Community Journeys

Continued Education for KAP Professionals

Two Day Retreat

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A welcoming back into community…

Two of the biggest pieces of honing our skills as providers of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is accumulated experience and community support.

We all felt the yumminess of connection in your training. Our aim is to provide an ongoing space for new KAP therapists to:

  • Receive first hand experience with ketamine

  • Grow your confidence as a sitter and facilitating integration

  • Accumulate increased understanding of the breadth of experience from your fellow journeyers

  • Foster community support and connection

WHAT

2-day retreat including one IM KAP experience and one sitter experience

WHEN

Medical intake by appointment via telehealth

Preparation group call: Thursday, May 23 @ 5:30PM Pacific

Retreat: June 1-2, 2024

Integration group call: Thursday, June 6 @ 5:30PM Pacific

WHERE

~1hr NE of Los Angeles in Agua Dulce, CA at private retreat venue

COST

One time medical intake cost of $250

Retreat tuition: $1200

Registration Deadline: May 1, 2024

WHO

CoHearts of our recent KAP training programs

SIZE

Attendance will be 10-12 participants

FREQUENCY

Our intention is to offer these mini-retreats several times a year depending on community desire. Dates TBD

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Welcome to Agua de Oro

Our training venue is located in Agua Dulce, east of Santa Clarita at the heart of ranch country, backed up to hundreds of acres of open space. Agua de Oro is a private retreat estate with a large journey space, jacuzzi, outdoor meditative spaces, nature trails and the quiet, open sky. We are excited to share this sanctuary with you.

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Tentative Schedule

Friday (Early-Arrival)

5-6PM (early arrival for those coming from out of town,
settling in, communal dinner making)

Saturday (Arrival & Journey Day)

8:30 AM Arrival (registration, settling in)

Opening Circle & Community Connection Time

Lunch

Journey Group #1 Intramuscular

Break

Journal Group #2 Intramuscular

Quiet Time & Jacuzzi

Sunday (Integration & Departure)

Morning Movement, Breakfast

Integration Circle, Closing

Light Lunch

Pack up and Departure by 4PM

Planning Your Trip

After registering and paying the $200 deposit, you will receive a welcome packet to complete your registration, including directions, a packing list, detailed schedule, liability waiver, and medical intake forms.

For those traveling from out of town, we offer early arrival lodging and food for an additional $100 to be paid upon arrival.

Attendee Packing List

  • Blanket

  • Pillow

  • Water bottle

  • Journal

  • Meaningful objects

  • Eye mask

  • Ear plugs

  • Slippers

  • Robe

  • Bathing suit

  • Bath and Jacuzzi towels

  • Yoga mat

Safety

We ask that you take a COVID rapid tests on Friday before arrival. Please be cautious about your exposure for the 5 days leading up to the retreat. It is up to you to make choices regarding your participation that are right you and your health.

Cuisine

Vegan home cooked meals and snacks will be provided, including Saturday lunch for non-journeyers, Saturday dinner for all, and Sunday breakfast and a light lunch before departure. Please eat breakfast on Saturday before arrival. For those arriving early on Friday evening, dinner and breakfast will be included.

Sleeping

All room are shared with 2-3 other attendees. If you have any sleeping needs, please let us know and we will try to accommodate you.

Staff

  • Ashley Booth, LCSW, MS

  • Stephanie Coleman, MD

  • Darls Centola, LCSW

“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.”

Albert Einstein

Recap

  • 1 IM Ketamine experience

  • Lodging for 1 night

  • 2 lunches, 1 dinner, snacks, and 1 breakfast

  • Registration deadline: March 1st, 2024

One-Time Costs & Optional Add-Ons

  • One-time medical intake fee $250 paid directly to Dr. Coleman

  • Early arrival on Friday including lodging, dinner, and breakfast (+$100)

Let’s keep learning from one another, fostering each other’s growth, and midwifing a more kind and whole humanity.

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Questions? Email Ashley at jatbooth@gmail.com

Payments & Deposits 

A non-refundable $200 deposit is due with your registration. Registration is not complete without deposit. Full tuition payment, minus the $200 deposit, is due by 4 weeks prior to the retreat start date. After your registration, we will send you a breakdown of your final payment. Tuition financing is available upon request.

In service to our support staff, if there are not at least 7 people registered for the event by March 1st, we will reschedule to a later date and refund deposits in full.

Cancellation Policy

Deposits are non-refundable. If you need to cancel your participation, you will receive a full refund if we are notified at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the retreat, and a partial refund (50%) will be given if notification is given in under than 4 week of start date. Cancellations within 2 week of the retreat start date forfeit all of the tuition fee. We are unable to transfer tuition payments to a subsequent retreat in the event of any cancellations. Please understand that cancellations impose a burden on our staff.

Waitlist

Retreats will be capped at 10 participants. We will have a waitlist for any cancellations. If you are not able to attend this retreat, you will have priority registration for the following one.

Excited?!

…us too!