Partnerships

How the programme works, step by step

The same clinical team is with you from the first message to the end of integration. A seven-week programme with one week on the island.

Discover your path to transformation

Before you arrive

HIVE BIO runs as a medical retreat: a licensed residential facility where an anaesthetist, a psychiatrist and a psychotherapist work with you throughout, alongside nursing and wellness support.

Built for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, burnout and some substance-use disorders. What ketamine does in the brain is answered in the FAQ. Whether the programme is right for you is decided at the medical assessment in Step 1, not on this page.

Step by step, from first contact to aftercare

Step 1: Contact and application

  • Contact HIVE BIO and submit an application
  • Complete a medical and psychiatric assessment
  • Get a decision on your application
  • Choose the dates for your retreat or visit
  • Fill in a questionnaire so the programme can be built around you

Step 2: Online Preparation (3 weeks)

  • Three weeks of preparation happen by video before you fly: three sessions with your psychotherapist
  • Talk through what’s driving the decision to pursue KAP
  • Cover your history, your challenges and what you want out of it
  • Learn what to expect during the KAP process itself
  • Your programme gets finalised around what comes up in these sessions

Step 3: Treatment at HIVE BIO (1 week)

  • Medical screening on arrival. Four guests stay at a time, so the week stays small
  • Three to four ketamine sessions, with a doctor and nurse in the room and a psychotherapist before and after
  • Wellness and mindfulness activities between sessions: breathwork, meditation, yoga, hikes
  • Meals built around your diet and any allergies
  • Group and individual integration sessions to work through what came up
  • A plan for the weeks after you leave, before you go home

Step 4: Aftercare Online (3 weeks)

  • Three integration sessions with your therapist, by video
  • Work on keeping the habits and coping tools you built during the week
  • Bring what you learned into daily life, one situation at a time
  • Talk through setbacks as they come up, not just successes