Each month I sit beside therapists and healers who hold so much for others, and I get to witness the quiet relief that comes when they are finally held themselves.

If you haven’t heard of the Collective yet, it’s a peer-to-peer program created by therapists, for therapists — a space to connect, reflect, and heal in community through the intentional use of ketamine-assisted group work.

My role is to provide medical oversight and safety for each participant: I perform all of the medical screenings and am present during every medicine session to ensure safety and support. Ketamine is a very safe medicine that has been around for more than 55 years and has an incredible safety record. Each session is facilitated by experienced, psychedelically trained clinicians.

Here’s how the program works:
- Two preparation sessions (virtual)
- One medicine session (One Saturday per month in Oak Park, ~4 hrs)
- One integration session (virtual)

After completing your initial medical intake, mental health screening, and the two prep sessions, you’re welcome to join any future medicine circle on a month-by-month basis as your schedule allows.

Access and inclusivity are important to us. We offer three pricing tiers to make participation more accessible, especially for therapists in community mental health and nonprofit settings. A portion of each month’s revenue is also set aside in a community fund to help provide scholarships. Group size is limited to eight participants, and sign-ups close about two and a half weeks before each medicine date.

Therapists are carrying extraordinary weight right now — high-acuity caseloads, compassion fatigue, and the unrelenting pace of a strained mental health system. The Collective exists to give space back to the caregivers: to rest, reconnect, and process within a supportive professional circle.

If this resonates — if you’ve been quietly needing a place to breathe and be held —

you’re invited.

Learn more, ask questions, or begin the intake process:
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Warmly,
Rick Clark, APRN CRNA
The Ketamine Collective