Is ketamine right for me?

Sometimes. It's offered when standard medications have not worked. Screening covers your treatment history, current symptoms, and the structure of care you can sustain.

Is it covered by insurance?

Coverage is inconsistent across plans and formats. We will tell you honestly what we know about your plan, and rates are quoted on the inquire-within basis.

Do I need to be in therapy at the same time?

Most patients do better with both. We will discuss this with you in screening and refer if you don't have a therapist yet.

Do you treat patients outside New York?

Telehealth across NY, NJ, and CT. Treatments and screening are managed by Dr. Meisel directly. We will discuss what format is appropriate for your case.

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Ketamine Therapy

A measured next step for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and anxiety. Ketamine therapy at Meisel NP is screened carefully and delivered gradually. It's offered when standard medications have not worked and when the structure of treatment is a fit. Currently provided only by Dr. Meisel.

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Who this is for

Common reasons patients come in.

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Patients with treatment-resistant depression, typically two or more SSRIs/SNRIs that didn't work or weren't tolerated
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PTSD patients whose trauma response hasn't moved with talk therapy alone
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Severe anxiety that has not responded to first-line treatments
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Patients open to a different mechanism of action than standard antidepressants
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People who have read about ketamine and want a careful, clinical version of it

In practice

What treatment actually looks like.

No mystery, no choreography. Here’s the structure.

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Screening intake focused on treatment history, symptoms, and your interest in the modality
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If appropriate, a treatment plan and rhythm discussed with you and Dr. Meisel together
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Monthly check-ins on response, side effects, and adjustment
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Coordination with talk therapy when you have it (most patients do better with both)
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Honest about ketamine's strengths and limits. It works for many. It does not work for everyone

For LGBTQIA+ patients

Specifically, what affirming care looks like for ketamine therapy.

Queer and trans people are statistically more likely to face treatment-resistant depression and PTSD. The Williams Institute and other research consistently document higher rates of suicidality, depression, and post-traumatic symptoms in our communities, and the existing toolkit of SSRIs and traditional therapy doesn't always reach what minority stress, chronic discrimination, and family-of-origin trauma have built up over years. Ketamine is one of the few rapid-acting options. For PTSD that traces back to coming-out trauma, family rejection, conversion-therapy survivorship, intimate-partner violence in queer relationships, or hate-crime experience, ketamine has shown real benefit when the standard playbook hasn't.

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