Ketamine and Women's Mental Health & Wellness
We explore the Mental Health Benefits of Ketamine-assisted Therapy for Women
Delve into the therapeutic wonders and personal accounts of women exploring Ketamine-assisted therapy for mental health challenges, particularly for depression and dependency disorders.
Episodes of The High Guide’s Ketamine series explore how ketamine can elevate mood, alleviate anxiety, and foster emotional resilience. Our mission is to empower you with knowledge that supports your journey towards a balanced and fulfilled life.
I explore the science, women’s personal stories, and my own ketamine treatment experience so we can embark together on a transformative path to mental wellbeing, resilience, and vibrant living.
Ketamine for Women Podcast Episodes
The High Guide Podcast regularly features content designed for women who are curious about Ketamine for mental health and wellness. These episodes cover a wide range of ketamine subjects including prominent women guests who share their knowledge and experience + expertise, deep dives into research, therapy, and…
Integration work such as journaling, breathwork, meditation, and time in nature help reinforce the neuroplasticity created by ketamine. Wondermed Lead Clinician Lauren Swanson and Field Trip Health’s Seattle ketamine clinic director Dr. Bridget Carnahan both argue that integration begins the real work of psychedelic-assisted therapy and share post-treatment integration best practices.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:
– Ways to encourage & what impedes neuroplasticity.
– The importance of consistency in your integration practice
– What to expect while integrating
– Integration brings intentionality to a psychedelic experience
With a better understanding of treatable conditions and how it affects brain function, choosing between different types of ketamine-assisted therapy hinges on potency, price, and integration protocols.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:
– Different types of ketamine administrations and formulations
– How modality (IV, IM. sublingual) impacts onset, potency, and overall experience
– More about ketamine nasal therapy clinics including insurance options
– Ketamine nasal spray cost as compared to other forms of administration
This episode is for the inner neurology nerd in us all. Wondermed Lead Clinician Lauren Swanson answers the one question host April Pride gets most often about psychedelics: “Can I take my SSRIs?” While Field Trip Health’s Seattle ketamine clinic director Dr. Bridget Carnahan answers, “How does ketamine affect the brain?”
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:
– How ketamine-facilitated neuroplasticity heals the effect of stress on our brain
– Ketamine use with SSRIs, SNRIs, stimulants, benzos
– Why ketamine is right for some & not for others
– The potential use of ketamine for ADHD treatment
“How long does ketamine work for depression?” is a questions often posed to show creator and host April Pride. In this episode she continues sharing her post-pandemic personal journey and opens up about her change of heart as it relates to ketamine-assisted therapy after her own transformative telehealth treatments. April’s credits ketamine with helping her through post-divorce depression that was compounded by daily cannabis dependency.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:
– Which conditions ketamine is successfully treating
– Ketamine for depression
– Ketamine dissociative qualities
– The potential for abuse ketamine carries
Cannabis Use Disorder is on the rise after widespread Adult Use Legalization across the US. Creator and host April Pride opens up about how depression and dependency were provoked by the dissolution of her marriage and starting life on her own for the first time as an adult.
Featured guests: Raeven Duckett, JOHNNIE
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:
– Cannabis Use Disorder and today’s contributing factors
– Symptoms of Cannabis Use Disorder
– Harm reduction tools to avoid or curb cannabis dependency
– The overlooked symptoms of high-functioning depression
Does ketamine therapy get you high? Dr. Bridget Carnahan who began her care of women on The Farm as a midwife gives her persepctive on exactly this. Witnessing the altered state that birth induces inspired her to attend medical school to study altered states of consciousness and how women can leverage their subconscious to build a life of beauty.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:
– Dr. Carnahan’s unique experience in psychedelic medicine
– How fear of losing control during a trip correlates with trust IRL
– The potential psychedelics hold for women
Learn about the profound impact of ketamine-assisted therapy on post-divorce depression in this episode. Featuring Dr. Bridget Carnahan and Lauren Swanson, explore how ketamine influences brain chemistry to treat depression and addiction. Discover different types of ketamine and resources for those considering ketamine treatment.
