives. She has been in private practice for 28 years and has worked 40 years with populations across the lifespan in medical, mental health, correctional & military settings.