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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Clinical IntensiveFrom clinical science to clinical practice.
A focused weekend intensive for experienced clinicians who want a coherent framework for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and a pathway into mentored clinical practice.
27 to 29 November 2026. Live online, Eastern Time. Twelve places.
12Places in the cohort
3Days, Friday to Sunday
2Free information sessions
Who this is for
Experienced, regulated clinicians already practising psychotherapy.
Designed for mental health clinicians already practising psychotherapy. The curriculum centres on clinical preparation, assessment measures, the structure of in session psychotherapy, integration and aftercare within coordinated medical and psychological care.
Prescribing remains with qualified medical prescribers. This training addresses the psychotherapy, not the prescribing.
Admission is by application plus licence verification.
What you will leave with
A framework you can integrate right away into your practice.
Core science, real clinical cases and structured practice across the full treatment arc.
Explain the process
Explain ketamine and the KAP process clearly to a patient.
Take a focused history
Conduct a focused clinical history, and know what to look for.
Set clinical intentions
Guide the development of clear, clinically meaningful intentions.
Teach self regulation
Skills for ordinary states, including breathwork, and for expanded states, including mental time travel.
Respond to distress
Recognise dissociation, and respond to distress and other challenging situations.
Support self care
Teach a structured self care curriculum that helps patients maintain gains.
Close the arc
Bring the work together in an AfterCare session for closure and consolidation.
How the weekend works
Taught, observed and rehearsed.
Live didactic teaching is balanced with case deconstruction and structured experiential role play. Participants practise in groups of three, as therapist, as patient and as observer, supported by experienced BTT KAP graduates and lead mentors.
The cohort is deliberately small, so everyone practises rather than watches.
Friday 27 NovemberEvening session, 5:00 to 8:00 PM ET
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 NovemberFull days, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET
Live online, Eastern TimeFully online. There is no in person component.
Who teaches it
Curriculum presented by the founder, practice led by clinicians who use the model.
Dr. Dawn DeCunha, Ed.D., C.Psych.
Founder and Principal Instructor
Clinical psychologist practising in Canada and founder of Breakthrough Therapies, with more than 30 years in trauma informed clinical practice. Mentor since 2020 and guest lecturer since 2022, Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, The Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research, California Institute of Integral Studies.
The Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research, California Institute of Integral Studies, does not endorse or sponsor this programme.
Dawn presents the core curriculum across the weekend.
Breakout practice facilitators
Terra Dafoe
Psychologist
KAP graduate and BTT lead mentor. Breakout practice facilitator.
Jill Schroeder
Psychologist
KAP graduate and BTT lead mentor. Breakout practice facilitator.
Terra and Jill guide breakout groups through structured experiential role play, practical tips and feedback, bringing the same model from live clinical practice into the training room.
From a clinician who attended
"Dr. DeCunha's 3 day KAP intensive was effective and inspiring. I value the humility of the process, transparency, and tracking of process and outcomes. That seems to me a great way to build in learning and refinement based on outcomes data. I am eager to learn more, apply this approach and witness results."
Mary Staunton, M.D.
California
After the intensive
Start with the intensive. Continue only if it serves you.
The intensive provides a complete framework, clinical cases and structured rehearsal. Clinicians who want additional support or mentored clinical experience may choose the pathways below. Participation in further training is not required.
01
The intensive
Focused clinical intensive
Complete framework, cases and structured rehearsal across the weekend.
02
Optional
Mentored clinical practice
Patient assignments alongside a BTT lead therapist.
03
Optional
Mentor training
Developing the capacity to guide future mentees.
04
Optional
Teacher and trainer training
Co teaching and facilitating practice groups.
Programme details
Dates, tuition and deadlines.
- Dates27 to 29 November 2026
- FormatLive online, Eastern Time
- Cohort12 places, breakout groups of three
- AdmissionApplication plus licence verification
- Early enrolment deadlineFriday 6 November 2026, 11:59 PM ET
Early enrolment
Canadian participants
$2,720 CADplus HST
International participants
$2,720 USD
Closes Friday 6 November 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
Early enrolment helps us plan the cohort and get materials to you in good time.
Standard tuition
Canadian participants
$3,200 CADplus HST
International participants
$3,200 USD
From 7 November 2026.
Free information sessions
Start with a conversation.
An hour with Dr. DeCunha on what ketamine-assisted psychotherapy actually involves, and what it takes to offer it. Roughly half the hour is kept for questions. Free, live online, and open to anyone who registers.
Thursday 15 October
5:00 PM ET
Thursday 5 November
12:00 PM ET
Continuing education
Need CE credits?
Tell us which college you belong to and we will let you know what we can provide.
A certificate of completion is not certification, prescribing authority, or authorisation to practise. Participants remain responsible for the requirements that apply in their own jurisdiction.
See whether this training fits your practice.
Twelve places, 27 to 29 November 2026. Early enrolment closes Friday 6 November, 11:59 PM ET.
Questions about the programme: (905) 946-8007.