Lake View Psychotherapy

Lake View Psychotherapy runs a ketamine assisted psychotherapy program in Virginia Beach, Virginia, under the name Luminous Minds, and makes an explicit case against the infusion clinic model.

Their argument is that clinics offering IV ketamine without therapy treat the psychedelic effects as unwanted side effects, and are usually staffed by medical professionals rather than behavioral health specialists. Lake View uses oral lozenge and intramuscular routes instead, deliberately inviting an altered state where psychological material becomes reachable. They cite research showing the dissociative effects predict the strongest antidepressant response.

A physician and therapist work together through each four hour session, with curated music running throughout and integration built into every stage. The practice also offers auricular acupuncture and EMDR. Sessions run Mondays and weekends, keeping weekdays for therapy.