GROUP KETAMINE THERAPY
Group Ketamine Therapy in Scottsdale
Innerbloom offers small-group ketamine therapy — a physician-led experience for 3–4 patients in a shared, intentional space. Every participant is individually screened and cleared before any group proceeds.
What Group Ketamine Therapy Is
A small cohort of 3–4 individually cleared patients receives IV ketamine simultaneously in a shared clinical space, monitored throughout by nurses trained in critical care and emergency medicine. Dr. Zabel screens each participant, sets individualized dosing, and is available for consultation. Dosing is individualized for each participant. The group format doesn't reduce medical rigor — each person is screened and monitored independently. It simply adds a shared container to the experience.
The Value of Shared Experience
Depression, anxiety, and trauma are isolating. Research on ketamine-assisted therapy consistently shows that social context matters. Being in a group — even a small one — can reduce isolation and amplify the meaning-making that follows a ketamine session.
Sessions include an optional structured integration discussion afterward — a facilitated conversation in which participants can share what arose. Groups are kept to 3–4 participants because real-time monitoring of each person — by nurses trained in critical care and emergency medicine, under Dr. Zabel's individualized dosing plan — doesn't scale past a small cohort.
Who Group Sessions Are For
Group sessions are designed for two types of patients: those who have completed an individual induction series and want an ongoing community-embedded maintenance experience, and first-timers who prefer a group context for reasons of comfort, community, or cost.
Patients in acute psychiatric crisis or an early fragile stage of recovery are generally better served by individual sessions first. Dr. Zabel will be honest about which format fits your situation. See our pricing page for current group rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it safe to do ketamine with others present?↓
Each participant is individually screened by Dr. Zabel, individually dosed, and individually monitored during the session by nurses trained in critical care and emergency medicine. The presence of other participants does not reduce the medical oversight applied to each person, and a physician is available for consultation throughout.
Will I have privacy?↓
Participants are positioned in their own defined spaces and are not required to interact during the session. The post-session integration discussion is optional. Anything shared in that context stays confidential to the group.
Do I need to have done ketamine before?↓
Prior individual experience is strongly preferred, but not required. If you've never received ketamine therapy, Dr. Zabel will assess during intake whether a group or individual session is the better starting point.
How is a group session different from solo?↓
The ketamine experience itself is largely internal. What differs is the relational context — the shared pre- and post-session space and the optional integration conversation. Many patients find the group container reduces isolation. Others prefer the privacy of a solo session. Both are available.
How do I sign up?↓
Start with a physician intake. Dr. Zabel will determine whether a group session is appropriate and match you to a compatible group based on clinical profile, goals, and availability.
All participants require a physician intake — free and the first step.
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