If you struggle with depression and conventional treatment hasn’t worked for you, Shakti Therapy & Healing Services ((424) 336-0984) in Culver City offers ketamine-assisted therapy, which is clinically proven to succeed where antidepressant medications have failed.
If antidepressants or SSRIs have not worked for you, you're not alone. In fact, up to 55% of adults diagnosed with depression have TRD (treatment-resistant depression). But there's still hope.
LCSW Ektha Aggarwal and her specialized team at Shakti Therapy & Healing Services can walk you through your ketamine-assisted therapy journey so you can finally find your way back to your true self.
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Ketamine therapy offers patients who have not responded well to conventional antidepressants such as fluoxetine or other SSRIs an effective, non-invasive alternative. While SSRIs most often create dependence in patients and can cause intense withdrawal symptoms, ketamine has safely been used as a surgical anesthetic in children and adults for years with no observed risk of addiction.
Ketamine is the only legal psychedelic medicine available for emotional suffering. This substance helps to alter synaptic functions and brain plasticity, allowing the mind to form new, healthier neural pathways. The result, for many, is a rewriting of old, negative thought patterns into more productive, positively-focused ones.
In 2019, prescription ketamine was approved by the FDA for TRD. Clinical studies have shown ketamine to quickly decrease depression scores in patients, as explained by a write-up in Harvard Health Publishing. The article goes on to describe that patients in said studies experienced relief from their TRD symptoms for months after their ketamine sessions.
While ketamine is a controlled substance with many proven benefits, it is definitely powerful. In order to ensure it helps in the most effective way, it should be paired with in-person therapy, and Shakti Therapy's team specializes in this specific type of integrative treatment.
Shakti Therapy offers three levels of ketamine treatment. Their "Exploratory Healing" option includes two ketamine experiences with preparatory and integrative therapy sessions. The practice's "Perspective Shift" option includes four ketamine and therapy sessions, and its "Transformation Path" includes six sessions of each.
Your ketamine treatment at Shakti Therapy will begin with an initial medical evaluation and a comprehensive preparatory consultation to ensure your comfort, safety, and understanding of the process.
Located in Culver City, Los Angeles, Shakti Therapy's mission is to help patients reconnect with their inner selves by igniting "hope, courage, love, happiness, and all of life's greatest feelings through manifestation". The practice offers walking therapy, crystal healing, COVID-19 PTSD care, and a range of mental health services. Through Shakti Therapy's original blog series, patients can learn about various mental health issues, ketamine therapy, pranic healing, and spiritual therapy for anxiety.
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