In this episode, Dr. Erin Sheffield and Sarah Harding explore the transformative potential of ketamine therapy for mental health, pain management, and systemic health. Guest Katie Walker shares her journey from hospital anesthesia to pioneering ketamine clinics, discussing safety, efficacy, and the future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. In this episode, we explore innovative mental health treatments, including psychedelics, ketamine, and biohacking techniques, with expert Katie. Discover how these therapies are reshaping mental health care, their costs, legal status, and practical applications.

keywordsketamine therapy, mental health, pain management, psychedelic therapy, systemic health, trauma, neuroplasticity, ECT, depression, PTSD psychedelics, ketamine, mental health, biohacking, addiction, therapy, biofilms, EBOO, microdosing, research

key topics

• Ketamine's role in mental health and pain management
• Safety protocols and dosing strategies for ketamine therapy
• The systemic and physiological effects of ketamine
• Comparison of ketamine therapy to ECT and traditional treatments
• The subconscious mind and trauma processing with ketamine
• Future directions of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy Psychedelic research and legal status
• Cost and insurance coverage of treatments
• Biohacking techniques like EBOO and biofilms
• Microdosing and its effects on depression and anxiety
• Challenges and opportunities in the psychedelic industry

Guest name: Katie Walker

Sound Bites

• "Make a new map, burn your old map."
• "The brain is like muscle memory."
• "The opposite of fear is love."

Resources

• Love, Safety, Trust (Book)
• Revitalist Ketamine Clinic
• Katie Walker - LinkedIn
• Katie's Website
• Instagram - Katie
• Biohacking and EBOO
• Psychedelic Research at Johns Hopkins
• MDMA Phase 3 Trials

Instagram:

Katie Walker:

@katwalk1217

@revitalist

And your hosts:

@restingstitchfacepodcast

@drerinsheffield

@avocadodontist

@thedoctorisallin