Training
Upcoming Programs
2026 Trainings
Renowned KAP Fundamentals Training at The Bishop’s Ranch in the Splendor of the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma
March 8th - 13th, 2026
The Fundamentals Program is a community experiential journey of learning what KAP is truly about both personally and didactically.
With Phil Wolfson, Bessel van der Kolk, Licia Sky, Mark Braunstein, Heather Hart Kennedy and more
The Bishop’s Ranch—Northern California—about 1 and ½ hours from SFO—for views: http://www.bishopsranch.org/
Limited participation for licensed health practitioners only. CEs provided as part of Tuition.
Four BIPOC scholarships are available by application as above. Consideration for scholarships occurs with application after admission to the program.
Registration is now open, and we welcome your application and presence. The registration fee is $500 for all applicants, $400 of which is refundable depending on date of cancellation. We predict the training will fill up rapidly, so we suggest you apply soon.
Tuition, CEs, Room and Board–Inclusive $4,500 Single Rooms—14 rooms available—first come, first serve. $4,000 Double Rooms—11 rooms available
4th Annual Dharma K Training at Our Inspirational Menla Retreat Center in May
May 5th - 10th 2026
In the evolving Spirit of our exploration of spirituality, meditation, yoga, and consciousness in concert with the ego dissolution properties of the legal psychedelic medicine ketamine, we offer an experience of depth and community . Our aim is to share with each other and to experience the impact of ketamine on contemplative practice and realization, emptiness and fullness, silence and connection, community and compassion, tolerance and respect for differences, love, and empathy. The ketamine experiences will be embedded in a program of meditation, explorations of the integration of contemplative and psychedelic practices, community building, and exploration of the clinical applications of ketamine combined with contemplative practice. The event will be experiential in an environment designed to be safe and supportive, with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality of personal disclosures.
Dharma K 4.0 will be held at the Menla Retreat Center in Phoenicia, New York between 4 PM on May 5th and noon on May 10th. To help create a safe, intimate experience, enrollment will be limited to 20. The program is sponsored by the non-profit Ketamine Training Center of the Ketamine Research Foundation and by the Menla Retreat Center.
We are requesting that applicants have some experience with both mindfulness or other contemplative practices and psychedelic medicine, though not necessarily ketamine. While this is designed to be a mutual exploration and is open to all, mental health professionals will also have the opportunity to learn about and discuss clinical applications and earn CE credits. This program will therefore inform and enrich clinical practice with ketamine but is not a full substitute for learning the therapeutics of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in one of our formal training programs.
Participants will have the opportunity to personally experience ketamine at different doses in the context of contemplative practice, as well as to sit for others. Our plan is to administer ketamine as an intramuscular injection. If anyone would prefer oral administration, that will also be provided.
Organizers are Ron Siegel and Phil Wolfson in association with Gina Arons, Will Hamilton, Lisa Sherman, and Charles Perkel.
We wish to make this program as accessible financially as possible and is therefore designed to be non-profit. The tuition cost will be $3200 plus room and board at Menla. The KRF BIPOC scholarship fund will also offer scholarships and there will be limited general scholarship support by application acceptance to the program depending on recovery of our costs.
Continuing Education Credits and CMEs will also be offered for professionals seeking a clinical training component. Since the program is non-profit, the cost of CE credits will depend on the number of people seeking credits, 30 credits in total. Participants seeking credit will be asked to attend a pre-retreat zoom session offering an introduction to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, as well as break-out sessions during the retreat to discuss the clinical integration of ketamine and contemplative practice.
There is a compulsory $500 application fee, refundable should you not be admitted to the program. On acceptance, you will be given a link to select and pay for your room and board at Menla.
Readings will be suggested as we move towards May. We welcome your suggestions.
We welcome you to our unique and exciting program and to the conscious and loving community we will form together.
Renowned KAP Fundamentals Training at Our Inspirational Menla Retreat Center in May
May 10th -15th 2026
The Fundamentals Training of KAP Is a community experiential journey of learning what KAP is truly about both personally and didactically. CE credits are provided. Over 1100 practitioners have experienced our programs, and many have gone on to practice KAP and to become members of our international Ketamine Psychotherapy Associates program fostering their practices and building our community.
We are a non-profit 501c3 organization.
With Phil Wolfson, Licia Sky, Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Corbett, Mark Braunstein, Julissa Vaquez and others.
In addition to our intensive didactic and experiential formats, themes include:
The Therapeutics of the Low Dose Psychorevelation Format
New Strategies for Treatment of Anxiety, PTSD, Insomnia and Relationships
Ketamine for Group and Couples Therapy
Architecting the KAP Methodology and Fundamentals of Integrating the Ketamine Experience
Ketamine Use and Abuse—Prevention and Treatment
Ketamine for PMDD and Women’s Well-being
The Menla Retreat Center—in the heart of the Catskills—near Woodstock—375 Pantherkill Rd, Phoenicia, New York
Limited participation– for licensed health practitioners only.
BIPOC scholarships are available by application. Registration is now open, and we welcome your application and presence. The registration fee is $500 for all applicants, $400 of which is refundable. The training will fill up, so we suggest you apply soon.
Tuition:
$4,000 prescribing providers
$3,500 non-prescribing providers
Room and board are separate at additional cost payable to Menla.
Room reservation is made directly through Menla after acceptance to the program. Link will be provided at that time.
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KTC Covid Precautions and Guidelines as of August 2023
With the recent upsurge of Covid 19, we had our own experience of two participants, who were unknowingly harboring the virus, attending our August training. They tested Covid positive on the first and second full days of the training and had to leave. Learning from this disruptive and fearful experience, we are mandating new testing for your and our health. The program continued after four additional participants voluntarily departed in concern for their protection. Fortunately, with daily testing, no one else tested positive and the training concluded with a sense of great community and great learning. To be clear, it was tough going.
The incubation period appears to be 2-3 days from exposure, though it may be even longer—up to 5 days. The current strains seem quicker to become symptomatic.
We wish to take the necessary precautions. These are as follows:
- COVID VACCINATION IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ATTENDANCE.
- Please test two days prior to attending the program.
- Please test the morning of the program before leaving your abode.
- We will test on arrival so long as the Covid risk is present. We follow CDC guidelines.
- We may test subsequently during the training.
- If a training is cancelled due to Covid, we will refund fees minus $100 if the cancellation precedes the commencement of the training with consideration for any non-refundable expenses we have made.
- If a training is cancelled during its course, refunds will be prorated to the length of the training and expenses incurred.
- If an individual contracts Covid and cannot attend the training, a refund will be made according to expenses expended by KTC.
- If an individual contracts Covid during the training, they will be asked to leave the training and a refund will be made according to the duration of their presence in the training and expenses incurred.
- If a person becomes Covid positive during the training and leaves, it is up to participants to decide to stay or leave. Testing will be conducted daily. If a participant makes a voluntary decision to leave the training, they will have their remaining fees (after deduction for expenses incurred to the time of their departure) put forward towards another training. KTC will hold the remaining fees up to 12 months from the time of the training. KTC will do its best to provide trainings in that time period.
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
—Phil Wolfson MD
We will do a on-site pre-admission screening” and “It is essential that we keep in mind that the pandemic is ever-evolving and it is possible that our workshops may have to be cancelled. In that case, fees would be refunded save for the processing fee of $100”.
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