The Clinic of Change is opening this week in Lisbon. It is the first ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinic in Portugal in partnership with the world leaders in this treatment - Awakn Life Sciences, with licensed clinics in London, Oslo, Trondheim, New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, maintaining scientific research protocols in this area with institutions such as Imperial College London, the University of Exeter in the UK and the NHS (British national health service).
Ketamine is a psychedelic that induces a state of heightened consciousness which, when combined with therapeutic support, counteracts the negative brain processes that trap patients in certain patterns of behavior and thought, freeing them to process deep emotions and repressed memories, thereby achieving effective change.
“At appropriate doses and under specialized medical supervision, ketamine is safe, legal, has been used for decades in medical settings, and is used in hospital emergency rooms around the world as an anesthetic—recently, and with ample scientific evidence, it has been shown to have effective antidepressant properties,” emphasize officials at The Clinic of Change.
To mark the opening of The Clinic of Change—the first facility in the European Union to follow the Awakn protocol—Celia Morgan, a British researcher and one of the world’s leading experts on psychedelic therapies, will be in Portugal. The expert will be speaking tomorrow, July 12, at the conference “Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Paradigm Shift in Mental Health,” which will take place at ISPA—Instituto Universitário.
The Clinic of Change states in a press release that “it is able to address some of the greatest health challenges of the 21st century with an approach that offers enhanced effectiveness: depression, anxiety, ‘burnout,’ post-traumatic stress, eating disorders, and various types of addiction, particularly alcoholism.”
The Clinic of Change is a healthcare provider registered under number E166508, located at Rua das Picoas, 12, Ground Floor, 1050-173 Lisbon, with operating license number 22863/2023, and registered with the ERS under number 39467.
