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FAQs

What is Psychedelic-assisted Therapy?

Mental illness is rising while development of novel psychiatric medications is declining. This stall in innovation has also been linked with intense debates on the current diagnostics and explanations for mental disorders. A novel approach is psychedelic-assisted therapy, which is professionally supervised use of ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin, LSD, ibogaine, and ayahuasca as part of elaborated therapy program. Clinical results so far have shown safety and efficacy, even for “treatment resistant” conditions. The therapeutic potential of some non-ordinary states of consciousness is limitless.

At OMS we offer clients Ketamine assisted therapy, as MDMA and other medicines are not yet approved in the United States for use outside of clinical trials. Our patients are never left alone after receiving Ketamine in our clinical setting. They have a professional guide present to ensure they feel safe to explore their altered state of consciousness and comfortably navigate what may arise. We incorporate Internal Family Systems, Ecotherapy, group share sessions, meditation, and yoga into our treatment approach to provide a mind, body, soul experience. OMS provides patients a non-clinical, relaxing environment that considers all senses. Each client is provided with black out eye masks, music with carefully crafted playlists for their journey, blankets for use on our comfortable furniture. Our healing environment will make you feel beyond at-home.

What is Ecotherapy?

Ecotherapy, also known as nature therapy or green therapy, stems from the belief that people are part of the web of life and that our psyches are not isolated or separate from our environment. Ecopsychology is informed by systems theory and provides individuals with an opportunity to explore their relationship with nature—an area that may be overlooked in many other types of psychotherapy. While some professionals teach and practice ecopsychology exclusively, other mental health practitioners incorporate aspects of ecotherapy into their existing practices. Dr. Lerman agrees with many other clinicians in that the earth has a self-righting capacity which operates through complex systems of integrated balance, and that if people can harmonize with these systems, they may experience improved mental health. Personal well-being and planetary well-being, as proposed in many tenets of ecotherapy, are not separate from each other. People’s lives are therefore seen as part of a greater system of interaction.

What is Internal Family Systems?

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based, powerful and transformative model of therapy. IFS is based on the belief that the mind is naturally multiple and made of up parts. Valuable qualities are held by our inner parts and our core Self knows how to heal, enabling people to become integrated and whole. There is no bad or unwelcomed part in IFS.  

What is Ketamine?

Ketamine is one of the safest and most widely anesthetics in the world according to the World Health Organization. Researchers at Yale have been studying low-dose ketamine since 2000 in controlled clinic settings for patients with severe depressions unresponsive to other antidepressants. In several studies, more than half show a significant decrease in depression symptoms in 24 hours and approximately 4 out of 5 went on to find significant improvement. Ketamine is now extensively used for many chronic illnesses such as difficult-to-treat depression, anxiety, anxious bipolar depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and chronic pain. Ketamine is a safe and effective drug that can help people who have been labeled as hopelessly “treatment-resistant”. Many clinicians classify Ketamine as a psychedelic.

What is MDMA?

MDMA (3,4 methylenedioxymetham-phetamine) is an illegal drug that affects the mood. Other names for recreational MDMA include ecstasy, X, and Molly.  MDMA causes an increase in the neurotransmitters dopamine, norepinephrine, and, in particular, serotonin. The rise in serotonin causes an elevation in mood. Preliminary research suggests that pure MDMA alongside psychotherapy could help treat depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety as it quickly works to alter the mood. Traditional medications, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), can take about six weeks to provide significant relief. Researchers continue to study MDMA in mental illness and are looking to confirm its long-term antidepressant activity. Approval for medicinal use is expected in 2023.

What is Psilocybin?

Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound that can affect the way our brains work. It’s the active ingredient found in “magic mushrooms,” a term many people are more familiar with. Psilocybin is quite potent and even low doses of it may cause notable psychoactive effects. When used correctly (dosage-wise) and with appropriate medical supervision, the effects of psilocybin have proven to be impressively positive. Recent research suggests that functional connectivity changes in the brain may be involved in the origin of psychiatric disorders. Therefore, psilocybin assisted therapy can be used to treat a variety of mental disorders including anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. However, particular emphasis is placed on using psilocybin assisted therapy in the treatment of treatment-resistant depression, which is a serious problem that people face in the world of mental health today. Medicinal use of psilocybin is expected to follow that of MDMA.