Queerness, Magic, and Mystery: A Ketamine Retreat for the LGBTQ+ Community
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Description:

Join us in creating a sacred container for queer magic to unfold. We welcome the exploration of queer spirituality, group connection, and will travel the mystery realms with the support of two psychotherapists.

This group is for those interested in understanding their own spiritual life, growing their connection to self and other, accessing healing from the impact of dominant and oppressive religious systems, and reclaiming one’s birth right to sovereign spiritual expression and direct relationship to the numinous.

This event is a non-residential retreat that includes the use of ketamine to access expanded states of consciousness. It is designed to support people at all levels of experience in doing spiritual work.

When:
Live Online Group Preparation Sessions: 
Wednesday 5/29 at 7pm-8:30pm
Monday 6/3 at 7pm-8:30pm

In-Person Retreat: 
June 7th, 8th, 9th - Friday evening 6:30pm-8:30pm, Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 11am-1pm

(please leave a bit of extra unscheduled time after our in-person meetings and do not schedule any engagements after the ketamine session on June 8th)

Live Online Group Integration Sessions: 
Monday 6/10 at 7pm-8:30pm
Monday 6/17 at 7pm-8:30pm
Structure and Group Size:
The group will be limited to 8 participants, with two accompanying therapists. 

Live Online Group Preparation Sessions: 
Retreat includes two preparation sessions consisting of group introductions, procedural information regarding in person journey day, opportunities to explore concepts of spirituality and the intersection of queer identities, and exploration of personal and collective intentions.
 
In-Person Retreat:
Friday Evening 6:30pm-8:30pm
Gather, setting the container, and building sacred space.

Saturday 10am-4:00pm
Journey Day, integrative art opportunities.

Sunday 11am-1pm
Integration and sharing circle.

Live Online Group Integration Sessions: 
Group sharing of insights, growth moments, challenges and meaning-making. Looking ahead and dreaming the work onward.
Cost:
$2000-$1300 sliding scale 

About our sliding scale: in order to make this opportunity more accessible to a broad range of people we have a need based, not preference based sliding scale. If you can afford to pay at the top of the scale, we request that you do, which helps us make this experience accessible to people who need a lesser fee. For context, a similar experience one-on-one in the bay area would be over $2500 per person.

What's included in the cost?
- individual psychological intake
- 2 group prep sessions
- 10 hours of in-person group time
- one-on-one psychiatric intake
- ketamine prescription
- 2 group integration sessions
- the opportunity to connect with fellow LGBTQ2S+ community and explore spirituality together
- magic!
Location:
2185 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA (in the Sage Integrative Health building)
Illness and Covid Protocols:
There are a variety of options for how we can manage covid risk as a group. We would like that process to be collaborative and reflective of the group's needs. Under the access needs section below, please let us know if you have any questions or requests that would help you to participate.

Please stay home if you are sick at all with any illness, including but not limited to covid. If you are testing positive for covid and asymptomatic, please still stay home.

Unfortunately we are not able to provide refunds due to illness. We encourage you to be cautious in the days leading up to the retreat to keep yourself and others free of illness.
About the facilitators:
Shanna Butler, PhD (she/they) is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice offering depth, somatic, and psychedelic psychotherapy as well as a professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. Shanna's research interests pertain to archetypal and alchemical theories of gender identities, psychedelic psychotherapy, trauma recovery and growth, and the use of ritual in therapeutic spaces. Her recent publications include chapters in the edited collection Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine and Integral Psychedelic Therapy: The Non-Ordinary Art of Psychospiritual Healing. Shanna identifies as queer, genderqueer, femme, witch, and intuitive healer. Her magical mission is to support the reunification of one’s psyche and soma with the unseen realms all around us. Through the use of deep listening, intuition, divination, and connection with beloved ancestors and allies, Shanna invites healing that creates movement towards greater connection with self and all the worlds. She believes that inner and outer change is possible when we centralize justice for all beings as the beacon of our healing path. You can learn more about Shanna here: www.shannabutler.com.

Laura Mae Northrup, MFT (she/they) is a queer therapist who is endlessly interested in the deep spiritual questions we face as humans. She is the author of the book Radical Healership: How to Build a Values-Driven Healing Practice in a Profit-Driven World and the creator of the Inside Eyes podcast, an audio series about people using entheogens & psychedelics to heal from sexual trauma. Drawing from her work as a practicing somatic and psychedelic psychotherapist, she consults and speaks internationally on issues related to the treatment of sexual trauma. Her work focuses on defining sexual violence through a spiritual and politicized lens, mentoring healing practitioners in creating a meaningful path, and supporting the spiritual integrity of our collective humanity. She lives and works in Oakland, CA. You can learn more about Laura here: www.lauramaenorthrup.com.
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This group is for people who are LGBTQ2S+ identified. Does that describe you? *
Have you used ketamine previously in a therapeutic context? Feel free to share about your experience.
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Contraindications - People Who May Not Qualify for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP):

Some conditions are not compatible with the use of ketamine in a therapeutic context. If the following concerns describe you, this would not be an appropriate experience for you at this time:

- uncontrolled glaucoma
- uncontrolled hypertension
- severe breathing problems
- pregnancy
- liver disease 
- cystitis
- hyperthyroidism
- ketamine allergy or sensitivity
- substance use that you do not feel control over
- acute mania
- history of psychosis
- active suicidal thoughts
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Some medications are contraindicated with ketamine. If you feel comfortable listing your medications here we can have a doctor review your prescriptions prior to an intake.
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The retreat is $2000-$1300 sliding scale. What amount do you anticipate being able to pay? About our sliding scale: in order to make this opportunity more accessible to a broad range of people we have a need based, not preference based sliding scale. If you can afford to pay at the top of the scale, we request that you do, which helps us make this experience accessible to people who need a lesser fee. For context, a similar experience one-on-one in the bay area would be over $2500 per person.
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Thanks for your interest!
We will be in touch with you soon to set up a time to speak and discuss more information about the retreat.
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