Therapy sessions during ketamine treatment for alcohol addiction include pragmatic advice on risky situations, discussions on living without alcohol, identifying thinking biases, and planning activities.

“what is the therapist talking about i don't really know much about alcohol addiction but so so when you like in particular when that patient comes in the day after their first ketamine infusion when they're as you said at their maximum neuroplasticity what i mean i assume the therapist has a very clear playbook for how they want to work with that patient in that 90-minute block what what's in that playbook i'm saying some of it's very pragmatic you know things like what are your most risky situations for drinking like trying to preempt um situations where they might relapse but some of it's more about how you want to live your life and the values you want to embody um so trying to think about thinking about your life without alcohol how would you structure that and there's some yeah with things about thinking about your thinking around drinking which is more kind of cognitive behavioral therapy based what are your thinking biases let's identify those and then planning so they have quite a lot of activities to do in the week or weeks in between the sessions you know what i guess like standard homeworks but planning their days journaling um keeping track of those things”