Intro to Ketamine for Healers is a group offering that supports an introduction to the ketamine experience and the unique opportunity to explore this mind state in a group setting. This particular series is for professionals in the healing arts who want to explore the potency of a group ketamine experience that incorporates ceremony, ritual, and connection with others.

There will be 4-6 participants in each cohort, as well as 2 Riverbird facilitators. The total cost of the group is $625. Upon acceptance into the group, we will ask for a $300 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit to hold your spot.

Zoom Prep Session: Tuesday May 13th from 7:30-9 pm

Group Ketamine Session: Friday May 16th from 9 am - 4 pm

Group Integration Session: Saturday May 17th from 9-11 am

Investment: $625

* To apply, email info@riverbirdclinic.com . *

Expanded states of consciousness can shift our internal patterns and belief systems. The Continuation Group invites us to support each other in deepening our embodiment of these shifts by joining together for one group ketamine & group integration session. This offering is available to individuals who have participated in previous Ketamine-Assisted Therapy at Riverbird Clinic.

This offering will include one group ketamine session and one group integration session. There will be 4-6 participants and 2 Riverbird staff members facilitating the group. The cost is $625 total for the series. Upon acceptance into the group, we ask for a $300 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit to hold your spot.  A participant is asked to commit to the entire 2-day experience.

Group Ketamine Session: Thursday May 8th from 11: 30 am - 4:30 pm

Group Integration Session: Friday May 9th from 9-11 am

This 3-day format for Healing for Healer supports a deepening familiarity with the ketamine experience and the unique opportunity to explore this mind state in a group setting. This particular series is for individuals working in the healing professions/human services field who want to deepen their personal healing work, explore their role as healers, combat burnout and compassion fatigue, and foster connection and community.

This offering will include two group ketamine sessions and two group integration sessions, spaced out over three days. There will be 4-6 participants and 2 Riverbird staff members facilitating the group. The cost is $1200 total for the series. Upon acceptance into the group, we ask for a $600 non-refundable/non-transferable deposit to confirm your spot.  A participant is asked to commit to the entire 3-day experience.

Dates/Times:

Thursday April 3 from 10 am - 5 pm: preparation & group ketamine session #1

Friday April 4 from 10 am - 5 pm: group integration #1 & group ketamine session #2

Saturday April 5 from 9-11 am (on Zoom): Virtual group integration #2 & closing

*These groups often quickly, so we recommend applying sooner rather than later. We will create a waitlist when we reach capacity. To apply, email info@riverbirdclinic.com. *

This 2-day format for Healing for Healer supports an introductory experience to Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and the unique opportunity to explore this mind state in a group setting. This particular series is for individuals working in the healing professions/human services field who want to deepen their personal healing work, explore their role as healers, address burnout and compassion fatigue, and foster connection and community.

This offering will include one group ketamine session and one group integration session. There will be 4-6 participants and 2 Riverbird staff members facilitating the group. The cost is $625 total for the series. Upon acceptance into the group, we ask for a $300 non-refundable deposit to confirm your spot.  A participant is asked to commit to the entire 2-day experience.

Dates/Times:

The week of March 28 - exact date/time TBD: Zoom Prep Session

Friday March 28 from 9 am - 5 pm: group ketamine session

Saturday March 29 from 9-11 am: group integration session & closing circle

*These groups often quickly, so we recommend applying sooner rather than later. We will create a waitlist when we reach capacity. To apply, email info@riverbirdclinic.com. *

Many of us have a hard time knowing how to be with or even access our grief. The mere thought of a grief space can be rattling. Our modern day society marches to a mechanized rhythm with little, if any, reflective space. By way of coping, we compartmentalize and carry on. The simple act of feeling can elude us. We’re numb, distracted, heartbroken, angry, isolated, and confused. None of this is our fault. We aren’t meant to grieve alone, and yet that’s often what unfolds. 

This spring, with the hope of contacting and being with our shared grief, Riverbird Clinic is offering a multi-week, soul-opening, heart-expanding ketamine-assisted therapy (KAT) cohort to support the softening of our habituated and often unconscious defense strategies. Having the fortitude to do this sacred work ripens and deepens us, and alchemizes suffering into something beautiful and life-giving. Our grief doesn’t need healing, but rather our healing needs grief.

Led by Riverbird Clinic clinicians David Wright PMHNP and Liz Strawbridge MD, along with interfaith minister Ashely Jansen, we will use our time to slow down and find courage in being with our tender places, together. It is our wish that you may know and remember we are not alone on this path of healing.

Dates/Times:

Week 1

Monday March 24 from 7-8:30 pm: Zoom Prep Info Session

Wednesday March 26 from 3:30-5:30 pm: Grief practice

Week 2 

Tuesday April 1 from 11 am - 4 pm: Group Ketamine Session #1

Wednesday April 2 from 9-11 am: Group Integration Session #1

Week 3 

Wednesday April 9 from 9-11 am: Continued Grief practice/Integration

Week 4 

Tuesday April 15 from 11 am - 4 pm: Group Ketamine Session #2

Wednesday April 16 from 9-11 am: Group Integration Session #2

Week 5 

Wednesday April 23 from 9-11 am: Continued Grief practice/Integration (this takes place during school vacation week, so will be an optional group gathering)

Week 6 

Tuesday April 29 from 11 am - 4 pm: Group Ketamine Session #3

Wednesday April 30 from 9-11 am: Group Integration Session #3

Week 7 

Wednesday May 7 from 9-11 am: Continued Grief practice/Integration

Week 8 

Off

Week 9

Wednesday May 21 from 9-11 am: Closing Integration

*Cost of group: $3,250; potential sliding scale spots available via application which must be submitted by 2/23/25*

To apply, please email info@riverbirdclinic.com

All applicants are required to submit intake paperwork, which will be reviewed once received. If it seems like this group may be appropriate for you, we will schedule an Initial Consult appointment with you ($375, which is included in the $3,250 listed above). Thereafter, we require a $500 non-refundable deposit to secure your place in the group. The remaining amount is due 3/23/25, and is non-refundable. Participants pay one lump sum, regardless of whether they cannot attend all sessions (or may be out due to illness).

*Potential sliding scale spots available via application, which must be submitted by 2/23/25.

**For group participants, additional individual support (e.g. 60-minute session) is available outside of the listed group gatherings for an additional fee.

**This group is not intended to diagnose or completely address major depressive disorder or other mental health illnesses. However, grief is often accompanied by aspects of suffering, which may include aspects of depression, and as such, we anticipate working with these parts. If you are interested in a depression-specific focused mental health group, please reach out to info@riverbirdclinic.com to request information about our Longitudinal KAT Group.