Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Therapist

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Therapist Paperflower Psychiatry Gilbert, AZ Job Details Part-time 2 hours ago Benefits Professional development assistance Qualifications Collaborate with healthcare professionals

LMFT EMDR RN

License Harm reduction Licensed Clinical Social Worker LPC Mid-level NCC Telehealth experience Clinical documentation Trauma-informed therapy Telehealth therapy Working with individuals with mental health conditions Licensed Psychologist Credentials LGBTQIA+ counseling Care coordination Referral coordination Interdisciplinary behavioral health coordination PMHNP Under 1 year Full Job Description About Paperflower Psychiatry Paperflower Psychiatry is a values-driven, neurodivergence-affirming psychiatric practice serving Arizona. We specialize in care for neurodivergent adults, the LGBTQ+ community, BIPOC clients, and people whose stories haven't always been held well by traditional mental health systems. Our work is trauma-informed, identity-affirming, and rooted in the belief that healing happens in relationship. We're expanding our Gilbert location to include ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and we're looking for an experienced KAP therapist to anchor the therapeutic side of the program in person, alongside our prescribing psychiatric provider. About the Role The KAP Therapist is the therapeutic anchor of our ketamine-assisted psychotherapy program. You'll work in close partnership with our prescribing psychiatric provider, holding space for clients across the full arc of treatment — preparation, dosing, and integration. This is an in-person role at our Gilbert office. Dosing sessions happen in our space, with our team. We're not a virtual at-home ketamine model and we're not interested in building one. However, you may utilize Telehealth to conduct work pre-session and post-sessions with integration. This is a focused, KAP-specific role. We're looking for someone who has done this work — preparation, in-room presence, and integration — and wants to keep doing it in a setting that takes the medicine, the relationship, and the client seriously. What You'll Do Conduct preparation sessions with KAP clients — psychoeducation about ketamine and the therapeutic process, intention-setting, somatic grounding, and helping clients feel ready Be present in-room for ketamine dosing sessions in a supportive, non-directive role, alongside the prescribing provider responsible for clinical and medical monitoring Lead structured integration sessions in the days and weeks following dosing, helping clients translate experience into meaning, behavior change, and forward momentum Coordinate closely with the prescribing provider and the client's outside therapist (if they have one) — you're part of a team, not solo Maintain clear, appropriate documentation of your work Hold scope cleanly: refer to a licensed clinician anything that crosses into territory beyond yours (acute trauma processing requiring a licensed clinician, mental health symptoms requiring formal treatment, safety concerns) Participate in case consultation and ongoing learning

What You Bring Required:

Direct, substantive experience as a KAP therapist or guide — meaning real hours of preparation, in-room dosing presence, and integration work specifically with ketamine. Not just personal experience, not adjacent psychedelic work — actual KAP hours held with clients Completion of a recognized KAP training program — Polaris Insight Center, Fluence, PRATI, MAPS, CIIS Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research, Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Resilience KAP, or comparable Clarity about what your role is and isn't — comfort working in partnership with a prescribing provider and referring out anything beyond your scope Personal practice with non-ordinary states, contemplative work, or somatics — you can't take someone somewhere you haven't been Maturity to hold tender, sometimes destabilizing material without overstepping Strong screening and discernment skills Reliable, professional, and genuinely good at the relational work Strongly preferred: Active Arizona license — LPC, LCSW, LMFT, psychologist, PMHNP, RN, or similar — though we are open to experienced non-licensed KAP guides with substantial training and dosing hours Lived or professional experience with neurodivergent communities LGBTQ+ and BIPOC affirming practice — as a clinical and human stance, not a marketing line Trauma-informed training (somatic experiencing, polyvagal-informed work, NARM, IFS, EMDR, or comparable) Familiarity with harm-reduction frameworks Comfort working in person with clients in altered states for extended dosing sessions (typically 2-3 hours) What We're Not Looking For People who want to ease into KAP work by training on our clients — this is a working role for someone already doing it Solo-practice mindset — we work as a team, with shared documentation and active case coordination Compensation Part-time, W-2, hourly, tiered by activity and experience. Rates are determined at hire based on your training, hours of KAP dosing work held, licensure, and overall experience. How to Apply Send a resume and a brief letter (one page is plenty) telling us: Roughly how many KAP dosing sessions you've held, and in what setting Your KAP training (program, year completed) What populations you most want to serve Your personal practice and what grounds you in this work We review applications on a rolling basis. We're committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve, and we encourage applications from people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, neurodivergent practitioners, and people whose paths into this work haven't been linear. Paperflower Psychiatry is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, neurotype, or any other protected characteristic.

Job Type:

Part-time Benefits:

Professional development assistance

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in Gilbert, AZ 85206