Curated music for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions.
Music plays a central role in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. It provides structure during altered states, supports emotional processing, and creates the arc of a session — from grounding into the experience, through the peak, and back to integration. The right playlist can function as what Bill Richards calls "a nonverbal support system, like a net below a trapeze artist."
This page collects the most important clinician-curated playlists for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Most are on Spotify. For psilocybin and MDMA research playlists, see the psilocybin and MDMA pages.
Setup tip: In Spotify, go to Settings → Playback and set crossfade to 12 seconds. This eliminates silence between tracks so the music flows continuously. Download playlists for offline playback before sessions — you don't want an ad or a lost connection mid-journey.
The Psychedelic Research and Training Institute curates the most important KAP-specific playlist series available. Each Sublingual Sessions installment is created by a different psychedelic therapist, artist, or musician — all designed specifically for oral/sublingual ketamine experiences. PRATI's musical philosophy emphasizes evocative music with emotional range, attention to the session arc (onset, peak, descent), and avoiding recognizable lyrics.
Electronic, ambient, warm. Created by KAP therapist and DJ Stephen Thomas, PRATI's music faculty lead. The original in the series.
Minimal, ambient, electronica. Subtle and synthetic but buzzing with analog warmth. Recommended for psychospiritual exploration.
Lush and uplifting melodic atmospheres from DJ and sound therapist Allison Soeung.
Deep electronica and psybient. Shimmering, expansive tracks from psychiatrist and music producer Juan Pablo Galindo.
Rich and restorative — blending immersive atmospherics, calming chords, and nourishing vocals. From psychedelic therapist and former MAPS clinical trial co-investigator Ashley Booth.
The most recent installment in the series.
The Ketamine Research Foundation and Ketamine Training Center maintain one of the largest collections of KAP playlists on Spotify — 42 public playlists with names like "Sojourn," "Quantum Dreaming," "KAP Rose," and "Embracing the Dissonance." Rather than embed all of them here, I'm linking to their full profile. These are worth browsing — many have a distinct character and are designed for different therapeutic intentions.
One of the collection's standout playlists.
A gentle, grounding session playlist.
Kaila Compton is a KAP therapist in Vermont who maintains a numbered series of ketamine playlists (currently #1 through #12), plus specialty playlists for classical and healing frequencies. Her main "Ketamine Assisted Therapy" playlist (603 tracks, 14K+ saves) is a living collection she updates regularly. The numbered playlists are individual session-length arcs.
Warm, grounding, emotionally open. One of the most popular purpose-built KAP playlists on Spotify.
Classical selections curated specifically for ketamine sessions. A good option for clients who respond to orchestral music.
Created for the Chacruna Institute by PRATI music faculty member Eric Sienknecht (also known as Jason Sienknecht). One of the few playlists designed specifically around ketamine's unique phenomenology rather than adapted from psilocybin protocols.
Ambient and introspective. Compact and intentional.
These pages cover playlists from the major psychedelic research programs — different substances, different arcs, same attention to music as a therapeutic tool.
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